Letter Teams

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Letter Team List

ee, th, sh, er, ch, oo, wh, ce, ci, ow, ou, ing, ay, aw, au, ar, igh, oy, oi, ur, ir, ge, gi, ink, kn, ew, ed, wor, tion, ck, ang, ank, ong, onk, qu, wr, ph, ai, oa, ea, oe, ui, ey, tch, dge, eigh, ear

This is what the letter teams look like in words.  This will help with the sounds each letter team makes.

ee bee, see

th  th makes 2 sounds, a soft sound like in teeth and Thursday and

     hard sound like in the and then

sh  swoosh, ship, she

er  her, marker known as the “er” of her

ch  cheese, chip

oo has 2 sounds like in look, book-the other sound is like in boo, tooth

wh known as 2-letter “w” like in what, where

ce, ci known as the soft c sound as in city, Cindy, fence, space

ow has 2 sounds like in cow, how-the other sound is like in below, show

ou  house, mouse

ing ring, jumping

ay known as 2 letter “a” like in say, day

aw saw, awesome, claw

au auto, Austin

ar car, far

igh known as 3 letter “i” night, light

oy, oi boy toy, soil, coin

ur known as the “er” of nurse

ir known as the “er” of first

ge, gi, can make the “g” sound like in get and give but can also make the “j” sound as in gem and giant

ink pink, sink

kn known as 2 letter “n” like in know and knee

ew stew, flew

ed known as our old friend Ed who means something already happened, past tense and can say “t” or “d” or “ed” as in liked (t sound)

played (d sound) and will say his name “ed” in words red, bed

wor known as 3 letter er like in work and word

tion makes the “shun” sound as in vacation, invitation, motion

ck makes the “k” sound and will always make the vowel in the word say the short vowel sound.  

ang rang, sang

ank tank, bank

ong song, belong

onk honk

qu queen, quilt

wr known as 2 letter “r” as in write wrap

ph known as 2 letter “f” as in graph, photo

ai 2 vowels go a’walking as in rain, pain

oa 2 vowels go a’walking as in boat, goat

oe can say long “o” as in toe or “ew” as in shoe

ui,

ey they(long a sound) and key (long e sound)

tch known as 3 letter “ch” as in fetch

dge known as 3 letter “j” as in fudge

eigh known as 4 letter “a” as in eight

ear known as 3 letter “er” as in earth

ea  makes 3 different sounds long E, short E, and long A as in season, weather, break