TEACHER REFERENCE CHART Bouncy and Stretchy Sounds in Phonics

Below is a teacher master chart followed by student-friendly versions you can adapt for posters, phonics notebooks, or phoneme practice cards.

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🧠 TEACHER REFERENCE CHART

Bouncy and Stretchy Sounds in Phonics

Sound Type	Description	Example Sounds (Phonemes)	Example Words	How to Say It
Stretchy Sounds	Continuous sounds that can be held out or "stretched" without distortion.	/m/, /s/, /f/, /l/, /n/, /r/, /v/, /z/, /th/ (as in this), /sh/, /zh/, /ng/	man, sun, fun, lip, run, van, zip, this, shoe, measure, song	Stretch your voice—hold the sound like a rubber band: “ssssss,” “mmmmmm.”
Bouncy Sounds	Quick, “popped” sounds that cannot be held out without adding an extra vowel.	/p/, /t/, /d/, /b/, /k/, /g/, /j/, /ch/, /q/, /x/	pop, top, dog, bat, cat, game, jam, chip, queen, box	Say the sound with a light “bounce”—a quick tap of air: “p-p-p,” “t-t-t.”

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🗣️ Stretchy and Bouncy Vowels

Sound Type	Description	Example Sounds	Example Words	How to Practice
Stretchy Vowels	Long vowels and r-controlled vowels can be stretched.	/ā/, /ē/, /ī/, /ō/, /ū/, /ar/, /or/, /er/	cake, bee, kite, rope, cube, car, fork, her	Hold your voice steady: “āāā,” “ēēē.”
Bouncy Vowels	Short vowels are quick and clipped.	/ă/, /ĕ/, /ĭ/, /ŏ/, /ŭ/	cat, bed, pig, pot, sun	Say it fast and clear, no stretching: “ă,” “ĕ,” “ĭ.”

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🧩 STUDENT CHART TEMPLATE #1

Phonics Sound Sort: Bouncy or Stretchy?

Sound	Bouncy ⚡	Stretchy 🎵
/m/		✅
/s/		✅
/t/	✅
/p/	✅
/n/		✅
/f/		✅
/b/	✅
/l/		✅
/g/	✅
/r/		✅
/k/	✅
/v/		✅
/ch/	✅
/sh/		✅
/z/		✅
/th/ (this)		✅
/th/ (thin)		✅
/j/	✅
/ng/		✅

✅ = Stretchy
⚡ = Bouncy

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🎨 STUDENT CHART TEMPLATE #2

Vowel Bounce & Stretch Chart

Vowel	Bouncy (Short)	Stretchy (Long / R-controlled)
a	cat	cake, car
e	bed	bee, her
i	pig	kite
o	pot	rope, fork
u	sun	cube, burn

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✋ TEACHING TIPS

• Visual Anchor: Post the charts in color—blue for stretchy, red for bouncy.

• Kinesthetic Hook: Have students “stretch” their arms for stretchy sounds and “bounce” their fingers for bouncy sounds.

• Daily Routine: Use during phoneme blending (“Let’s stretch mmm-aa-nn”) and segmenting (“Bounce the sounds in cat: c-a-t”).

• Extension Activity: Students sort magnetic letters or sound cards under the bouncy or stretchy columns.

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Would you like me to generate printable classroom versions of these (e.g. PDF posters or student mini-charts for phonics folders)? I can format them in landscape for easy wall display or notebook use.