Teaching English

phoneme

a single sound you can hear in a word (not a letter

grapheme

the letters we write that represent a sound

syllable

a part of a word that has one vowel sound and is like a beat when you say it

blend

when two or more consonant sounds are next to each other and you can still hear each sound

segment

to break a word apart into its individual sounds for spelling or reading

continuous phonation

sounds you can stretch out or hold when saying them

digraph

two letters that work together to make one sound

consonant

a sound where the airflow is stopped or blocked by your lips

alliteration

when words close together start with the same sound to make a pattern

onset and rime

onset is the first sound or sounds in a word and rime is the rest (usually the vowel and ending)

simple sentence

a sentence that has one complete idea with a subject and a verb

noun

a word that names a person

adjective

a word that gives more information about a noun (what it is like)

adverb

a word that gives more information about a verb (how

synonyms and antonyms

synonyms are words that mean almost the same thing and antonyms are words that mean the opposite