phonics 4

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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 word. For example, the word 'cat' has three phonemes: /k/, /æ/, and /t/.

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What does the term 'rub' mean?

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'Rub' means to move something back and forth against a surface. For example, you rub your hands together to warm them up.

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What does the term 'nap' mean?

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'Nap' means a short sleep, usually taken during the day.

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What does the term 'vet' mean?

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'Vet' is short for veterinarian, a person who takes care of animals' health.

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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. For example, blending /r/, /u/, and /b/ makes the word 'rub'.

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What is segmenting in phonics?

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Segmenting is breaking a word down into its individual sounds. For example, the word 'nap' can be segmented into /n/, /æ/, and /p/.

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What is a consonant?

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A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. Examples include /b/, /c/, /d/, etc.

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What is a vowel?

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A vowel is a speech sound that is produced without any significant constriction of the airflow in the vocal tract. The vowels in English are A, E, I, O, U.

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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' or 'ch' in 'chop'.