Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 11

Three-sound words

Three sounds make a three-letter word.

What it is

In dictation nobody shows you the word. You hear it, you hold it, and you write it. That works when you break the word into its sounds before your pencil moves. Three-sound words are where this begins: one sound, one letter, in order.

Watch it built

1
Say the whole word aloud once.
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2
Say it again, one sound at a time, and count them on your fingers.
/m/   /a/   /p/ — three sounds
3
Write one letter for each sound, in that order.
m   a   p

One more

sit
↓
/s/ /i/ /t/ → s i t
Remember
Say it. Break it into sounds. One letter for each sound.
Ask yourself: “Did I write a letter for every tap?”

Remember

Tap it, then write it.

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