Phonics Learn the Alphabet

Phonics
Learn the Alphabet Names and Sounds

This webpage contains resources for teaching the alphabet and related phonics.  It goes from A – Z.  

The video resources here are from YouTube creators. They are not the creation of EdThings.com. Jack Hartman and Alphablocks are very popular amongst teachers for reinforcing phonics lessons. 

Phonemes/Spellings

A a

Spellings: a, a_e, 

Letter A is a Vowel

Please

See our page on Vowel Sounds

Examples

Long A: A, bake

Short A: apple, arm, at, cat

Phonemes/Spellings

C c

Sounds Like C or K

Spelling(s): c, k, ck, ke, ch,
qu (only the q in qu )

 

Examples

cap, cup, cook, clap, crab

Other spellings that sound similar:

quit, quilt, quack

kit, kite, Bike

Phonemes/Spellings

D d


Spelling(s): d, t/tt*

 

Examples

dog, dad, hid, land

Other spellings that sound similar:

petal, settle, jitter

Phonemes/Spellings

E e

Spelling(s): e, ee, ea, ei, ie, ey, e_e, y

Examples

Long E: be, meet, Easter, ear, clear, key, protein, piece, candy

Short: egg, bet, men, tell 

Please

See our page on Vowel Sounds

Phonemes/Spellings

F f


Spelling(s): f, ff, ph, gh

 

Examples

fun, fish, flag

Other spellings that sound similar:

phone, trophy,

laugh, cough

stuff, bluff, cliff

Phonemes/Spellings

H h

Spelling(s): h

Examples

hat, hose, hurt, happy

who, whom, whose

chair, sheep, the, what, phone

Phonemes/Spellings

I i

Spellings:  i, ie, i_e, igh, y, eigh

Letter I is a Vowel

Please

See our page on Vowel Sounds

Examples

Long I: hike, pie, right, cry, height

Short i: him, miss, it, 

Phonemes/Spellings

K k
Spelling(s): k, c, ck, ke, ch,
qu (only the q in qu )

Examples

 cook, back, 

quit, quilt, quack

cap, cup, cook, clap, crab

back, snack, lick, rock

lake, look, seek, cloak

cake, bike, smoke

Phonemes/Spellings

 

L l
Spelling(s): l, ll, le

 

Examples

glove, love, ball, kettle

pull, fill, spill

calf, talk, walk

Phonemes/Spellings

O o

Spellings:  

Letter o is a Vowel

Please

See our page on Vowel Sounds

Examples

Long O: Oak, Oat, Or, boat

Short O: Not, rock, lost

00:  oops, loop, boot

Phonemes/Spellings

P p


Spelling: p

Examples

pat, pan, pot, pin, put

Phonemes/Spellings

Q q

Spelling: qu, q

Examples

quick, quiet, quiz

Phonemes/Spellings

S s
Spelling(s): s, ss, se, sce, sci

ce, ci, cy,

Examples

sun, miss, set, scene, science

Other S sound spelling examples:

cell, city, cycle

Phonemes/Spellings

T t


Spelling(s): t, tt, th

Examples

top, ton, ten

mitt, little

Thomas

th usually makes a slightly different sound, see our page on digraphs.

Phonemes/Spellings

U u

Spellings:  

Letter o is a Vowel

Please

See our page on Vowel Sounds

Phonemes/Spellings

W w

Spelling(s): w, 

qu, wh

in qu the u makes similar sound to w.

wh is a digraph that makes a similar sound.

Examples

we, want, wake, wipe

Similar sound spellings:

what, where, when

quake, quiet

Phonemes/Spellings

Y y

 Spelling(s): y

Examples

yum, yuck, yellow

The letter why often makes vowel sounds of e or a sound in words like. Y is sometimes a vowel.

e – happy, 

a – play

Phonemes/Spellings

Z z

Spelling(s): z, zz, s, se

Examples

zoo, zip, zebra

buzz, pizza, size

busy, business

nose, use

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