Cracking the Alphabetic Code

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Cracking the Alphabetic Code

• Beth Morton Christian, Ed.D.

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Decoding unknown words.

• SLYTHY
• GYRE
• GIMBLE
• TULGEY
• BRILLIG

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• Twas brillig, and the slithy toves  Did gyre
  and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the
  borogoves,  And the mome raths outgrabe.

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JABBERWOCKY

• by Lewis Carroll

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Word Recognition/Word Identification Strategies

• Sight Words/High Frequency words
• Structural Analysis
• Context Clues
• Phonic Analysis

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• Phonics- the predictable relationship between
  letters (graphemes) and sounds (phoneme)
  Print-Sound relationship

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• Predictable relationships between graphemes and
  phonemes often termed as
• Phonics Generalizations

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Consonants

• B, C, D, F, G, H, J, ETC.
• TWO SOUNDS OF Ccar and city
• TWO SOUNDS OF G garage and giraffe
• Blends-grass, blast, string
• Digraphs- that, chat, ship, phone, sash
• Y and W-consonants at the beginning of word
• (yes vs. day and wipe vs. snow)

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Vowels

• A, E, I, O, U AND SOMETIMES Y AND W
• SHORT-CAP
• LONG- CAPE
• Digraphs- (single sound) snow, nail, heat, etc.
• Diphthongs-(two sounds) oil, boy, house, now
• R-Controlled-(bossy Rs) for, car, fur, first,
• CVC- bat, cup
• CVCe- cave, ride

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• C-two sounds- car, cycle
• G-two sounds- garage, giraffe
• CV- be, go
• R-Controlled- born, bear, car, for
• Igh- high
• Kn and Wr- know, wrong

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Phonics Generalizations Quiz

• 1.Which of the following words ends with a
  consonant sound?
• A. pianoB. babyC. relayD. pencilE. below
• d. pencil

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• 2. The combination of two or three consonants
  pronounced so that each letter keeps its own
  identity is called a
• A. silent consonant.B. consonant diagraph.C.
  diphthong.D. schwa.E. consonant blend.
• E. consonant blend

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• 3. A word with a consonant digraph is
• A. stop.B. blue.C. bend.D. stripe.E. chair
• e. chair

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• 4. A word with a consonant blend (beginning
  sound) is
• A. chair.B. ties.C. thing.D. strict.E.
  where.
• D. strict

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• 5. A soft c is in the word
• A. city.B. cat.C. chair.D. Chicago.E. None
  of the above
• a. city

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• 6. A soft g is in the word
• A. great.B. go.C. ghost.D. rig.E. giant.
• E. giant

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• 7.A consonant digraph is in the word
• A. blend.B. ship.C. slip.D. trap.E. None of
  the above
• A. ship

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• 8. A word with a vowel digraph is
• Boy
• Heat
• Love
• Cold
• House
• B. heat

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• 9. The word car is an example of
• short vowel sound
• Long vowel sound
• R controlled vowel
• Vowel digraph
• None of the above
• C. r-controlled

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• 10. A word with a vowel diphthong is
• Cake
• Bat
• Oil
• Boat
• None of the above
• C. oil

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• 11. Which of the following words does not follow
  the general for a CVC pattern
• Dog
• For
• Rat
• Cup
• Bit
• B. for

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• 12. Which of the following words does not follow
  the general for a CVCE pattern
• Late
• Bake
• Bite
• Have
• Hope
• D. have