3.3 Spelling Practice (K)

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What is spelling?

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Spelling is the way we write words using the correct letters in the right order.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter in the alphabet that can make a sound by itself. The vowels are A, E, I, O, U.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a letter in the alphabet that is not a vowel. Examples include B, C, D, F, G.

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What is a syllable?

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A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound. For example, 'cat' has one syllable.

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What does it mean to rhyme?

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To rhyme means that two or more words have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a word family?

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A word family is a group of words that have the same base or root word, like 'cat', 'cats', and 'catty'.

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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'.

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What is a blend?

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A blend is when two or more consonants are put together, and you can hear each sound, like 'bl' in 'blue'.

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What is a high-frequency word?

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A high-frequency word is a word that appears often in reading and writing, like 'the', 'and', 'is'.

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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 'unhappy'.