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Step-by-step practice: English · Level 1Chapter 2 · Letter sounds: m, d, g, o, c, k
Step-by-step English Level 1 · Letter sounds: m, d, g, o, c, k · Summary

Step-by-step English Level 1 Letter sounds: m, d, g, o, c, k: summary and key words

Part of the Step-by-step English Level 1 letter sounds: m, d, g, o, c, k chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Say the sound of m, d, g, o, c and kUse the example word for each letter
Know that c and k can make /k/Look at the letter, then remember the sound is the same
Find the picture whose name starts with a soundCompare only the first letters
Find the letter a name or word starts withRead from the left and take the first letter

Can you…?

  • I can say the sounds for m, d, g, o, c and k
  • I know that c and k can both make the /k/ sound
  • I can find the picture whose name starts with the sound I need
  • I can find the first letter of a picture name or word

Key terms

hard g
the sound /g/, as in goat
short vowel
a short sound such as /o/ in ox or hot
same sound
two letters that make the same sound, such as c and k in /k/

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