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-  "k"… not voiced, use the back of the throat.

Hard Gg- mouth open, back of throat, - g

Soft Gg- j

Hh- breath of air- clean glasses

Jj- j (soft g)

Kk- hard c

Qq- with u- kw- the w vibrates lips

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"