Important definitions for phonics teachers

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Across
  1. 2. The first part of a word that is sounded out Sp_ Spot
  2. 4. The process of translating a printed word into a sound.
  3. 8. A pair of characters used to create one phoneme –ng, th, sh……
  4. 9. The sound of a letter.
  5. 10. Breaking a word down into it’s individual sounds.
Down
  1. 1. The part of a word that is left over after the onset. ot- Spot
  2. 3. A unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.
  3. 4. A pair of vowels occurring within the same syllable (the combination could be strong/weak or weak/weak)
  4. 5. A word consisting of a consonant/vowel/consonant pattern
  5. 6. The letters of a language.
  6. 7. A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.