Learning to Read Words

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Across
  1. 3. combinations of two vowels together in words producing a single sound (ex. oi, oy)
  2. 8. blends, two or more consonant letters blended together but each letter is prounounced (ex. bl, fr, sk, spl)
  3. 9. digraphs, two consonant letters that represent one speech sound (ex. th, sh, ch)
Down
  1. 1. phonics skills students learn that help them pronounce an unfamiliar word
  2. 2. words, high frequency words
  3. 4. teaching method that relates spoken sounds to written symbols
  4. 5. the ability to break up spoken words into their separate sounds
  5. 6. digraphs, combination of two vowel letters together in words representing only one distinct speech sound (ex. ee, oo, ie, ai)
  6. 7. recognition, identifying words as a whole