Phonics

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What is Phonics?

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Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing learners' phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word that can distinguish one word from another.

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What sound does the letter 'b' make?

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The letter 'b' makes the sound /b/ as in 'bat'.

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What sound does the letter 'd' make?

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The letter 'd' makes the sound /d/ as in 'dog'.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. Examples include 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f', etc.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a speech sound that is produced without any significant constriction of the airflow in the vocal tract. The vowels in English are 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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What is the beginning sound of the word 'cat'?

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The beginning sound of 'cat' is /k/.

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What is the ending sound of the word 'dog'?

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The ending sound of 'dog' is /g/.

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What is a blend in phonics?

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A blend is a group of two or three consonants that are pronounced together, where each consonant retains its sound. For example, 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a digraph?

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A digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound, such as 'sh' in 'ship'.