Syllable types
Terminology
Schwas
Phonemes
Phonics
100

In the word puzzle what type of syllable is <-zle>? 

What is consonant -le
100

Spoken language that can be broken up into individual units

What is phonemic awareness?

100

Where is the schwa in the word vinyl? (underline the schwa) 

What is /y/?

100

How many phonemes does the word 'box' have? 

What is 4?

100

What is the correct onset-rime segmentation for the word grape?

gr-ape

200

What type of syllable is the word play? 

What is a vowel team?

200

a written representation of one sound or a cluster; uses angle <brackets>

What is a grapheme? 
200

Where is the schwa(s) in the word animal?

What is 'i' and 'a'? 

200

How many phonemes does the word 'knock' have? 

What is 3? /kn/ /o/ /ck/ 

200

Does the word 'cent' or 'card' make the soft /c/ sound? 

What is cent?

300

Open syllables make the short vowel sound (True or False)

What is false?
300

You identify these with /slashes/ 

What is a phoneme? 

300

Where is the schwa in the word difficult?

What is 'i'?

300

Does the word 'lucky' make the /ī/ or /ē/ sound?

What is /ē/?

300

Does the word 'giant' or 'goat' make the hard /g/ sound?

What is goat?
400

What type of syllable is the word cake? 

What is VCe?

400

A breve (˘) represents a short vowel (True or False) 

What is true? 

400
Where is the schwa(s) in the word inconsistent?

What is 'o' and 'e'?

400

How many phonemes does the word nation? 

What is /n/ /ā/ /sh/ /ə/ /n/




400

Which word contains a digraph? 

Swipe, Knock, Bathe, or Trace 

What is bathe? 

500

How would you divide the word 'meander'? (Write on your white board) 

What is me-an-der?

500

A vowel team/digraph is when two vowels make one sound? (True or False)

What is true?

500

Where is the schwa in the word bagel? 

What is 'e'?

500

How many phonemes does the word bat have? 

500

Which word contains a blend? 

Wrath, Happy, Fudge, or Flat 

What is flat?