Letrs Unit 2 Sessions 1-5

What is a phoneme?

• the smallest segment of speech that can determine word meaning

• a consonant sound created by forcing air in a narrow opening

• the natural division of a syllable into two parts

• a writing system for representing language

How many phonemes in the word choose?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

At what age should rhyming words be studied as part of phonemic awareness?

• 7-8

• 2-3

• 4-5

• 6-8

Phonemic awareness activities do not involve print.

• true

• false

Phonics is complicated by the fact that English has about 44 phonemes but only 26 letters to represent them.

• true

• false

How many speech sounds are there in the word string?

• 6

• 5

• 4

• 3

What is allophonic variation?

• a letter or letters that spells a phoneme

• a writing system for representing language

• the smallest meaningful unit of language

• the slightly different pronunciation of a phoneme, depending on placement in the word

What is a stop phoneme?

• a phoneme that is spoken until one runs out of breath

• a phoneme that is produced with one short push of breath

• a phoneme spoken with the voice box off

• a phoneme spoken with the voice box on

There are 4 nasal phonemes in English: /m/, /n/, /ng/, and /d/.

• true

• false

Vowels are phonemes that are unvoiced and closed.

• true

• false