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PHONICS: A sounds

Teacher: Mario Cruz

/æ/

The sound /æ/ is a low, front, tense vowel.
  1. Lower your jaw
  2. Widen your lips
  3. Tighten your tongue
  4. Breathe out and let your vocal cords vibrate
  5. Similar to spanish A.

sat...past...fan...camera...

"a" - cat, fan, ask, ant, back, bath, chance, band, brand, hand, land, sand, dad, mad, chat, had, has, have, after, actually, actor, jacket "au" - laugh, aunt "ai" - plaid

Silent B Lamb Silent D Ma'am (madam)

Silent consonants Silent L Calf, half, salmon Silent G Gnash, gnat

Practice!

/ɑ/

The sound /ɑ/ is a low, central, tense vowel.
  1. Lower your jaw and tongue.
  2. Your lips should be very open but not wide.
  3. Your tongue should be tightened, not relaxed
  4. Breathe out to pronounce the vowel.

stop...job...far...doctor...

/a/ is the most common pronunciation of written stressed o /p, b/ chop cop drop hop stop … Bob blob cob job knob rob /t, d/ dot got hot knot not bottle gotten … fond God odd rod /k/ block clock dock flock honk knock rock sock stock

/s, z/ box fox lox ox phlox … Oz /ʃ/ gosh posh slosh /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ botch notch scotch splotch … dodge lodge hodgepodge /m/ bomb .com mom prom Tom /n/ con Don John non on honor Vermont

ar = /ˈa-ɚ/ are army garden party card hard yard barf scarf snarf ark bark dark park shark arm charm farm harm barn darn yarn carp harp sharp tarp car far jar scar star tar art chart part start smart

a = /a/ want silent l balm calm palm psalm qualm

ear = /a-ɚ/ 2 words heart /ˈha-ɚt/ hearth /ˈha-ɚθ/

The sound /ɑ/ is present in the suffix –ology. This suffix indicates a field of study.
  • Biology – the study of life
  • Hydrology – the study of water
  • Sociology – the study of human society
  • Dermatology - the study of the skin and its diseases

The sound /ɑ/ is also present in the suffix -ography. This suffix indicates a field of study or something related to writing.
  • Ethnography - the study of cultures
  • Oceanography - the study of the ocean
  • Orthography - rules of correct writing
  • Biography - the written account of a person's life

Practice!

/ey/

​The sound /ey/ is a mid, front, tense vowel.​
  1. Put your tongue in the middle of your mouth.
  2. Spread your lips, like a small smile. Your tongue should move forward.
  3. Tighten your tongue.
  4. Breathe out and let your vocal cords vibrate.

​take...name...later...away

"a...(e)" - came, late "ai" - train, wait "a" - age, April "ay" - day, maybe "ey" - they, obey "ea" - great, break "ei" - rein, veil "eigh"/"aigh" - neighbor, weigh, straight "et" (French origin) - crochet, ballet

This vowel is usually stressed, as in these words:
  • famous
  • lately
  • create
However, /ey/ can also be unstressed. In an unstressed syllable, /ey/ is pronounced quickly and softly. This is most common in the last syllable of a word.
  • Sunday
  • dictate
  • graduate

Practice! /æ/ vs /a/

Practice! /æ/ vs /a/ vs /ʌ/