Phonemic Awareness

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What is a long vowel?

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A long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the name of the letter itself, like 'a' in 'cake' or 'i' in 'hi'.

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What is a short vowel?

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A short vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced differently than the name of the letter, like 'a' in 'cat' or 'e' in 'bed'.

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What is a beginning blend?

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A beginning blend is when two consonants are combined at the start of a word, and both sounds are heard, like 'fr' in 'frog'.

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How do you spell the word 'ten'?

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t e n

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What is the missing letter in the word 'slee'?

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p (to make 'sleep')

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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, like 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 partially or completely blocking the airflow, like b, c, d, f.

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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, like 'cat' has one syllable and 'happy' has two.

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What does it mean to rhyme?

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To rhyme means to have the same ending sound in two or more words, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a word, like the sounds 'b', 'a', and 't' in 'bat'.

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