Phonological Awareness and Phonics Flashcard

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What is phonological awareness?

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Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in spoken words, including understanding rhymes, syllables, and phonemes.

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What is a rhyme?

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A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often found at the end of lines in poems or songs.

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What is a CVC word?

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A CVC word is a three-letter word that follows the pattern consonant-vowel-consonant, such as 'cat', 'bat', or 'dog'.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word that can distinguish one word from another.

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What is the initial sound in a word?

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The initial sound in a word is the first phoneme heard when the word is pronounced.

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How do you identify a rhyme?

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To identify a rhyme, look for words that have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What happens when you change the first letter of a word?

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Changing the first letter of a word can create a new word, such as changing 'bat' to 'cat'.

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What is the last sound in the word 'dog'?

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The last sound in the word 'dog' is /g/.

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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, which typically contains a vowel.

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What does it mean to blend sounds?

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Blending sounds means to combine individual phonemes together to form a word, like blending /c/, /a/, and /t/ to say 'cat'.