Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
And More Phonics
Know These Terms
The Long and the Short of It
100
phoneme
What is the smallest unit of sound?
100
-ack, -eat, -ice, -ock, and -ug are all examples of these common patterns
What is rime?
100
Sounds produced without restriction in the airstream are called___.
What is a vowel?
100
Two vowels appearing together that represent one sound.
What is a vowel digraph?
100
The e in egg
What is a short vowel?
200
A set of spaces by which students manipulate and count the number of sounds in a word
What is an Elkonin Box?
200
Two different letters that represent a single sound.
What is a consonant digraph?
200
The 5 traditionally known letters known as vowels.
What are a, e, i, o, and u?
200
A sound produced with restriction of airflow by the teeth, tongue or lips.
What is a consonant.
200
The u in under
What is a short vowel sound?
300
The first vowel and any letters that follow it in a syllable
What is onset
300
Two or three consecutive consonants that each represent aseparate sound but blend together.
What is a consonant blend?
300
The vowel sounds in cake, meet, nice, go, and use represent the _________ sounds.
What is a long vowel sound?
300
A vowel whose sound is changed when the letter r follows it.
What is an r-controlled vowel?
300
The a in gate
What is the long a sound?
400
The phonemic awareness task that acts as a precursor to reading
What is phonemic blending?
400
The k in know, the w in wreath, and the g in gnome are examples of this.
What is a silent letter?
400
The oi in oil, the oy in boy, the ou in out, and the ow in now represent this type of vowel cluster.
What is a diphthong?
400
Knowledge of the relationship between sounds and the letters that represent them.
What is phonics?
400
The o in dog
What is the short o sound?
500
This phonemic awareness task might ask:" If I take the /man/ away from /snowman/ what word will I have?"
What is phoneme deletion?
500
The letters b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, m, n, s, t, p are all examples of this.
What is a consonant?
500
The consonants that precedes the first vowel in a syllable or one-syllable word
What is rime?
500
The written representation of a sound
What is a grapheme?
500
The u's in usual
What is the long u sound?