What Is This Situation? AI and AY make the same sound. Both say the long A sound, like in rain and play. But they are used in different places. AI usu ...
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What Is This Situation? OU and OW can make the same sound. Both can say "ow" like in loud and cow. But they are used in different places. OU usually c ...
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What Is This Situation? Sometimes a word has two of the same consonant in a row. Like ball, where there are two Ls. Or happy, where there are two Ps. ...
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What Is This Situation? Sometimes a letter is in a word but does not make a sound. That is a silent letter. K is often silent when it comes before N. ...
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What Is This Situation? L and R can sound very similar. Light and right. Long and wrong. Live and river. For many children, especially those whose hom ...
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What Is This Situation? V and W can be hard to tell apart. They sound similar, but they are different. V uses your teeth and lip. W uses your lips onl ...
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What Is This Situation? G is a tricky letter. It can make two different sounds. The hard G sound is like in go and game. The soft G sound is like in g ...
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What Is This Situation? C and K can be confusing. They make the same sound. Cat starts with C. Kite starts with K. Both make the "k" sound. So how do ...
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What Is This Situation? Vowels have two sounds. A short sound and a long sound. The long sound says its name. O says its name in words like go, home, ...
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What Is This Situation? When a vowel is followed by the letter R, something changes. The vowel is not short. It is not long. It makes a new sound. R c ...
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What Is This Situation? The TH sound is special. It is not like other sounds. To make it, you put your tongue between your teeth and blow air. There a ...
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What Is This Situation? Two letters can make one sound. CH is a digraph. C and H are separate letters. But when they stand together, they make the "ch ...
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