Improve Your Reading Skills Part 3

Continue to improve your reading skills in Improve Your Reading: Phonics and Poetry Part 3: Beginning Consonant Sounds.  In this course, we continue our study of phonics, which is the study of the relationship of letters or letter patterns and their sounds. By learning the sounds of the different patterns, you can more easily pronounce words correctly.

In this course you will learn about beginning consonants sounds in letter combinations that are called consonant blends and consonant digraphs. Consonant blends are letter combinations in which you hear the distinct sound of each letter, such as /bl/ or /st/. Consonant digraphs are letter combinations that together form a single sound, such as /sh/.

In each lesson, you will learn words that begin with the target consonant blend or digraph. Then you will hear sentences using words with the particulars combination for that lesson. The lesson ends with a poem, and words with the target blend or digraph are highlighted. You can listen to the poems, and read as you follow along. This is great practice, and will help you improve your reading skills.