Phonics

Phonics

method of literacy instruction that links phonemic awareness with graphemes (printed phonemes), teaching students to connect sounds with print.

onset

word consists of all letters that appear before the first vowel.

rime

word is the rest of the word after the onset, beginning with the first vowel.

syllable

part of a word that contains one vowel sound.

Syllabication

the ability to correctly divide words into syllables.

six types of syllables in the English language:

1. Closed CVC; 2. Open Ends with a single long vowel sound pho-to-graph 3. Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) 4. Vowel Team multiple consecutive vowels acting as a single sound bake toil 5.

R-controlled Contains

a single vowel followed by “r”

Consonant-le

A consonant followed by “le”