Dipthongs

Learning Objectives

Identify dipthongs in words in order to improve pronunciation

Dipthongs– a vowel or combination of vowels in which there is a noticeable sound change within the same syllable (the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another)

Sound Letters Words

āy

/ey/    /ay/    /ai/    /ei/    /ea/ they, lay, rain, eight, break

ee

/ee/       /ie/        /ea/ deer, pier, clear

ī

/i/         /igh/      /y/ like, bright, cry

ō

/ow/     /oa/      /ou/ slow, loan, though

ai

/ai/       /ea/ pair, bear

ow

/ou/     /ow/ bound, brown

 

tips for teaching

Create word groups and focus on spelling:

paid, pain, face, shade, age, wait, taste, paper

beard, weird, fierce, ear, beer, tear

tide, time, nice, buy, bike, pie, eye, kite, fine

load, home, most, bone, phone, boat, bowl

aired, scarce, bear, hair

loud, gown, house, cow, bow, brow

moored, tour, lure, sure, pure

void, loin, voice, oil, boil, coin, toy

 

Explain homonyms and homophones