Grade 2 Phonics

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• Phonics is the method of teaching reading that connects letters to their sounds to help students decode words.
• A vowel is a speech sound produced without blocking the airflow, typically represented by the letters a, e, i, o, or u.
• A consonant is a speech sound produced by blocking or restricting the airflow with the teeth, tongue, or lips.
• A blend (or consonant cluster) is two or more consonants placed together where each sound is still heard, such as st in 'star'.
• A digraph is two letters that together make one sound, such as 'sh' in 'ship' or 'ch' in 'chat'.
• A short vowel sound is the quick sound of a vowel in a closed syllable, like the 'a' in 'cat' or 'e' in 'bed'.
• A long vowel sound is the extended sound of a vowel, often found in open syllables or with a silent 'e', like the 'a' in 'cake'.
• Silent 'e' is a letter 'e' at the end of a word that makes the previous vowel long but is not pronounced, as in 'bite'.
• Rhyme (or rime) is the part of a word that includes the vowel and any following consonants, used to find words that sound like each other, such as 'cat' and 'hat'.
• A syllable is a single unit of a word that contains one vowel sound, such as the two syllables in 'bas-ket'.
• The letter 'c' makes a soft sound like /s/ when followed by e, i, or y, as in the words 'cell', 'city', or 'candy'.
• The letter 'g' makes a soft sound like /j/ when followed by e, i, or y, as in the words 'gem', 'giant', or 'gym'.