Sounds of “ch” and “y”
Learn the sounds of “ch” and “y” – the most common sound of “ch” in “ah…choo”, “chase” and “pouch”; and the four sounds of “y”, /y/ in “yes”, /E/ in “happy”, /I/ in “my”, “why” and “try”, and /i/ in “gym”.
ch –The /ch/ sound for “ch” in “ah…choo”, “chase” and “pouch” is the first and easiest sound to learn for “ch”. (Video 1)
Phonic Comic 2/11 – Mitch, chimp, chomp, champ – A comic strip that uses the most common sound of “ch”. Who can eat more bananas, Mitch or the chimp? We use “tch” for a /ch/ sound after a single, short vowel in a short word, exceptions rich, which, such, much. Print the easy book “The champ”. (Video 2)
Bothersome Blends ch – Choosing between similar words encourages children to look carefully at the words and not guess. Which word is lunch, pinch, stretch, hatch? See video clips of hot glass being pinched and stretched to make a flower, and praying mantises hatching. (Video 3)
y/y/y/y –The four sounds for “y” in “yes”, “happy”, “my” and “gym”. Build up a spelling list of useful words for each sound. (Video 4)
Phonic Comic 2/12 – Harry, bunny, funny, happy – A comic strip to practise the /E/ sound for “y”. Dad to the rescue. (Video 5)
The title for the easy book to print for Phonic Comic 2/12 is “Harry’s bunny”. If your child comments, explain that the apostrophe means that the bunny belongs to Harry and/or that we need a capital letter to start a person’s name.
Phonic Comic 2/13 – fly, sky, try, cry – A comic strip to practise the long /I/ sound for “y” (the name of the letter “i”). Capital C and T are included because the title of the easy book to print is “Can Tim fly?” (Video 6)
Click on the bottom right hand corner of each video to see it full screen. If you have trouble seeing the videos try ch, Phonic Comic 2/11, Bothersome Blends ch, y y y y, Phonic Comic 2 /12, Phonic Comic 2/13
All illustrations for Phonic Comic books © A. H. M. Wherrett, 2004.
Thanks to Colin Heaney Art, (Noel Hart manager), Byron Bay for permission to film making a glass flower – stretch and pinch.
To see the other videos go to Videos for Children
Print the books easy 2-11, easy 2-12 and easy 2-13 back-to-back on A4 paper, cut each one across the centre on the line, assemble, fold and staple.
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