Reading & Decoding
~5 minBuilds on
consonant classes
Today
read two-letter onsets
Feeds
Guided Reading
Keep true clusters together at the start
กร · กล · กว · ขว
common clusters beginning with ก or ข
คร · ปล · พร · ตร
common clusters beginning with ค, ป, พ, or ต
Read the onset before the vowel
ปลา
fish
ปล stays together as the initial cluster.
ตรง
straight
ตร stays together as the initial cluster.
Worked payoff — hold the onset together
ตรงไป
go straight
See ตร as one onset before you continue through the word.
Where this goes next
Next lessonFinal Consonant Drill
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