Phonics

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What is the sound of the letter 'B'?

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The letter 'B' makes the sound /b/ as in 'bat'.

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What is the sound of the letter 'C'?

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The letter 'C' can make the sound /k/ as in 'cat' or /s/ as in 'city'.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a letter that represents a speech sound made with an open vocal tract. The vowels are 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. Examples include 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. For example, 'cat' has one syllable, and 'happy' has two.

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What is a digraph?

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A digraph is two letters that make one sound, such as 'sh' in 'ship' or 'ch' in 'chair'.

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What is a blend?

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A blend is when two or more consonants are combined, and each sound can be heard, like 'bl' in 'black'.

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What is a rhyming word?

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Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is a sight word?

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A sight word is a word that is recognized instantly without needing to sound it out, like 'the' or 'and'.

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What is a prefix?

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A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like 'un-' in 'undo'.