Phonics
What sound does the letter c make in the word cat?
/K/
What is the heart part in the word said?
ai
How many syllables are in the word happy?
2
Sound out this word: tap
t-a-p
I’m a sound you make when you say cat, bat, or hat. What sound am I?
short a
Name all the vowels.
a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
Spell the heart word: ___________
what
What type of syllable is cat?
What’s the word? /sh/ /i/ /p/
ship
I start with /s/, end in /n/, and I shine in the sky. What am I?
sun
What is a digraph?
Two letters that make one sound
What part of they do we need to learn by heart?
ey
What type of syllable is go?
open
Blend these sounds together: /b/ /l/ /a/ /ck/
black
I’m something you do when you see letters. I start with /r/. What am I?
read
Which does the silent e do in the word cake?
Make the vowel say its name.
What is a heart word?
A Heart Word is a word with a tricky part that doesn’t follow the usual rules — we have to learn that part “by heart” because we can’t sound it out the usual way.
How do you divide the compound word "notebook" into syllables?
note-book
Which word is easier to decode: plan or could? Why?
plan- it follows phonics rules; could is a heart word
What word fits all three clues: It rhymes with hat, is a pet, and begins with c?
cat
What is a grapheme?
A grapheme is the written letter or group of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word.
These three words sound the same but are spelled differently: ___________. Can you spell them and share what they mean?
to (direction), too (also, a lot), two (the number)
Divide this word into syllables: basketball.
bas- ket- ball
What do you do when you see a tricky word?
decode it, see if it makes sense
I can be voiced or voiceless. I make the sound in think, bath, and that. What sound am I?
th (voiced and voiceless)