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Letters that are not consonants.
What is a vowel?
100
Words with different spellings and meanings that are pronounced the same.
What are homophones?
100
To figure out the pronunciation of a word.
What is decoding?
100
Usually roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
What are morphemes?
200
Also called speech sounds; smallest units of speech
What are phonemes?
200
Vowels that "say their names," such as rain, base, tray, break, etc.
What is a long vowel?
200
A term that includes both prefixes and suffixes.
What are affixes?
200
Two vowel letters that make one sound.
What are vowel digraphs?
300
Another term for a high frequency word
What is a sight word?
300
Two vowel letters that produce a "gliding" sound.
What are diphthongs?
300
The ability to manipulate the sounds in words.
What is phonemic awareness?
300
Syllables that end in a silent "e."
What are silent-syllables?
400
Units of sound that contains a vowel and may be preceded or followed by one or more consonants.
What are syllables?
400
sh, ch, th, wh, and ph.
What is a consonant digraph?
400
Vowels in which the vowel sound is affected by the "r"
What is an r-controlled vowel?
400
A word in which prefixes or suffixes can be added to.
What is a base word?