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Smallest unit of sound in a word, 44 in English, it can be represented by 1,2,3 or 4 letters

phoneme


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Written representation of sound; may consist of one or more letters, for example the phoneme /s/ can be represented by s, sc, c, se, ce as in sun, mouse, city, science

grapheme


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two letters representing one phoneme; bath, train

digraph


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Those letters in the alphabet apart from a,e,i,o,u. The letter y also act as one of these in certain words.

consonant


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To convert a message written/spoken in code into language which is easily understood. In reading it refers to chidren’s ability to read words; translate a visual code of the letters into a word.

decode


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The process of combining phonemes into larger elements such as clusters, syllables and words. Also referred to as a combination of 2 or more phonemes e.g. st, str, nt

blend


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Each beat in a word

syllable


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3 letters representing one phoneme, Fudge, high

trigraph


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To break a word or part of a word down into component phonemes, for example, c a t,

ch a t, ch ar t, g r ou nd

segment


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Separate phonemes (not vowels) to be blended and segmented , b r, n k,

consonant cluster


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One phoneme containing two letters (not vowels)

consonant digraph


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Awareness of sounds within words, demonstrated by the ability to generate rhyme and alliteration and in segmenting and blending component sounds

phonological awareness


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The part of a syllable that contains the vowel and final consonant or consonant cluster if there is one, such as at in cat or ow in cow

rime


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One phoneme containing (two letters) no consonants

vowel digraph


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May be represented by one or more letters, these may be vowels or a combination of vowels and consonants

vowel phoneme


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More or less regular alternation of light beats and heavy beats (stresses) in speech or music

rhythm


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This ocurs when words share the same stressed vowel phoneme e.g. she/tea, way/delay and subsequent consonants e.g. sheet/treat, made/lemonade and final unstressed vowel e.g. laughter/after

rhyme


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The initial consonant or consonant cluster in a word

onset


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The letters a,e,i,o,u

vowels

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