Define It
The instructional method for teaching sound/symbol relationships.
What is phonics?
The number of phonemes in the word “sheep.”
What is 3?
cose
What is long o?
Bat, Bet, Hit, Mug
What are short vowels?
iscm
What is "ice cream"?
The smallest unit of sound.
What is a phoneme?
The ability to recognize individual sounds in a word.
What is phonemic isolation?
nud
What is short u?
Girl, Car, Here, For
What are "r" controlled vowels?
peetsa
What is "pizza?"
A letter or combination of letters that represents a phoneme.
What is a digraph?
The ability to combine phonemes to form a word.
What is phonemic blending?
ceprin
What is soft c?
Blue, Crab, First, Tree
What are consonant blends?
jiv
What is "drive?"
A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another.
What is a diphthong?
The ability to combine phonemes to form a word.
What is phonemic blending?
bashin
What is short a?
Who, Thing, Shirt, Chip
What are consonant digraphs?
stashun
What is "station?"
The symbol placed over a vowel to show it is pronounced as a long vowel.
What is a macron?
What is phonemic segmentation?
banana
what is "uh" (schwa)?
Couch, Owl, Boy, Hoist
What are diphthongs?
I rile dot onet you to lev.
What is, I really don't want you to leave?"