Term
phoneme
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Grade 1, ages 6–8
ELA1 · Phonological Awareness and Phonics
Memory match
Cut on the gold corner marks. Shuffle. Lay the sixteen cards face down. Turn two. A pair is one terracotta term and the teal fact that names it. Play again through Study at /quiz, pack ELA1.
Fact
The smallest sound in a spoken word. The word cat has three: /k/, /a/, /t/.
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Term
grapheme
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Fact
A letter or group of letters that stands for one sound. The letters sh together make one sound.
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Term
digraph
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Fact
Two letters that work together to make one new sound. sh in ship says /sh/, not /s/ and /h/.
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Term
blend
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Fact
Two or three consonants next to each other where you can still hear each sound. In flag you hear /f/ and /l/.
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Term
segment
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Fact
Breaking a word into its individual sounds. To segment fun, pull it apart into /f/, /u/, /n/.
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Term
decode
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Fact
Using what you know about letters and sounds to read a word. Look at each letter, say its sound, and blend.
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Example
cat
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Fact
Three phonemes: /k/, /a/, /t/. Tap one finger for each sound you hear.
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Example
ship
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Fact
Tap three times: /sh/, /i/, /p/ — three phonemes even though there are four letters.
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