Phonemic Awareness and Syllabication Concepts

A set of flashcards designed to help students review vocabulary related to phonemic awareness and syllabication.

Grapheme

A letter or group of letters representing a sound in a language.

/ā/

The long vowel sound represented by graphemes such as a, ai, ay.

Phoneme

The smallest unit of sound in a language.

Syllable

A single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word.

Onset

The initial consonant sound of a syllable.

Rime

The part of the syllable that contains the vowel and any following consonants.

Digraph

A combination of two letters that create one sound.

Blend

A group of two or more consonants where each sound is heard.

Short Vowel Sound

A vowel sound that is pronounced in a short manner, such as in 'cat'.

Long Vowel Sound

A vowel sound that is pronounced the same as the letter's name, such as 'a' in 'cake'.

Schwa Sound

The neutral vowel sound that occurs in unstressed syllables, represented by 'ə'.

Syllable Types

Categories used to classify syllables based on their structure, such as closed, open, and vowel-r.

Phonemic Symbol

Symbols that represent the sounds in phonemes.