Tay
Bay
Say
It's not Okay
My biggest pet peeve while teaching, especially in the role of Reading Specialist, was listening to teachers incorrectly produce the sounds for letters. I don't know why but many people want to combine a long a or short a sound to many letter sounds. The most common letters I have heard are: b, c, d, f, l, m, p, t, and w. Adding that extra sound can really confuse children when reading and writing words.
A prime example of this confusion manifested it self when I was substituting in a first grade class the other day:
Student: How do you spell trip?
Me: Let's stretch it out together.
/t/ /r/ /i/ /p/
Student: You're wrong Mrs. Everett, there is no /t/.
Me: The letter t says /t/.
Student: No it doesn't, it says, tay. This is how you write trip: tarip.
If you are unsure how to properly make the sounds for the individual letters, here are some resources to help you;
If you want more resources, just Google "letter sounds".
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