Phonemic
Awareness
Sounds
Definitions
Syllable Types
English
name the origin
100
Example: cat is /c/ /a/ /t/
What is phoneme segmentation?
100
a ________________ /a/
What is the key word for the letter A?
100
ability to translate a word from print to speech
What is decoding?
100
ends in a consonant and has only one vowel
What is a closed syllable?
100
Anglo Saxon, Latin, Greek and French
What are the four major strands of English words?
200
Example: say the word slit without the l
What is phoneme deletion?
200
eat, steak and bread
What are the 3 sounds of ea (vowel diagraph)
200
A nondistinct vowel sound found in unstressed syllables.
What is a schwa?
200
a silent e the first vowel has a long sound
What is a vowel-consonant-e syllable?
200
arm, thumb, goat, fish
Name some Anglo Saxon words.
300
slump /s/ /l/ /u/ /m/ /p/ - 5
How many sounds do you hear in the word slump? What is phoneme counting?
300
snow and plow
What are the two sounds of OW?
300
A unit of pronunciation organized around a vowel.
What is a syllable?
300
ends with a single vowel the vowel has a long sound
What is a open syllable?
300
describe, inspect, attration
Name some Latin words
400
Example: tip backwards is pit
What is phoneme manipulation?
400
oy and oi - these vowels glide, the mouth changes position and it may feel as though they have two parts.
What is a diphthong?
400
A phoneme that is not a vowel and is formed with obstruction of the flow of air with the teeth, lips or tongue.
What is a consonant?
400
this syllable occurs at the end of a word the e is silent with only the consonat and the l souned
What is a consonant-le syllable?
400
Choir, orchid, biology, phrase
Name some words taken from the Greek.
500
/z/ in the word vision
What is the third phoneme in the word vision
500
social, chandelier, wish, patient
What are the letters for /sh/ in these words?
500
A class of speech sounds articulatd with a hiss or friction.
What is a fricative?
500
the vowel in this syllable is neither long or short, its sound is controlled by the r
What is an r controlled syllable?
500
chauffeur, parachute, chandelier, chardonnay
Name words from French.