What to teach after cvc words
What are CVC words, CCVC words and CVCC words?
Phonics teaching introduces children to CVC words (consonant vowel consonant), then CCVC words (consonant consonant vowel consonant) and CVCC words (consonant vowel consonant consonant). Understand how teachers will present the different words in the classroom and how to support your child's learning at home in our parents' guide to decoding and blending sounds.
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What are CVC words?
A CVC word is a word that is made up of a consonant, vowel and consonant sound.
Cat, hot, tip, man and hut are all CVC words.
What are CCVC words?
Consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant words, for example: trap, chop, stun, grit, shop.
What are CVCC words?
Examples of CVCC (consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant) words are: hunt, fast, cart, milk, want.
Consonant digraphs and vowel digraphs in phonics
Children start to learn their letter sounds in Reception, then start to 'blend' sounds to read words.
As a first step children focus on decoding (reading) three-letter words arranged consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC words). They will learn other letter sounds, such as the consonants g, b, d, h and the remaining vowels e, o, u. A child who already knows all their letter sounds might be shown the CVC word 'pit' and asked to read it out loud. This is the point where they are required to use their knowledge of the individual sounds of each letter and 'blend' these letter sounds together, so they are saying the whole word and not three individual sounds.
CVC words don't have to be three-letter words, as the C, the V and the C refer to consonant and vowel sounds (which could be made up of more than one letter) rather than to individual letters of the alphabet.
Once children have learnt to read a variety of CVC words, they move onto reading digraphs (two letters that make up one sound).
They will learn the sounds /ch/ and /sh/ and be shown how to represent these sounds as letters. They will also learn how to blend consonants, for example: they may be shown the two letters 'sp' and asked to say the sounds (/s/ and /p/) these letters make out loud.
Children then move onto reading CCVC words, such as chat, ship, frog, snap.
Once they have mastered these, they will move onto CVCC words, such as bash, card, send, mast.
Alongside this essential work on reading, they will be taught to form all their letters with a pencil on lines. The better they get at decoding (reading a written word out loud) the better they should get at encoding (spelling a spoken word on paper).
Phonics information for parents
For more information on phonics and how it's used to teach children to read look through our parents' guides, or find phonics worksheets and phonics games for your child to help them practise early reading at home.
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Posted on April 9, 2019 | 1 Comment
Reading experts agree that CVC words—two consonants sandwiching a short or closed vowel—should be taught first to children who are just beginning to read. The reason has to do with logic. Almost all CVC words pronounce sounds in the expected way, that is, with a one-to-one correspondence between the sound and the letter representing the sound. The few words which are exceptions to the rules—words like “was” and “gym”—are not taught yet.
Experts also agree that one-syllable CVC words containing blends in which each letter is sounded should be taught next. Words with blends at the beginning, words like “spot” and “drum,” should be taught before words with blends at the end, words like “bend” and “lump,” because beginning sounds are easier to master than ending sounds.
Teaching reading in this order is important because most beginning readers are four to six years old, and their sense of logic does not allow for exceptions. All red lights mean stop, no exceptions. Every time Dad says “no,” that means no, no exceptions. One plus one equals two every time, no exceptions. Every “z” is pronounced “z,” no exceptions.
The problem for teachers is that after children learn CVC words, what kinds of words should they learn next?
- Two syllable words containing two CVC segments (CVCCVC) such as “rabbit” and “Justin”?
- CVCe one-syllable words containing a silent e at the end such as “make” and “kite”?
- CVVC one-syllable words containing double vowels such as “Jean” and “boat”?
There is no correct approach after teaching CVC words.
Teaching two-syllable CVCCVC words maintains the logic of one sound per letter, but two syllables are harder to learn than one. All those letters can look intimidating to a tiny child.
CVCe words require that the last letter not be sounded, which breaks the rule of one sound per letter. If lots of silent letters were not pronounced, this would wreak havoc in a child’s mind. But since the same letter—“e”—is not sounded, this maintains a one-to-one logical relationship that is easy to remember.
The hard part of CVCe words is that the silent e changes the sound of the vowel to a long or open vowel sound. Previously children needed to know five vowel sounds; to learn CVCe words they need to know ten. (Actually, they need to know eleven if both sounds of u are taught. In “mule” the u sounds like “yu” and in “tune” the “u” sounds like “u.”)
One child I taught could not make the transition from CVC to CVCe words even after several months of work. She could remember how to pronounce either CVC or CVCe words, but when I mixed them, she could not go back and forth sounding the words correctly.
Learning CVVC words containing double vowels is readily grasped if the double vowels are identical, as they are when the vowels are “ee” as in “seen” and “deed.” Usually when the vowels are different, as in “mean” and “read,” the second vowel is silent but its presence means the first vowel is pronounced like a long or open vowel. The new reader needs to remember two ideas: that the second vowel is not pronounced, and that the first vowel is not pronounced like a CVC vowel. For some children this is difficult even if exceptions are not mentioned.
What to teach after CVC words? The choice is yours, but each option comes with its difficulties for children. I usually teach the silent e words next. I have tried printing words with a shadowy “e” which helps children to remember not to say the “e.” But when I take away the shadowy letter “e,” it is like starting over. What I thought would be a short cut way to learn turns out to be a dead end detour.
One thing I have learned: Integrating whatever you teach next with CVC words can take a long time.
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Greetings, dear readers! Today I want to tell you about an exciting game, the props for which are easy to make at home, and the result is difficult to overestimate: after all, with its help your child will learn how to put letters into words. But first, a small digression. I think that experts in English will agree with me that teaching a young child to read in English is much more difficult than in Russian. And the point here is not so much in the presence of a huge number of reading rules with a lot of exceptions to each, although this is also the case - but in the fact that the syllabic method we are used to for the English language does not work. What to do? In order not to get into trouble, let's let the very structure of the language guide us. Most words in the English language consist of one syllable, and one of the most common patterns is the so-called "CVC-words", i.e. words consisting of a consonant, a vowel and another consonant: cat, dog, fit, gym, hot etc. This is the feature we will use. In contrast to the method of learning to read with a whole word (Glenn Doman's method), we will go the traditional way: from sounds to letters, from letters to words, and from words to sentences. I got the idea of a game that was simple to genius on the blog "Itty Bitty Love". It didn't take long to sew a fleece house with transparent film balconies - and now our "Short Vowel Word Game" or just "House" is ready:
My daughter and I used to compose words from letters, including the principle proposed by Anna, the author of the blog. But the game is a completely different matter: it has a plot! To begin with, we choose a leader - for example, the letter combination "at" - and we put him in a balcony on the roof. Next, you need to find five more cards with the same combination of letters and populate each balcony of the house with them. Now we select single consonant letters that line up to the leader in the hope of settling in the house. Dasha alternately substitutes them next to the letter combination "vowel-consonant" and reads the resulting word (at first with my help, but now more and more often herself). Here are some of the words that can be composed:
Compiled words can not only be read, but also written: just copy into your notebook or write without looking at dictation.
There are other wonderful games that can help a child to comprehend the patterns of reading "CVC words" . For example, Phonics Bingo or Word Family Sliders. In addition, by searching for "CVC words printables" you will find a lot of printable materials. Good luck to your children and students on the difficult path of mastering English literacy! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Once the child has mastered the names of the letters and remembered what sound each of them gives, you can begin to combine them into words. And at this stage, games will help us just. 
If the read word makes sense, the letter remains, if not, then it leaves. The next day, we read the words that we got the day before again, then remove all the letters and choose a new leader. 
You can make suggestions with them. For example, to practice reading words for "-at" you can use the well-known tongue twister: how to teach a preschooler the basics of English
| We work from 10 to 21 seven days a week! We work from 10 to 21 seven days a week! What is Jolly Phonics? Jolly Phonics is a playful method for teaching young children and elementary school students to read, write and speak English. They have created this course for children to learn English sounds and letters quickly and easily. The program quickly gained acceptance among teachers and was used in primary education and language schools around the world. As opposed to learning words by sight and shape, phonics help students develop the skill to understand how to read almost any word in English. Children are taught the correspondences between sounds (phonemes) and letters, they are taught to identify and combine individual sounds of letters and combinations to make a word. There are 42 sounds (phonemes) in English that have 90 spellings. The study of phonics allows you to effectively learn the largest number of them with minimal effort and with the help of simple instructions. Benefits of this technique1. Learning sounds. All sounds, of which there are 42 in English, are divided into 7 groups. Some of them are graphically represented using two letters, for example: "ai" or "ng". Such sounds are called digraphs. The letter combinations "OO" and "TN" can create two sounds each, for example, in the words look [ lʊk ], moon [ muːn ], that [ðæt], three [ θriː ]. In order to distinguish these two sounds, the digraph can be represented in two ways. Each new sound is introduced through an activity that helps children remember the letters that represent that sound. By showing a child a letter or a combination of letters, he can quickly and correctly name the sound and, at the same time, reproduce the action related to this sound. When the child gains confidence, there will be no need to use gestures. Children learn each letter not by its alphabetical name, but by the sound it represents. For example, the letter Aa /hey/ is called Aa /e/, as in the word angry, but not ai /hey/, as in the word cake.
2. The study of letter formation. At an early stage, the child must learn to write letters correctly. The English letter Сc /si/ is one of the first letters children learn to write. It is easier to draw than others. Its form contains the base for other letters, such as the letter d, p or o. Particular attention should be paid to the spelling of the following letters: - The letter -o: (starting from the top and going down counterclockwise, not clockwise) - The letter -d-: (it starts in the middle, not from the top) - The letters -m and -n, as well as similar ones, are characterized by the fact that children should start writing them with a stick, which is carried from top to bottom. 3. Merge or mix sounds.Synthesizing or mixing sounds is a process in which children pronounce individual sounds in a word and then put them together to form a word. For example, we pronounce each sound separately - h-e-n, then we “synthesize” all the sounds, forming the word hen. First, an adult quickly pronounces any word, while breaking it into sounds and determining whether the child is able to hear this word. If the word is difficult for the child, the teacher repeats it again. Some children may take longer to recognize a word. It is better to start with simple words: b-u-s, t-o-p, c-a-t and d-o-g. Since some sounds are digraphs, i. The Jolly Phonics Regular Word Blending Cards can be used to practice improving your blending skills. When pronouncing sounds in combination, for example, in the word flag, children learn to pronounce the first two sounds in one block: -fl -a -g, and not -f -l -a -g, which helps to increase reading speed. Some English words are irregularly spelled and cannot be read by sound fusion, such as said, was, and one. Unfortunately, there are many such words, so the irregular part of the word must be memorized. These are the so-called "tricky" words or "Tricky Words". 4. Identification of sounds in words. One of the easiest ways to learn how to write words correctly is to listen carefully to the sounds that make up words. According to the rules of the game, it is necessary to pronounce a word and ask the child to name the first sound in this word. Then try to recognize the final sounds and, finally, the sounds in the middle of the word, which are usually the most difficult. It is better to start with simple words consisting of three letters: cat, hot, big and the like. You can simply pronounce the word and then decompose it into sounds, accompanying each sound with a clap. And do not forget about digraphs - the word fish, for example, has 4 letters, but only 3 sounds: f-i-sh. To successfully learn how to decompose words into sounds, you can use rhymes and poems, for example: s - Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss. 5. Spelling of compound words.There are several ways to help children learn to write complex irregular words correctly: 1. Look, Close, Write, Check. First you need to consider with the child the word and its spelling; determine where the "cunning" part of this word is located. Then close the word and ask the child to write it correctly. 2. Say the word as it sounds. Say each sound in the word, for example, the word -was should sound like - w-a-s, however, in fact, it is pronounced | voz |. 3. Mnemonics. Each initial letter of the phrase stands for the word we want to write. For example: laugh - Laugh At Ugly Goat's Hair. 4. Spelling is also improved by using capital letters.
We use Jolly Phonics when preparing children for international schools in Russia and abroad, because Jolly materials are required in many countries. 
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With daily classes according to this method, the child can cheerfully read in English in 3-6 months. Jolly Phonics authors Susan Lloyd and Sarah Wernham are primary school teachers at Woods Loke School in England. 
Similarly, the letter Nn is called nn /nn/, as in nose, not /en/. Letter names follow at a later stage. Letters must not be entered in alphabetical order. With the help of the first group of letters (s, a, t, i, p, n) it is easier to compose easier words - sit, cat, big, pen, note. Sounds that have more than one way of writing are initially presented in one form. For example, the sound ai in the word “rain” is presented first, and then the alternative combinations a-e (lake) and -ay (stay) are given. These and other examples can be found in the Jolly Phonics Word Book. 
It is important to remember that no letter starts from the bottom. If the words are written "with one movement of the hand", it is easier to remember their correct spelling. Many letters, such as h, m or u, have a “tail” at the bottom right to make it easier to change to uppercase writing, in which letters are connected to each other. 
e. consist of two letters, it is necessary to pronounce exactly the digraph - “ch”, and not the letters separately - s - ch - oo - l. With practice, children will be able to recognize one sound in the digraph, combining it with others to form words. 
And for the practice of such listening, there is a simple and popular game “I spy” - “I see, I see”. 
