Determine whether each word has a hard c, soft c, hard g, or soft g If you’d like to point out the international phonetic alphabet symbols for the hard and soft c sounds (in order to write these sounds on the board and/or for students to be able to recognize them in certain dictionaries), hard c is written as /k/ and soft c is written as /s/. Explain the rules to students Provide an example of each sound, placing the example cards below the appropriate rule card Give each student several hard c and soft c word cards Skill — hard and sof+ c name
Hard and sof+ c the sof+ c sound is made when +he le++er c meek e Or cell and ci+y) the hard c sounds is made when +he le++er c meek a Read the words in the box below and determine if the word has a hard “c” sound or soft “c” sound Write the word in the correct column The letter “c” can have two different sounds The hard letter “c” sounds like a “k” as in cold
