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Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 2 of 5

Sound Detectives

sh, ch, ee, ai and more

What your child practises

Letter teams that make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh, ee, ai, oa) and clapping syllables.

BC Curriculum learning standard: Phoneme manipulation and sound-symbol correspondence; reading strategies

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word starts with the “wh” sound?

    • 🐳whale
    • 🧀cheese
    • 🐚shell
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    🐳 whale

    Hint: Say each word slowly. “whale” starts with wh.

  2. Question 2

    Which letters are missing?

    🐌sn__l
    • ai
    • oa
    • ee
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    ai

    Hint: Say “snail” slowly. The middle sound is spelled ai.

  3. Question 3

    Which letters are missing?

    🧼s__p
    • ai
    • oa
    • ee
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    oa

    Hint: Say “soap” slowly. The middle sound is spelled oa.

  4. Question 4

    Which word starts with the “th” sound?

    • 3️⃣three
    • 🐑sheep
    • 🚢ship
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    3️⃣ three

    Hint: Say each word slowly. “three” starts with th.

  5. Question 5

    Clap the word “banana”. How many claps (syllables)?

    🍌banana
    • 3
    • 1
    • 2
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    3

    Hint: Clap as you say it: banana. Each clap is one syllable. That's 3.

  6. Question 6

    Clap the word “rainbow”. How many claps (syllables)?

    🌈rainbow
    • 1
    • 3
    • 2
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    2

    Hint: Clap as you say it: rainbow. Each clap is one syllable. That's 2.

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