- Spring Creek Elementary School
- Proper Letter Sounds!
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Letter Sounds
**“long sounds”
Mm- student must look at your mouth= closed mouth-
Nn- student must look at your mouth= open mouth-
Soft Cc- “ssss”
Ff- teeth on lips
Ll- tongue behind front upper teeth-
Ss- ssss
Vv- teeth on bottom lip
Zz- teeth together
**Mix of long and quick sounds
Hard Cc- radio static- k… not voiced
Hard Gg- air conditioner start static and hum- g
Soft Gg- j
Hh- breath of air- clean glasses
Jj- j (soft g)
Kk- hard c
Qq- with u- kw
Rr- fire truck sound not “er” or “ruh”
Ww- circle lips- restrict it- vibrate lips
Xx- 2 sounds “ksss”
Yy- “yee” and “ee” and “eye”
**All are “quick sounds”-
Dd- voiced- can be vowel dependent- “di” add short i
Tt- unvoiced wisp of air (snare drum)
Bb- voiced
Pp- unvoiced puff of air
Ph-fffff (taught later)
Sh- be quiet
Th- voiced- this (feel throat)
Th- unvoiced- think
Avoid the schwa sounds!!!-
Example= the sound for b should never be "buh"
Last Modified on April 6, 2021