Grade 2 Saxon Lesson 21

What is an alphabet?

• A set of symbols representing sounds

• numbers

How many letters are in our alphabet?

• 5

• 26

Which alphabet do we use?

• German

• Roman/Latin

What are the smaller parts that make up our words?

• sentences

• letters or syllables

What two kinds of letters make up our alphabet?

• vowels and consonants

• animals

What are the vowels?

• a,e,i,o,u

• s,k,t,b,z

every syllable must contain _________

• a vowel

• a consonant

What is the INITIAL letter of the alphabet?

• a

• z

What is the FINAL letter of the alphabet?

• a

• z