We have arrived at our final sound rule for this year!
Rather than focusing on a sound that some letters create, we are focusing on a
sound that is not created. Two months
ago, we learned about the sound ‘en’.
However, when an action word ends with ‘-ent’, the nt is SILENT!
This will occur all the time in the 3rd person plural of most verbs.
Pronouncing the ‘-ent’ is one of the most common reading errors made by French
immersion students, even in the junior grades. This is a hard rule to explain,
and I haven’t gone into conjugating with our grade 1s. I’m explaining that we
need to think about whether the word is an action (something we do) and if so,
we ignore the ‘nt’. To my delight, we are starting to get it! Have your reader go through their list and put an X over all the silent letters.
Quick
review:
Les parents travaillent.
(not an action word - normal ☝) (☝ action - ignore)
Words: les oiseaux chantent,
les grenouilles sautent,
les enfants parlent,
les chiens courent,
les chats dorment,
les amis jouent,
les amis jouent,
les parents travaillent,
les feuilles tombent,
les avions volent
Bonus words: ils peuvent, elles aiment
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