1st Grade Literacy Word Building

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What is a vowel?

Back

A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with an open vocal tract. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U.

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How many vowels are there in the English alphabet?

Back

There are 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U.

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What letter can be placed in the blank to form a word: c_n?

Back

The letter 'a' can be placed to form the word 'can'.

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What letter can be placed in the blank to form a word: d_g?

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The letter 'o' can be placed to form the word 'dog'.

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What letter can be placed in the blank to form a word: _at?

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The letter 'c' can be placed to form the word 'cat'.

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What letter can be placed in the blank to form a word: m_g?

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The letter 'u' can be placed to form the word 'mug'.

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What is a consonant?

Back

A consonant is a letter that represents a speech sound made with some closure in the vocal tract. Examples include B, C, D, F, etc.

Front

Can you name a word that starts with the letter 'b'?

Back

One example is 'bat'.

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What is a word family?

Back

A word family is a group of words that share a common base or root word, such as 'cat', 'bat', and 'hat'.

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What is blending in reading?

Back

Blending is the ability to combine individual sounds to form a word.