Listen and Find Letter Sounds

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What is a letter sound?

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A letter sound is the sound that a letter makes when it is spoken. For example, the letter 'B' makes the sound /b/.

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What is the sound of the letter 'A'?

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The sound of the letter 'A' is /æ/ as in 'apple'.

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What is the sound of the letter 'C'?

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The sound of the letter 'C' can be /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 in English 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 obstructing airflow. Examples include B, C, D, F.

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What sound does the letter 'D' make?

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The letter 'D' makes the sound /d/ as in 'dog'.

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What sound does the letter 'E' make?

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The letter 'E' makes the sound /ɛ/ as in 'elephant'.

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What is blending sounds?

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Blending sounds is the process of combining individual sounds to form a word, like /c/ + /a/ + /t/ = 'cat'.

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What is segmenting sounds?

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Segmenting sounds is breaking a word into its individual sounds, like 'dog' into /d/ + /o/ + /g/.

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What is an example of a word that starts with the letter 'S'?

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An example of a word that starts with the letter 'S' is 'sun'.