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11760759873phonicsa method in which the study of human speech sounds, is used to teach beginning reading. teachers teach phonics.0
11760773781phonemethe smallest sound unit of a language that distinguishes one word from another.1
11760790516phonemic awarenessthe ability to recognize spoken words as a sequence of individual sounds2
11760798907consonantA sound represented by any letter of the English alphabet except a, e, i, o, u, w, y; sounds made by closing or restricting the breath channel.3
11760971537consonant blendsounds in a syllable represented by two or more letters that are blended together without losing their own identities (bl) (fl) (tw)4
11760998619vowela, e, i, o, u; causes vocal chords to vibrate5
11761011969diphthonga single vowel sound made up of a blend of two vowel sounds in immediate sequence and pronounced in one syllable. (IOl, bOY, hOUse)6
11761244884r-controlled vowelsWhen a vowel is followed by an r, it makes a special sound (her, dare, for)7
11761256979schwa soundan unstressed sounds commonly occurring in unstressed syllables; closely resemble the sound of "short u" i.e the "a" in about (symbol looks like and upside-down e)8
11761269504graphemea letter or combination of letters that represents a phoneme9
11761275414digraphTwo letters that stand for a single phoneme (sound). (th, sh, oi, oo)10
11761291328onsetThe consonant sound(s) of a syllable that come(s) before the vowel sound.11
11761296287rimethe part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and any consonant sounds that comes after it12
11761306437phonograma letter sequence comprised of a vowel grapheme and an ending consonant grapheme, such as -ig in wig - ack in back13
11761320237syllablea unit of pronunciation consisting of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants. there can only be one vowel phoneme in each syllable14
11761338411closed syllableany syllable that ends with a consonant phoneme15
11761342147open syllableAny syllable ending with a vowel phoneme16
11761345558brevethe symbol placed over a vowel letter to show it has a short sound17
11761355582circumflexthe symbol placed above vowel graphemes to indicate pronunciation18
11761365341macronThe symbol placed over a vowel let ter to show it is pronounced as a long sound19
11761374960umlauta diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound20
11855607874falseTorF: Phonics is the most important thing in reading?21
11855614403falseTorF: auditory skills are always fully developed when children start school22
11855633889trueTorF: the shwa sound has different spellings23
11855679085synthetic phonicsA method of teaching reading of blending individual sounds together24
11855700997trueTorF: a consonant is a sound25
11855739225analytical phonicssounds are not taught as individual sounds but whole chunks & words instead26
11855748884trueTorF: there are multiple ways to sound out phonemes27
11855821621trueTorF: there is one vowel sound per one phoneme28
11855829243trueTorF: a grapheme is 1 or 2 letters that make up a sound29
11855851567r/a/gsegment "rage"30
11855855174a/tsegment "eight"31
11855858324s/e/dsegment "said"32
11855866475teethe "e" in seat sounds like the "e" in.... tee her blend33
11855874834herthe "i" in tirk sounds like the vowel sound in... kin sigh her34
11855916790en-vi-ron-mentsyllabicate environment35
11855930281hu-mor-oussyllabicate humorous36
11855959160gabwhat word is the odd one out gibble gyb gab poge strogi37
11856031780fewwhat word has the same vowel sound as "ufe" moon few supper38
11856093283atewhat word has the same vowel sound as "sta"? fat, ate, said39
11856147485com-mon-lysyllabicate commonly40
11856149287"ure"WHAT IS THE LAST SYLLABLE IN THE WORD future41
11856159576hw-i-tphoneme segment white42
11856185937flew-toowhat words have the same vowel phonemes? book-broom flew-too good-food43
11856196501cerpawhat word doesn't belong? cumble caltron cerpa coffle44
11856204491rwhat consonant letter affects the vowel before it?45
11856209547p-l-aphoneme segment play46
11856218725h-iphoneme segment high47
11856228030mawhat is the third syllable in information48
11856259924oddwhat vowel sound is the same as "dof" door odd soap49
11856303958yogwhat words has a hard g giption yog gypture bluge50
11869387518phoneticsthe study of human speech sounds51

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