Vowels
Vocabulary
Syllable Types
Orthographic Mapping
Random
100

How would one know if a vowel was open?


What sound does it make?

There is no consonant on the right side of the vowel in a syllable. 


Long/ Name

100

What is a consonant?

Any letter other than A, E, I, O, U

100

If you have a VCCV word, where do you divide the syllable?

Between the consonants

100

Map the word:     

                                         pencil

How many phonemes?

How many graphemes?

P E N C I L

6 phonemes

6 graphemes

100

What is a digraph?

Give 1-2 examples.

2 or more letters making ONE sound


th, ch, ck, sh...

200

When a vowel has a consonant on both sides of it, is it open or closed?

Does it say its sound or its name?

closed

sound

200

What is a grapheme?

The word part 'graph' means...?

written letter

write, draw or record

200

When a word is a VCV, where would you divide the word if the first vowel says its sound?

VC/C

200

Map the word:               

                                  snow

How many graphemes?

How many phonemes?

 S   N   OW

5 graphemes

4 phonemes

200

Unscramble the word:

Z L I B Z D R A

BLIZZARD

300

What is the "third" sound of a vowel?

Write this word.  Underline a vowel that says this sound.

banana

Schwa

bAnanA

300

What is a syllable?

A word part with one vowel sound.

300
In a VV word, you hear both vowels.  What type of syllable is this?


tiger.    lion.    camel.    rabbit. 

 Lion

300

Map the word:

                              HOLIDAY

How many phonemes?

How many graphemes?

H - O - L - I - D - AY


6 phonemes

7 graphemes

300

What is a blend?

Give 2 examples

2 or more letters together with each sound heard


Answers will vary:

st, cl, sm, tr, str, fr...

400

When a word has a silent e what is its job?  What's its purpose?

It is there to make the vowel before it say its name.

Example:  tune, kite, fate

400

What is a phoneme?

What does the word part 'phone' or 'phon' mean?

Sound

sound

400

When a word is a VCV, where would you divide the word if the first vowel says its name?  Why?

V/CV

The first vowel is open.

400

Map the word: 

                                      school

How many phonemes?

How many graphemes?

s - ch - oo- l


4 phonemes

6 graphemes

400

Unscramble this word:


P O H S I G N

SHOPPING

500

Finish the sentence:

Every syllable must have a _______  ________.

Vowel Sound

500

What is orthographic mapping?

What do the boxes represent?

Mapping out individual sounds (phonemes) in boxes.

Each box represents ONE sound. (could be more than one letter)

500

Underline the vowel sounds

Determine how many syllables

Divide, knowing there is one vowel sound per syllable


                            C O R D U R O Y

Vowel sounds:  or, ur, oy

cor - dur - oy

500

Map the word:

                               celebrate

How many phonemes?

How many graphemes?

c - e -l - e - b - r - a- te


8 Phonemes

9 graphemes

500

Find at least 3 blends and 3 digraphs in the following sentence:


Thick snow drifts against the bright glass as strong frost starts to chill the small shack.

Thick snow drifts against the bright glass as strong frost starts to chill the small shack.

Blends: sn, dr, -st, br, str, fr, -st, sm

Digraphs: th, ss, ll, ll, ch, ck

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