Phonics and Spelling

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What is phonics?

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Phonics is a method of teaching reading and spelling that focuses on the sounds of letters and letter combinations.

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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, such as 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 partially or completely blocking the airflow, such as B, C, D, F.

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What does it mean to blend sounds?

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Blending sounds means to combine individual sounds together to form a word, like /c/ + /a/ + /t/ = cat.

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What is a digraph?

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A digraph is two letters that make one sound, like 'sh' in 'ship' or 'ch' in 'chop'.

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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, like 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, like '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, like 'cat' has one syllable and 'butter' has two.

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What is a prefix?

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A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like 'un-' in 'undo'.

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What is a suffix?

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A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, like '-ing' in 'running'.