Consonants and Vowels
4 Part Processor
Phonics Elements
Syllable Types
Potpourri
100

How many Consonant Phonemes in the English Language?

25

100
What is Phonological Processor?

This helps students hear, identify and manipulate sounds

100
A Phoneme is a single sound.

True

100

What is a syllable?

A word or part of a word pronounces as a unit.  Each syllable contains only one vowel sound.

100

True or False 

A syllable doesn't have two parts.

False

Onset and rime

200

True of False

Some consonant phonemes are represented by more than one letter.

True

/p/ = p

/k/ = k or c

/ch/ = ch

200

True or False

The Orthographic Processor helps students to hear sounds.

FALSE

This helps students to recognize letter patterns & spelling

200
What is a grapheme?

Smallest unit of written language that represents a phoneme.

200

What is a syllable that ends with a consonant, causing the vowel to be short?

Closed



200

What is onset?

Part of a syllable that comes before the vowel.
300

How many vowel phonemes are in the English Language?

18 

300

What is the "meaning processor"?

This is about knowing what words mean.

300

Where can I find a video explaining vowel sounds in Blackboard?

Module 11: Sounds Walls Vowel Valley

300

What is a syllable that ends in a vowel?

Open

300

What is "rime"?

The vowel and everything after it.

400

True or False


A Schwa is a distinct vowel sound.

False

It is indistinct.

A chwa is an indistinct vowel sound - an empty vowel with no identity - weak unstressed "uh" sound / in a pronounciation guide it is an upside down e.  Like the word: Pleasant or balloon

400

Why is vocabulary instruction important?

Meaning Processor/Part of the Four Part Processing Model of Word Recognition

400

What is units of sound that help in understanding the structure of the word?

Syllables, Onsets, and Rimes.

400
What is an example of R-Controlled Syllable?

Car

A syllable where the vowel is followed by an 'r' that alters its sound

400

What is the "rime" in SING?

ING


The onset is s

500

What are the three types of articulation?

Place of Articulation

Manner of Articulation

Voiced and Unvoiced

500

What uses sentence clues and background knowledge?

Context Processor

500

What is the systematic relationship between spoken sounds and written letters, allowing readers to decode words?

Alphabetic Principle

500

What is asyllable containing two vowels that together make one sound?

Vowel Team/Diphthong

500

What are Morphemes?

Meaningful parts of words. 

  • Morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language and can't be divided further.
  • Some morphemes are full words, while others like prefixes and suffixes are just parts of words.
  • Children learn to use different types of morphemes as they develop their language skills.