How to Teach Diphthongs // Ideas and Activities to Teach Diphthongs in 1st & 2nd Grade

[@debbullington632]

Former linguist, now teacher here! I enjoy your videos and get lots of great ideas from them! On diphthongs in English: Phonetically they are two sounds, but phonemically they are one, just like our English /j/ is made up of two phonetic sounds, but it is one phoneme in English. Long a, i, o, and u are also diphthongs, but because in the mind of an English speaker, we are saying one sound, we don’t necessarily need to teach that unless we are working on a speech issue in my opinion. I introduce diphthongs in Kindergarten by just teaching them as I would teach digraphs-telling them that these letters say such and such sound. I do put them in a logical order when teaching and teach which spelling goes in an open syllable and which in a closed, but I don’t explicitly explain that they are diphthongs or that they are making more than one sound. My mouth does move when saying the au/aw diphthong, but I think that will vary by region. It is still helpful to teach au/aw with ou/ow, and ai/ay, oi/oy as the rules for open and closed syllables will be easier to remember.

[@patriciaseader3066]

I love your videos! Thank you for the awesome resources. I like to also remind students that oy is found at the end of a syllable (like loyal=loy/al and oyster=oy/ster).

[@sarahsimms8229]

Great video..I’m a school SLP and the diphthongs that I am aware of are: Oy (boy and boiling), Ow (cow, house), Ei (neigh, play), I (fly, high), O (no, slow).

[@noks-breakingfree1943]

Such a full circle moment, I am also at SLP 😊

[@shirinkazmi6968]

Hi ,I really like your work .Its easy to follow with all the details.Thanks

[@toufiktaileb5792]

Interesting and inspiring! I am preparing for the teaching exam in France and find this very useful.

[@vickycook7526]

Your videos are the best I have found. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@SusanJonesTeaching]

Wow, thank you!

[@ponyrang]

Wow, Hello my friend.. All the best to your channel and hope you have a wonderful day !!!

[@chanpham5009]

TEACHER...COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN YOU TO DISTINGUISH..OR TELL APART FROM VOWEL TEAM AND DIPTHONG ????? IT IS VERY HARD TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES TWO THESE PATHERNS....PLEASE HELP ME THESE POINTS....THANK YOU MUCH.

[@vanyavikingbgb.lennox4653]

I really enjoyed this video

[@marobader1]

Long A, I and O sounds are diphthongs .

[@fouziafaruque3628]

how do we get the worksheets, your videos are on spot!

[@patriciafernandez3429]

How do I find info about your literacy club?

[@staceyhartford7446]

Hi Susn! Have you discontinued your Friday Freebies or am i just not looking in the right place? Thanks for all you do to make this profession better! :)

[@Veronicawardwell]

Reading Simplified is a resource you may want to explore.

[@CrazyMomma007]

There are 8 vowel dipthongs in English!