Transcript of Wilson Reading System Substep 1.5. Part 1 Sound Cards Quick Drill.
Wilson Reading System
Substep 1.5
Part 1Sound Cards
Quick Drill
aa apple /a/
ee Ed /e/
ii itch /i/
oo octopus /o/
uu umbrella /u/
digraphsConsonants ‘stick together’ to form one
sound, even though there are two letters. That is why they are on one card. They
are not separated.
quQ is the chicken letter- it refuses to go anywhere without its friend, u. It is never in a word alone. The u in this situation has no vowel sound. Qu is a digraph as well.
Chicken Letter
thth thumb /th/
chch chin /ch/
shsh ship /sh/
whwh whistle /w/
ckck sock /k/
Part 2 Teach and
Review Concepts for Reading
mm man /m/
nn nut /n/
Make the /m/ sound.
Plug your nose.
Make the /n/ sound.
Plug your nose.
These are nasal sounds because they come from the nose. This means it sometimes makes the short vowel sound different.
Welded Sounds
The consonants change the short vowel sound. The vowel is still considered short.