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Phonics Vocabulary

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English›Spelling & Word Study|Ages 4—7|ID: mt_EqXlZfB4jp

Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel, consonant, syllable, root word, suffix, prefix, and homophone — and understand that these words describe the building blocks that phonics instruction is built on

Mastery Evidence

  • Say the sounds for common graphemes (e.g. 'sh', 'ch', 'th', 'ee', 'igh') and use 'phoneme' and 'grapheme' correctly when explaining
  • Blend sounds together to read an unfamiliar word and explain what they are doing using the word 'blend'
  • Segment a word into its individual sounds for spelling and use the term 'segment' to describe the process

Assessment Prompt

“When [child]'s teacher asks them to 'segment a word into phonemes' or spot a 'digraph', do they understand what those words mean and can they do the task without looking confused?”

Prerequisites0

No prerequisites — this is a foundational topic.

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