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PH & GH Digraph Sound Song and Practice

K - 5th
This animated phonics song helps children learn the sound of the digraph PH and the digraph GH in English. A digraph is a combination of two letters representing one sound. Colorful characters teach kids two words at a time with the PH...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Comic Cam: Lazy F

K - 1st
Willie Reale does a standup routine about how "ph" and "gh" make the same sound as "f." This resource teaches consonant sounds and letter combinations, reading, sight-reading, spelling, decoding, and phonics.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Electric Pinball: Ave, Ank, and Ang

K - 1st
A boy plays Electric Pinball making words containing the common endings "-ank," "-ang," and "-ave." This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, pronunciation, spelling, phonics, and decoding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tips From the Playground: Qu

K - 1st
Reggie explains the relationship between "q" and "u," and the sound "qu" makes. This resource teaches reading, phonics, and decoding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tips From the Playground: Kn, Gn, and Bt

1st - 3rd
Reggie discusses the silent letters in the "kn," "gn," and "bt" combinations. He advises his viewers that "the ghost is always first," meaning that in all three combinations only the second letter is pronounced. This resources teaches...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Road Trip: Oy

K - 1st
Charlotte and Henry play a game collecting and comparing words which use the "oi" and the "oy" letter combinations. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, spelling, pronunciation, and decoding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Ou/ow

1st - 3rd
Reggie discusses the pronunciation of "ou" and "ow," and how to figure out which one goes in which word. He uses the phrase "oh you go first" to demonstrate that "ou" will be used when the sound appears in the first syllable of the word,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Mad at Ie

1st - 3rd
Reggie gives advice on how to sound out words using the "ie" vowel combination. This resource teaches decoding and reading strategies.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Ue

1st - 3rd
Shock and James play "True or Not True" using words that contain the letters "ue" to demonstrate the sound made by that letter combination. The goal of this resource is reading, sight-reading, spelling, and decoding.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Electric Company: Shock & Friends Phonics Rap: Ai

1st - 3rd
Shock and Lisa rap using words that contain the "ai" vowel combination. This resource teaches reading, sight-reading, decoding, and pronunciation.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Electric Company: Tips From the Playground: Oe

1st - 3rd
Reggie explains the different sounds made by the "oe" letter combination. He uses the sentence, "Your toes come before your shoes," to help students distinguish between the two sounds while reading. This resource teaches reading,...
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PBS

Pbs: The Electric Company: Electric Sound Off N Blends

1st - 3rd Standards
Marcus and Annie play Electric Sound Off. In order to win, they must create sentences using the most "n-blends," words in which the letter "n" works with another letter. This resource teaches children how to decode and pronounce words...