Phonics

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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 in spoken words.

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What is a phoneme?

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A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

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What is the relationship between phonemes and graphemes?

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Phonemes are the sounds in spoken language, while graphemes are the letters or groups of letters that represent those sounds in written language.

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What does it mean for words to rhyme?

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Words rhyme when they have the same ending sound, starting from the last stressed vowel sound.

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Give an example of a pair of rhyming words.

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'cat' and 'hat' are an example of rhyming words.

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What is a blend in phonics?

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A blend is a group of two or three consonants that appear together in a word, where each consonant sound can be heard, such as 'bl' in 'black'.

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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 'chair'.

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What is the importance of phonemic awareness in reading?

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Phonemic awareness is crucial for reading because it helps children understand the relationship between sounds and letters, which is essential for decoding words.

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What is a vowel team?

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A vowel team is a combination of two vowels that together make one sound, such as 'ai' in 'rain' or 'ea' in 'bread'.

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What is the difference between short and long vowels?

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Short vowels are pronounced quickly and do not say their name (e.g., 'a' in 'cat'), while long vowels are pronounced the same as their letter name (e.g., 'a' in 'cake').