Year 1 · Two Letters, One Sound (Digraphs) · Summary
Year 1 English Two Letters, One Sound (Digraphs): summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 English two letters, one sound (digraphs) chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Two letters, one sound | Put both letters in one sound box: sh, ch, th, ng, nk, wh, ph. |
| Three letters, one sound | Keep all three letters in one box: igh, ear, air, ure. |
| Long and short oo | oo can be long, as in moon, or short, as in book. |
| Other sounds | ai and oa in rain and boat, ee in tree, ar in car, or in fork, ow in cow, oi in coin, ur and er in fur and her. |
| Blend to read | Say each sound, then push the sounds together. |
| Segment to spell | Split the word into sound boxes, then write the letters for each box. |
Can you…?
- I can say which letters make one sound, such as sh in ship
- I can blend the sounds to read a word with a digraph
- I can split a word into sound boxes
- I can read the two sounds of oo, as in moon and book
- I can spell a word by writing the letters for each sound
Key terms
- digraph
- two letters that make one sound, such as sh
- trigraph
- three letters that make one sound, such as igh
- blend
- push the sounds together to read a word
- segment
- split a word into sounds to spell it
- sound box
- one box for each sound in a word
- vowel
- the letters a, e, i, o and u