Definitions
Phonemic Awareness
What is to hear and manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in words?
The /c/ in celery and the /c/ in carrot.
What is soft /c/ as in celery and hard /c/ as in carrot?
Snow
What is a vowel variant where W is a vowel if an a, o, or e precede it?
unread, madness, thoughtfulness
What is a word with an affix is divided between the root word and the affix which form a separate syllable.
blank, frog, spank, stripe
What is a consonant blend where two or more consonants keep and blend their sounds together?
Grapheme
What is the written (graphic) representation of a letter?
The /g/ in gum and the /g/ in gym.
What is hard /g/ as in gum and soft /g/ as in gym?
dog, fish, cup
What is a CVC pattern where the syllable is closed and the vowel is short?
sunshine, cowboy, football
What is a compound word that is divided between the two words?
think, shout, knot, pneumonia
What is a consonant digraph where the two consonants make a new sound?
Blend
What is two or three consonants that blend together retaining each of their sounds?
turn
What is an R-controlled vowel?
me, no, bacon
What is a CV pattern where the syllable is open and the vowel is sometimes long?
absent, compound, picnic,
What is the VCCV pattern where the word is divided between the two consonants?
spoil, house, cow, play
What is a diphthong where two vowels in one syllable begin as one vowel sound and strongly glide toward toward another?
Consonant Digraph
What is two or three consonants together that creat a unique sound?
sky
What is Y is a vowel if it is the only vowel in a word or syllable?
write, plane, robe
What is the CVCe pattern where the first vowel is long and the final e is silent?
tiger, tulip, baker
What is the VCV pattern where the word is divided after the first vowel?
/ch/ or /tch/
What is if the last /ch/ sound comes after a consonant, the ending is usually ch and if the /ch/ sound comes after a vowel then the ending is usually tch?
Morpheme
What is a meaningful unit of language that can either stand alone (free) or only appear with a free morpheme (bound)?
spoil
What is a diphthong?
read, teeth, pain
What is the CVVC pattern where two adjacent vowels are between two consonants, the first vowel is long, and the second vowel is silent?
maple, candle, cycle
What is a word ending with a Cle pattern is divided before the consonant?
pleasant, balloon, problem
What is a schwa; the unstressed central vowel in a multisyllabic word?