Consonants d, D, w

Grade K · Day 6 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 4 · p.5 · 28.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
voice ON/d/d · alveolar stop
/d/ · d

Our new sound: /d/   written d

Tongue tip on the ridge behind your top teeth, same as /t/. Voice ON — /d/.

Check yourself: Hand on your throat: /d/ buzzes, /t/ does not.

Watch for: /t/.

Build the word

a  →  d  →  ad
d  →  ad  →  dad
w  →  ax  →  wax
D  →  an  →  Dan

Read these · 8 words

am
an
as
at
ax
dad
wax
Dan

◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.

Read the sentences

Write what you hear

am
an
as
at
ax

Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.