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| The association of speech sounds with printed symbols. |
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| Hearing individual sounds in spoken words |
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| the ability to translate the alphabet letters into recognizable sounds and to use that knowledge to sound out and pronounce words. |
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| the smallest unit of sound - /a/, /b/, /c/, /d/, etc |
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| the symbol that represents the phoneme - a, b, c, d, etc |
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| A combination of 2 or more consonant letters appearing together; bl, cl, dr, ld, st, str, ft,
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| A grapheme composed of two letters that represent one speech sound - ch, sh, th, gh, wh, ph, dg |
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| the vowel located at the beginning of a syllable that gives it the vowel sound. It may be followed by consonants that complete the syllable. Every syllable has a rime. |
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| the initial consonant or consonants in a syllable. Will be followed by a Rime |
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| A blend is two or more consonants that retain their identity when read together. Ex..Block, clock, drop, child, street, left. Common blends include: bl, cl, dr, ld, st, str, ft,
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| Some consonant letters have dependable phonetic sounds. They (for the most part) always sound the same and they always have the same grapheme. These letters are: b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, t, v, w, z |
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| Vowel sounds that are so closely blended that they can be treated as single vowel units. Example - /ou/ as in out; /oy/ as in toy; /oi/ as in join; /ow/ as in cow |
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| A vowel digraph is two letters with the first letter making a long sound and the second letter is silent. We call this: "first one does the talking, the second keeps on walking." ee, ay, ai, oo, ee, oa |
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| A digraph is two letters that come together and make one sound. This is different from a blend. In a blend the two sounds can be distinguished; sh, ch, ph, th, wh, -ch, -ck, -sh, -tch, -th |
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| The concept that letters represent speech sounds. |
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| What is the onset of a word? |
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| The part of the syllable that proceeds the vowel. |
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| What are the rules for dividing syllables? |
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| Divide between matching consonants, divide before a single middle consonant, divide compound words |
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| What are the special characteristics of the letter y? |
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| It can be both a vowel and a consonant |
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| When is y used as a vowel? |
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| When it is anywhere but the first letter in the word. |
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| When is y used as a consonant? |
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| When it is the first letter in the word. |
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| What vowels make the schwa sound? |
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| Can you recognize the schwa sound in a particular word? |
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| comma, chicken, family, melon, circus |
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| What are the special characteristics of the letter q? |
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| It is unnecessary as it always makes the /k/ sound and could be replaced by the letter k |
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| What sound does the letter q make? |
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| Why could the letter q be removed from the alphabet? |
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| it could be replaced by the letter k |
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| Which letter could replace the letter q? |
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| When does the letter w have the characteristics of a consonant? |
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| What are the two sounds usually associated with the letter s? |
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| When is the letter h silent? |
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| following a vowel, following (g, k & r), and at the end of a word. |
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| When the consonant b follows the consonant m at the end of the word, what happens? |
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| What is an open syllable? |
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| a syllable that ends in a vowel phoneme |
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| What is a closed syllable? |
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| a syllable that ends in a consonant phoneme |
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| Describe phonics and its uses in the classroom. |
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| Phonics is the association of sounds to printed words. Without phonics, children would have a hard time reading and spelling. |
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