Orthography

What is a grapheme?

• The smallest unit of sound.

• The smallest unit of meaning.

• The rime section of a word like for sight:

  ight

• a letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme.

What is a phonograph?

• The smallest unit of sound.

• The smallest unit of meaning.

• The rime section of a word like for sight:

  ight

• a letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme.

What is a consonant?

• a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)

• All of the other letters.

What is a vowel?

• a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)

• All of the other letters.

What is a blend?

• A letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme.

• Two+ letters that make distinct COMBINATION of sounds.

• Two letters represent ONE sound.

• Three letters represent ONE sound.

What is a digraph?

• A letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme.

• Two+ letters that make distinct COMBINATION of sounds.

• Two letters represent ONE sound.

• Three letters represent ONE sound.

What is a short vowel?

• All of the other letters.

• a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)

• A vowel in a word that "says its name":

  hAte

• A vowel in a word that does NOT "say its name":

  hAt

What is a long vowel?

• All of the other letters.

• a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)

• A vowel in a word that "says its name":

  hAte

• A vowel in a word that does NOT "say its name":

  hAt

What is an r-controlled vowel?

• When a vowel is followed by an R and the sound of the vowel changes.

• a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)

• A vowel in a word that "says its name":

  hAte

• A vowel in a word that does NOT "say its name":

  hAt

What is a dipthong?

• A letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme.

  "igh"

• Two+ letters that make distinct COMBINATION of sounds.

  "bl"

• Two letters represent ONE sound.

  "sh"

• Two vowels (or w/y) that make a NEW sound.

  "oi"