Phonics Review

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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 sound does the letter 'f' make?

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The letter 'f' makes the /f/ sound, as in 'fan'.

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What is a phoneme?

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

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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'.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with the vocal tract open, typically 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by obstructing airflow, such as 'b', 'c', 'd', etc.

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What is a blend?

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A blend is a combination of two or more consonants where each sound is heard, such as 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a silent letter?

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A silent letter is a letter that is not pronounced in a word, such as the 'k' in 'knight'.

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What is a rhyming word?

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A rhyming word is a word that has the same ending sound as another word, such as 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a syllable?

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A syllable is a single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word, such as 'cat' has one syllable.