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Greetings, I noticed that we did not do so well on the last quiz/lesson on phonemes. Therefore, I plan to re-teach the information and provide additional practice exercises and a final assessment. The answers for each practice exercise can be found at the bottom of the page. For further study, please check Abdullah El Talib Mosi Bey's website Moorish Civiletter. Now, without further adieu, let's go in. Let's review vocabulary phoneme: the smallest unit of sound in a word. Examples test has 4 phonemes (t-e-s-t) check has 3 phonemes (ch-e-ck) fault has 4 phonemes (f-au-l-t) bone has 3 phonemes (b-o-n; the e is silent and makes the o long) Practice: Identify the number of phonemes in the following words: file, stick, spring, record, autumn grapheme: a letter Examples test has 4 graphemes (t-e-s-t) check has 5 graphemes (c-h-e-c-k) fault has 5 graphemes (f-a-u-l-t) bone has 4 graphemes (b-o-n-e) Practice: Identify the number of graphemes in the following words: file, stick, spring, record, autumn morpheme: the smallest unit of meaning in a word; i.e. the prefix, root, and suffix stand has one morpheme (stand is the root) understand has two morphemes (under- is a prefix; stand is the root) understanding has three morphemes (under-stand; -ing is a suffix) misunderstanding has four morphemes (mis- is a prefix; under-stand-ing) Practice: Identify the number of morphemes in the following words: preview, record, nation, national, international Keys to remembering the vocabulary: 1) phoneme's root is phone, meaning sound (think telephone, microphone, etc...) 2) grapheme's root is graph, meaning writing (think paragraph, autograph, etc...) 3) morpheme's root is morph, meaning form or shape (think isomorphic, metamorphosis, etc...) Why is it that some words have different numbers of phonemes and graphemes? Doesn't a letter represent an individual sound? When letters combine, sometimes they make one sound. For example, s and h combined make the sound we here at the beginning of shirt; or when we say shhhhhhh, be quiet. two consonant letters make one sound would be called a consonant digraph. When two vowels make one sound, it would be a vowel digraph (such as braid, treat, and boat). Please refer back to the previous lesson to see a list of the digraphs. Practice: Identify the digraphs in the following words- 1) graph 2) chart 3) duck 4) ship 5) theme 6) piece 7) tree 8) float 9) frayed* 10) staunch Classifying Phonemes Phonemes can be classified in two categories- consonants and vowels Vowels are general understood to be long or short. Consonants are either labials, dentals, or gutterals. See the charts below for assistance.  Practice: identify the number of labials, dentals, and gutterals are in each word below: 1) map 2) car 3) ran 4) dash 5) family Congratulations: you have completed the Phonemes Re-Teach lesson. Use this information to analyze more words on your own. Look out for the re-teach quiz, which will be available on Wednesday, February 10th. Study well.
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