Monday, April 2, 2012

Phonograms, Rimes and Rhymes


A phonogram or word rime is a part of a word that contains the vowel and following consonant sound. They are often used in teaching phonics because substituting the initial consonant sound is a way of teaching words by blending letters and word parts. Word rimes can also be helpful prompts for playing with rhyme in creating poems. Here is just a sampling of common phonograms and example words.

The list begins:Phonogram; Example words-ay jay, say, day-ill hill, will, spill-ip ship, dip, tip-at cat, sat, fat-am ham, jam, ram
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