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alphabetic principle - Answer -an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words
grapheme - Answer -the letter or group of letters that represents a speech sound within a word
syllable - Answer -a unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or phrase/must
contain a vowel phoneme
vowel-consonant- silent e - Answer -syllable with a single vowel followed by a consonant
followed by a silent e in the final position
closed syllable - Answer -syllable with a single vowel followed by one or more consonants in the
final position
vowel team - Answer -A syllable containing two vowels that together make one vowel sound
consonant-le syllable - Answer -a final separate syllable containing a consonant followed by the
letters le
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,open syllable - Answer -a syllable with a long vowel phoneme in the final position
consonant trigraph - Answer -three consonant letters that represent only one distinct speech
sound (tch, dge)
consonant digraph - Answer -two consecutive consonants that represent only one distinct (ch,
sh, wh, ck)
consonant blend - Answer -two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual
sounds ( /bl/ in block; /str/ in string)
Logical progression for consonant instruction - Answer -1. Consonants with one frequent
predictable phoneme 2. Consonants with more than one phoneme
3. Consonant digraphs with one frequent phoneme
4. Consonant digraphs with more than one phoneme
5. Trigraphs
6. Special situations
Logical progression for vowel instruction - Answer -1. Lax (short) phonemes in closed syllables
2. Tense (long) phonemes in open syllables
3. Tense (long) phonemes in consonant-vowel-e syllables
4. Vowel phonemes in r-controlled syllables
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, 5. Vowel teams with one frequent phoneme
6. Vowel teams with more than one frequent phoneme
7. Special situations
Examples of consonant digraphs - Answer -shoulder, king, crust
Example of consonant trigraph - Answer -stitch
How many graphemes in the word "night"? - Answer -3
Hardship has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -2/3
Watchdog has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -2/2
Dodge has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -1/1
Aqueduct has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -3/2
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