I am needing some help. My daughter is in first grade and brang home a paper today that I can not help her with. They want her cut and paste the pictures given on to the correct areas. Areas being soft c, hard c and soft g, and hard g.The words for the c's are... celery, castle, cookie, cigar, and cow. The g's are... gate, girl, giant, giraffe, gingerbread men.
RickJ
Feb 22, 2006, 05:47 AM
From here (http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0903396.html):
Each of these letters has a hard sound
hard c sound (kuh): cat, cup
hard g sound (guh): gap, goat
As well as a soft sound.
soft c sound (suh): cell, city
soft g sound (juh): gerbil, gym
Usually, a c or g sound is hard or soft depending on the vowel that follows it. Here's the general rule:
1. When c or g meets a, o, or u, its sound is hard:
cap, cave, colt, comedy, curly, cuddle
gas, gather, goblet, goddess, gum, gutter
2. When c or g meets e, I, or y, its sound is soft.
census, center, circle, citizen, cycle, cymbal
gel, general, giant, ginger, gypsy, gyrate
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Thank You So Much For Responding... you Help Is Greatly Appreicated.