Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 22

Three-sound words

Some nouns name things you can touch. Others name ideas — and those are the ones writers need.

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: “Does my sentence still make sense without the word?”

Remember

Two words nearly fit. Only one is right.

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