Understanding Digraphs

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What is a digraph?

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Two letters, or graphemes, come together to make one sound.

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phonemic awareness

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the ability to identify, manipulate, and think about the individual sounds, or phonemes, in spoken words. It's a critical early literacy skill that helps children understand how the alphabet works, which is essential for learning to read and spell

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phoneme

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in linguistics, smallest unit of speech

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onset

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The onset is the consonant or consonant cluster within a syllable that comes before the vowel.

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rime

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the part of the syllable that contains the vowel and any remaining consonants. Ability to segment the onset and rime in words usually precedes full phonemic awareness.

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blending

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the ability to combine the sounds of letters in a word to read it.

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segmenting

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a reading strategy that involves breaking a word down into its individual sounds, or phonemes

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vowel team

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a combination of two or more letters that work together to make one vowel sound:

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diphthong

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a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ).

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welded sounds

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groups of letters that create a new sound when combined, rather than the individual sounds of each letter.