Consonant sounds, such as /d/ and /g/, are introduced later in the program, as they cannot be held and, when said, have a partial vowel sound included (e.g., the d sound actually sounds like /du/). The more difficult vowels are also the ones that cannot be held, and are said very quickly (e.g., /i/ as in dig) . Each of the three sounds in the word dig are very brief and harder to hear and manipulate in a word. More skill is needed to separate the sounds and then blend them back together to decode a word.
Following F.I.R.S.T.’s phonemic and phonetic activities, students read ebooks in order to reinforce newly acquired phonological knowledge.
Student practicing the sound /ee/ in the Cave of Sounds
SCHOLASTIC F.I.R.S.T. FOUNDATION PAPER 11
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