Chapter 3 Phonics Review

Front

In English, the most consistent letter–sound relationships occur with ______.

Back

consonants

Front

Onset patterns appear at the ______ of words or syllables and consist of ______.

Back

beginning
consonants

Front

What is an onset pattern in phonics?

Back

An onset pattern is the beginning sound(s) of a syllable or word, made up of one or more consonants that come before the first vowel.
➡️ Example: In the word stop, the onset is st.
➡️ In the word dog, the onset is d.

If a word begins with a vowel, it may not have an onset (e.g., up or egg).

Front

Rime patterns appear at the ______ of syllables or words and begin with a ______.

Back

end
vowel

E.X.

• Onset: c

• Rime: at

• (cAT,bAT) etc.

Front

Onset and rime patterns combine to form ______ or ______.

Back

words
syllables

Front

Consonant clusters include two or three consonants that appear ______.

Back

together

Ex.

Cluster- BL Word- Blue

Cluster- SK Word- Skip

Front

The letters ch in the word choose are called a consonant ______ because it contains two consecutive consonants that represent a ______ sound, not usually associated with either letter.

Back

digraph
single

Examples:

Diagraph- TH Word- Thumb

Diagraph- PH Word- Phone, Graph

Front

Whats a diagraph?

Back

2 Letters 1 Sounds

Front

The letters sk in the word skip are called a consonant ______ because it contains two consecutive consonants, each representing a separate ______ that is blended together with the other.

Back

blend
phoneme

(Blends and clusters can have the same combinations)

Examples:

Bl- Blue

Str- Street

Front

The onset letter c usually represents the sound associated with the letter k when it is followed by the vowels ___, ___, or ___. We refer to this as the ______ “ c” sound.

Back

a, o, u

Hard

E.X.

Cackle

Cow

Cunning