Stretching CVC words
Linda Farrell: We’re gonna learn to do some stretching. Have you ever stretched sounds before?
Calista: Mm-mm.
Linda Farrell: Let me show you how it goes. If I’m going to stretch the word pot, I go like this: Pot. /P/, /ah/, /t/, pot. You do it.
Calista: /P/, /ah/, /t/, pot.
Linda Farrell: And I’m gonna ask you what’s the vowel sound in pot? And you are gonna say … stretch pot. Stretch pot again.
Calista: /p/, /ah/, /t/
Linda Farrell: What’s this sound right here?
Calista: /ah/
Linda Farrell: So the vowel sound is /ah/. What’s the vowel sound?
Calista: /ah/
Linda Farrell: Make the motion.
Calista: /ah/
Linda Farrell: And I’m going to ask you, what do we call that vowel sound? And you say …
Calista: Short ‘o.’
Linda Farrell: You got it. Ready? So when I say “Ready,” you go “Ready!”
Calista: Ready.
Linda Farrell: Pet.
Calista: /p/, /e/, /t/, pet
Linda Farrell: Vowel sound?
Calista: /e/
Linda Farrell: And make the motion.
Calista: /eeeh/
Linda Farrell: And what do we call that vowel sound?
Calista: Short ‘e.’
Linda Farrell: Ready?
Calista: Ready.
Linda Farrell: Sum.
Calista: /s/, /u/, /m/, sum
Linda Farrell: Vowel sound?
Calista: /u/, /uuu/
Linda Farrell: And what do we call that vowel sound?
Calista: Short ‘u.’
Linda Farrell: Okay. You really know your vowel sounds now. You got it.
