Compound Word
COWBOY without COW
BOY
PILLOW without LOW
PIL
BALL without B
ALL
OW
Count them out!
FIREWORKS without FIRE
WORKS
MESSY without MESS
MOUSE without OUSE
THREE without TH
REE
How many syllables are there in refrigerator?
5!
PANCAKE without
CAKE
PARTITION without PARTI
TION
MAKE without M
AKE
SLEEPY without L
SEEPY
Break SPIDER into phonemes (how many? what are they?)
HUXTYN without HUX
MACARONI without NI
MACARO
FROG without FR
OG
FOX without FO
X (ks)
Yes or No: Is alphabet a compound word?
Nope! But it is made up of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet (alpha and beta!).
RATTLESNAKE without RATTLE
SNAKE
HAMBURGER without BUR
HAM-GER
BLUE without BL
UE
FLIPPING without L
FIPPING
Explain the difference between a phoneme and a letter. Use examples!
A phoneme is a unit of sound, while letters are used to spell words. There are 26 letters in English, but 44 phonemes! Can you think of any letters that make more than one sound?