Sounds of “or”, “wh” and “oo”
Continuing to learn the sounds of letter combinations – the sounds of “or”, “wh” and “oo”.
or – corn, horses – Make “or” with your hands, then pretend to “eat the corn”. (Video 1)
Phonic Comic 2/17 – snore, sport, swore, sore – Why is his head sore?
Stop the video whenever necessary for your child to work out a word before the answer is given. Silent “e” after “or” on the end of a word is quite common – more, core, tore, store, bore, lore (wisdom or knowledge, e.g. folklore), fore (front) … (Video 2)
wh – “wh” sounds windy – whip, whistle
It is difficult for Australians to hear the difference between “wh” and “w” because we say them the same way. Actually, “wh” is a more windy sound. Technically, “w” is voiced (feel your throat vibrate) and “wh” is unvoiced (it is just windy). (Video 3)
Phonic Comic 2/18 – whip, whirl, wheel, wham – What happened to the wheel? Practise the sound of “wh”. (Video 4)
oo – 2 sounds – /oo/ (short) /oo/ (long) … “cuckoo” – book, hoop. Memory aids and doing actions with your hands help to cement the letter-sound correspondences in memory. Practise/review this knowledge often to transfer it from short term to long term memory. (Video 5)
Phonic Comic 2/19 – “Look at the food” – look, cook, food, zoom – What did she cook? Practise the two sounds of “oo”.
In some places in the world, such as Scotland, there is no difference between the short /oo/ (look) and the long /oo/ (hoops). They pronounce it somewhere between the two. (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 or, Phonic Comic 2/17, wh, Phonic Comic 2/18, oo, Phonic Comic 2/19
All illustrations for Phonic Comic books © A. H. M. Wherrett, 2004.
Thanks to Pet Porpoise Pool, (Troy Saville, assistant manager), Coffs Harbour, NSW for permission to film performing dolphins. Thanks to Bullocky Bill Blanche, Timbertown, Wauchope, NSW for permission to film whip.
To see the other videos go to Videos for Children
Print the books easy 2-17, easy 2-18 and easy 2-19 back-to-back on A4 paper, cut each one across the centre on the line, assemble, fold and staple.
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