Before you teach · about 90 seconds

Grade 1 · Day 34

L21 · Consonant digraph th

Today

p.34 — a column of real words on one pattern. 14 words, 27.6 minutes.

The one thing

voice off
/θ/ · th

Put the tip of your tongue between your teeth — you should be able to see it. Blow air over it — thhh. Voice off.

They check it: Mirror. If you cannot see the tongue tip, it is not out far enough.

Not in Somali, Urdu. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.

Watch for

/t/, /s/ and /f/. All three are what a child reaches for when the tongue will not come out.
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