Segmenting sounds to spell longer words
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KIM: Yarrr! It’s me. Captain Kim! What do ye want Max?
MAX: Tef.
KIM: Tef? Yarrr!! What’s tef ship mate Max? Oh teeth! I need to teach you how to spell long words. Ok, the first sound is t. Nice! Now some sounds are spelled with two letters. You only had one e but if you add another e, together they make the sound ee.
Max: Ee
KIM: Yes! And when we see t and h together, they make the sound th.
MAX: T-ee-th. Teeth! Yaar!
Spelling longer words song
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To segment a word,you chop chop chop.Kim! K-i-m.To segment a word,you chop chop chop.Max! m-a-x.
Let’s buy some food!
Find the soundsInside the wordNow chop upWhat you heard!
food!f-oo-dfood!food!f-oo-d!
To segment a word,you chop chop chop.jam! j-a-m!
To segment a word,you chop chop chop.fish! f-i-sh!
Let's buy some cheese.
Find the soundsInside the wordNow chop upWhat you heard!
cheese!ch-ee-se.cheese!ch-ee-se.
Chop chop chop CHOP!
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