All About Phonics and Word Families: Charts, Posters, Videos and More
Please find resources below to break down phonics into it's basic elements such as consonants, short and long vowels, blends, digraphs, etc. plus word families.
PHONICS is defined as a method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters. "It is the link between what we say, what we read, and what we write". An article that discusses overlapping methods of instruction can be found here by ThoughtCo. A comprehensive list of Phonics and Reading Programs is available from Cathy Duffy Reviews.
Below you will find some programs that are not listed above such as PhonicTalk.com and Fundations. PhonicTalk.com has a series of charts available on the internet, a clear explanation of what is phonics, and resources. Fundations is a program offered by Wilson Language Training. The curriculum can be found here. The video below teaches the letter sounds of the whole alphabet. Please also find the matching alphabet chart.
VIDEO: FUNdations A - Z Letter Practice by TheTemplateTeacher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kbPqHe4u7k
CONSONANTS
Other alphabet charts from google images can be found by clicking on the alphabet chart below.
Alternative videos can be found on YouTube that teach phonics. Two of the best are linked below.
VIDEO: English Phonics Reading for Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEDMXZFfqfo
VIDEO: ABC SONG | ABC Songs for Children - 13 Alphabet Songs & 26 Videos by ABCkidTV - Nursery Rhymes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UR-l3QI2nE
VOWELS
After mastering the consonants, the vowels can be learned using the following tools.
The sounds that vowels make poster can be found as a freebie desk chart.
Sounds That Vowels Make Poster
Desk Chart Freebie: http://cleverclassroomblog.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/whimsy-workshop-teaching-clever.html?m=1
Poster: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-a-e-i-o-u-Posters-Sounds-that-Vowels-Make-Helpers-1601977
Short and long vowel charts can be be found below from Phonictalk.com. As well as videos that teach vowel sounds.
http://www.phonictalk.com/charts/pt_chart_1.php
VIDEO: ♫ Fun and Fast Short Vowel Phonics Song "aeiou" with actions. (Grade 1)♫
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh11mx9tF9o
VIDEO: Vowels Song - Preschool Prep Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqizfmO_D_A
VIDEO: The Long & Short Vowels Song ♫♪♫ | Scratch Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjcT7Gto3U
Another version of the Sounds that Vowels Make Poster that is a resources for long vowel spelling patterns is available here.
http://blog.maketaketeach.com/long-vowel-spelling-patterns/
The sounds that vowels make HELPER is available here that shows examples of words that follow the vowel spelling rules.
Sounds That Vowels Make Helper
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-a-e-i-o-u-Chart-Sounds-that-Vowels-Make-Helper-1586312
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-and-Phonics-Charts-638022
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-Phonics-Vowel-Teams-550047
BLENDS, DIGRAPHS, R-Controlled Vowels,
HARD and SOFT 'C' & 'G'
There are more to phonics than consonants and vowels. A crash course in teaching phonics is available below and here. It explains consonant blends and digraphs, vowel digraphs, r-controlled vowels, and hard and soft 'c' and 'g' with examples. Blends video by Elf Kids Video, blends / digraphs charts from Teachers Pay Teachers, free r-controlled vowels books from The Measured Mom and hard and soft 'c' and 'g' charts from Make,Take & Teach are available below.
http://www.theclassroomkey.com/2015/08/crash-course-in-phonics-part-2.html
VIDEO: Learn To Blend - Consonant Blends Chant by ELF Learning - ELF Kids Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYmwStHMezc
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blend-Digraph-Helper-Freebie-1158194
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sounds-and-Blends-Charts-712855
R-Controlled Vowels
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books-r-controlled-vowels/
Hard and Soft 'C' and 'G'
https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/make-take-teach-3610183/teaching-hard-soft-c-g-3667077479
https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/make-take-teach-3610183/teaching-hard-soft-c-g-3667077479
Word Families
https://www.honorrollsupply.com/products/dr-seuss-content-word-families
http://www.mardel.com/Education/Classroom-Decorations/Charts/Word-Families-Chart/p/2566792
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Family-Trees-includes-86-different-word-families-773581
Books and Activities
http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/spin-a-word-family/
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/6412/word-families-flip-book
https://www.education.com/activity/article/make_word_slider_k/
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rhyming-Word-Family-Flip-Books-Sampler-for-K-1-2-660219
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Word-Family-Booklet-CVC-CCVC-words-388863
The word families included in this book are: 1. -an 2. -ap 3. -at 4. -ed 5. -en 6. -et 7. -ig 8. -ip 9. -it 10. -og 11. -op 12. -ot 13. -ug 14. -um 15. -un
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/learn-read-word-families-free-books/
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/read-short-e-words-free-phonics-books-set-4/
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/learn-read-short-word-families-free-books/
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-phonics-books-set-3/
http://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-easy-readers-phonics-books-set-5/
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-Vowel-Sounds-Sorting-Activity-1593530
If you want to begin with the very basics, the phonogram is defined as the letter symbols that comprise a sound.
Logic of English : The 74 basic phonograms are divided into vowels, vowel-consonants, and consonants.
All About Learning Press : The basic phonograms are divided into the alphabet, consonant teams, vowel teams, the sound of /er/, the sound of /sh/, and other phonograms.
Click on the phonogram shown below to lead you to a free app or web page to hear the correct pronunciation of the letter(s).
Follow link of the diagram to free app to hear the correct pronunciation.
Free app: http://appshopper.com/education/phonogram-sounds
Web page: http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/phonograms
