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When two of the same consonants
appear side by side in a word, only one
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ex. Berry- only 1 R is heard |
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1. A single vowel letter in a syllable usually represents the short sound if it is not the final letter (cat, but, lot, met, mit)
2. A single vowel letter in a syllable usually represents the long sound if it is the final letter (he, hi, go, pa-per, ti-ger)
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| Sounds in a syllable represented by 2 or more letters that are blended together without losing their own identity |
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| Consists of 2 letters that stand for a single phoneme. |
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generally represents 2 phonemes, /k/ & /s/
city /s/
coat /k/
rice /s/
When the letter c represents /s/, it is commonly called the “soft c”. When it represents /k/, it is commonly called the “hard c”
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G generally represents 2 phonemes, /g/ and /j/
Go /g/
gym /j/
again /j/
When g represents /j/, it’s commonly called the “soft g”. When it represents /g/, it is commonly called the “hard g”
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S generally represents 2 phonemes, /s/ and /z/
Smile /s/
season /z/
is /s/
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X generally represents 3 phonemes: /z/, /k/, /s/ and /g/z/.
Sox /k/ /s/
exit /g/ /z/ or /k/ /s/
anxiety /g/ /z/
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| Consistent Relationship between C, G, S, X |
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| They do not show a somewhat consistent one-to-one correspondence between letter and phoneme |
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| Telling children about generalizations and having them apply those generalizations to specific words. |
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Begins with specifics and moves to generalizations about them.
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A letter sequence comprised of a vowel grapheme and an ending consonant grapheme(s)
-ig as in wig, dig and big |
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2 consonants in a word that represent 1 sound
th in thin /th/
sh in ship /sh/ |
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| single vowel made up of a glide from 1 vowel to another |
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Some words will say name of vowel and some won’t
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The meaningful structural parts of words are morphemes. They are the smallest unit of meaning in a word. Any unit of meaning in a word is a morpheme.
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1. Bound Morphemes
2. Free Morphemes |
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| must be attached to another morpheme in order to carry meaning |
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can stand alone, as a word, in English.
For example:
The “S” in cats has no meaning unless it is attached to a word; it is a bound morpheme.
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| Bound morphemes that will not stand alone |
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| Free morphemes that will stand alone |
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2 or 3 consonant sounds clustered together in a word or syllable, where all the consonants are heard
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| Best Way to Teach Phonics |
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Explicitly-- lessons follow and incorporate 5 steps for every phonics lesson
1. awareness
2. segmentation
3. association
4. reading
5. spelling |
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| Direct teaching of a set of letter sound relationships in a clearly defined sequence |
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| Encourage informal phonics. Often neglect vowels |
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| how often that a generalization actually applies to words in the English language |
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