Sight Word & Spelling

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What is a sight word?

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A sight word is a common word that children are encouraged to recognize without having to sound it out.

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Give an example of a sight word.

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Examples of sight words include 'the', 'and', 'is', 'to', and 'you'.

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What does it mean to spell a word?

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To spell a word means to write or say the letters in the correct order.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with an open vocal tract. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, and U.

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What are consonants?

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Consonants are letters that are not vowels. They are sounds made by partially or completely blocking the airflow.

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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. It usually contains a vowel.

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How do you blend sounds to read a word?

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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 phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word.

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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 'chair'.

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What is a word family?

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A word family is a group of words that have a common feature or pattern, such as 'cat', 'bat', and 'hat'.