phonics

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What is phonics?

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Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing learners' phonemic awareness, which is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes.

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What is a phoneme?

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

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What does the letter 'b' sound like?

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The letter 'b' sounds like /b/ as in 'bat'.

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What does the letter 'p' sound like?

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The letter 'p' sounds like /p/ as in 'pat'.

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What is a blend in phonics?

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A blend is a group of two or three consonants that are pronounced together, where each consonant retains its sound, such as 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a digraph?

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A digraph is a combination of two letters that make one sound, such as 'sh' in 'ship'.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with the vocal tract open, such as 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made by obstructing airflow, such as 'b', 'c', 'd', 'f'.

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What is a CVC word?

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

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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, such as 'the'.