Phoneme Blending

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What is a phoneme?

Back

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

Front

How many phonemes are in the word 'cat'?

Back

3 (c, a, t)

Front

What does blending mean in phonics?

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Blending is combining individual sounds to form a word.

Front

How many sounds are in the word 'munch'?

Back

4 (m, u, n, ch)

Front

What is the correct way to blend the word 'warning'?

Back

w| ar| n| i| ng

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What is the correct way to blend the word 'tonight'?

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t| o| n| igh| t

Front

What is a syllable?

Back

A syllable is a single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word.

Front

How many syllables are in the word 'computer'?

Back

3 (com-pu-ter)

Front

Which word has a different number of syllables: afternoon, computer, yesterday, or double?

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double (2 syllables) while the others have 3.

Front

How do you segment the sentence 'Look at the big pumpkin'?

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look + at + the + big + pumpkin