Science of Reading and Decoding
Phonics Strategies
Phonics Vocabulary
How Many
Syllables?
Changing Sounds
100

Sounding out words

What is decoding?

100

This written letter or letter combination represents a single phoneme on paper.

What is a grapheme?

100

Which one is not a digraph? 

ck, sh, wh, bl, ng, 

What is bl?

digraph= two consonants put together to make one sound

100

rhinoceros

What is 4?

100

Say mood.  Change /m/ to /b/.

What is booed

200

This term refers to the smallest individual unit of sound in a spoken word. 

What is a phoneme?

200

Smallest unit of sound

What is phoneme?

200

Which one is not a blend? 

fl, br, str, ch

What is ch?

blend= two or more consonants that each make a separate sound

200

communication

What is 5?

200

Say pride.  Take off /p/.

What is ride?

300

When we decode, we go from letter to ___. 

What is sound?

300

Smallest part of a word that can be pushed out in one breath.

What is a syllable?

300

Which word does not belong?

loan, phone, prawn, grown

What is prawn?

300

reponsibility

What is 6?


300

Say clock.  Take off /k/.

What is lock?

400

When we encode, we go from sound to __.

What is letter?

400

I should always look for ___ in words I already know.

What are parts?

400

Which word does not belong? 

bus, mess, buzz, fall, off

What is bus?

400

television

What is 4?

400

Say twin.  Take off /t/

What is win?

500

When reading, should you rely on pictures? 

Why or why not? 

No, because there might be pictures in texts.

500

a is a ___, z is a ___. 

What is a vowel, consonant? 

500

Which one does not belong? 

unhappy, disagree, heating, preheat

What is heating?

500

unnecessarily

What is 6?

500

/s/ + top

What is stop?

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