Listed below are some of the phonemic sounds we will cover in first grade. You will find the letters, then beside the letters you will find a word used as an example.

consonant digraphs

ck duck

th thimble

sh sheep

ch cheese

ng lung

ph phone

vowel digraphs

ee sleep

oo tooth

oo hook

ai rain

ay hay

ea thread

ea leaf

ea steak

ow snow

ue glue

au sauce

ey key

oa soap

ew cashew

combinations

er butter

ar chart

or fork

ir bird

ur purse

qu quail

wh whale

Dipthongs

oi oil

oy toy

ou couch

ow how

final, stable syllables

ble bubble

dle candle

fle ruffle

ple purple

gle bugle

tle bottle

cle circle

kle buckle

sle hassle

zle puzzle

tion motion

sion explosion

Trigraphs

igh light

tch scratch

dge fudge

Quadrigraphs

eigh sleigh

Ghost Letters

gn gnat

kn knot

wr wreath