Digraph Blends

Digraphs blends a consonant digraph consists of two consonants which make a single sound ch sh th wh kn ph wr etc.

Digraph blends. 3 build familiar words with. The most common are sh ch th and wh but there also is ph. Blends on the other hand are two or more consonants that blend together but each sound can still be heard. For instance the words skirt and clock start with the blends sk and cl.

2 practice blending the sounds together that are provided orally. A consonant blend consists of two consonants that each make their own sound br fl st etc. How we teach blends digraphs 1 write the letters while saying the letter names and then providing the sound those letters make. This is building the phonology base of the triangle.

For example a word like stump contains a beginning blend st and ending blend mp and may be too difficult for a child just learning about blends. Digraph two letters put together and you hear one sound. But blends and digraphs can be quite confusing between themselves. Then comes blends which take a while but once i finish teaching kids the blends you will be surprised to see the improvement in their reading ability.

Let s understand the difference. It is thought that these clusters along with nk and sk should be taught later rather than at the beginning. Some blends contain three consonants clusters such as str spl spr shr scr squ str. Ch in the word chair and ph in the word phone are both examples of digraphs.

We like to call the most common consonant digraphs the h brothers.