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The Big Pig Song
The Big Pig Song - Hooked on Phonics: Learn to Read
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An example of rhyming CVC words with the ending /-ig/.
Parents & Instructors,
After your young learner has mastered the letter-sound relationships, it is time to start reading CVC words. CVC words are three vowel words that consist of a consonant-vowel-consonant. A beginning reader must develop competency in the following areas:
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initial sounds: the link between letters and sounds
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rhyming: recognizing words with the same ending
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blending: pulling together individual sounds in words
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segmenting: breaking words down into individual sounds
B
BAT
c
AT
CAT
R
RAT
H
HAT
BLENDING
Practice Reading Words Ending in /-at/
Develop initial sound, rhyming, and blending skills.
Begin with the ending /-at/. Sound out the first letter and blend it together with
/-at/. Listen to the audio clips to assist with your initial sound and blending skills.
Practice Reading Words Ending
in /-ig/.
Now let's move onto the ending /-ig/. Sound out the first letter and then /-ig/. Say them quickly together to make a word!
Click the audio next to each word to help you blend together the letter sounds.
p
PIG
w
IG
WIG
b
BIG
d
DIG
HAT
s
sun
r
run
un
f
fun
p
pun
Practice Reading Words Ending in /-un/
Let's end with the ending /-un/. Sound out the first letter and then add /-un/. Blend them together to make a word! Each word will rhyme.
Click the audio next to each word to help you blend together the letter sounds.
MAT
M-A-T
PIG
P-I-G
Segmenting
Let's separate the words into individual sounds!
Separating words into sounds is an important skill to learn. Now that you learned how to put words together, it is time to take them apart. Look at the words to the right and left and sound out each individual letter. Clap your hands when sounding out the words.
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MAT = M [clap] - A [clap] - T [clap]
SUN
S-U-N
HAT
H-A-T
Handouts & Additional Resources
Need more practice? Click on the fun handouts and interactive sites below to develop your rhyming, blending, and segmenting skills.
Turtle Diaries:
Interactive Rhyming Game
Play this interactive game to practice your blending skills!
C-A-T Word Machines:
Interactive CVC Blending Game
Click on this link to practice your blending and segmenting skills.
How Are You Doing?
Parents & Instructors,
Now, take the time to assess your young learners' knowledge with this comprehensive assessment packet. You may use this packet throughout your readers' learning journey as their phonetic knowledge develops. This summative assessment was created for elementary teachers, but may easily be used by parents and at-home instructors. It offers comprehensive testing in initial sounds [phonemic awareness], rhyming, blending, and segmenting.