Letrs Unit 2 Sessions 1-5

Front

What is a phoneme?

Back

the smallest segment of speech that can determine word meaning

Front

How many phonemes in the word choose?

Back

3

Front

At what age should rhyming words be studied as part of phonemic awareness?

Back

4-5

Front

Phonemic awareness activities do not involve print.

Back

true

Front

Phonics is complicated by the fact that English has about 44 phonemes but only 26 letters to represent them.

Back

true

Front

How many speech sounds are there in the word 'string'?

Back

5

Front

What is allophonic variation?

Back

the slightly different pronunciation of a phoneme, depending on placement in the word

Front

What is a stop phoneme?

Back

a phoneme that is produced with one short push of breath

Front

There are 4 nasal phonemes in English: /m/, /n/, /ng/, and /d/.

Back

false

Front

Vowels are phonemes that are unvoiced and closed.

Back

false