Phonics(Short A)

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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 in spoken words.

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What sound does the short 'a' make?

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The short 'a' makes the sound /æ/, as in the words 'cat', 'bat', and 'hat'.

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Give an example of a word with a short 'a'.

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An example of a word with a short 'a' is 'apple'.

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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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How do you blend sounds to read a word?

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To blend sounds, you say each sound in a word slowly and then combine them to say the whole word. For example, for 'cat', say /k/, /æ/, /t/ and then blend them to say 'cat'.

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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. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U.

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What are consonants?

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Consonants are letters that represent speech sounds made by partially or completely blocking airflow. Examples include B, C, D, F, G.

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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', 'dog', or 'bat'.

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How do you identify a short 'a' sound in a word?

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You can identify a short 'a' sound by listening for the /æ/ sound, which is often found in CVC words.

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What is blending in phonics?

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Blending is the process of combining individual sounds to form a word.