PHONICS - SYSTEMATIC SYNTHETIC PHONICS (SSP) Flashcards
What is SSP?
Skill of segmentation and blending
- Knowledge of the alphabetic code to enable world reading and spelling
How many phonemes are there?
44
What is a phoneme?
Smallest unit of a sound in a word
What is a grapheme?
Written/ visual representation of a phoneme which can be made up of one or more letters
What is a digraph?
2 letters representing 1 phoneme
e.g ch- ur- ch
What is a consonant digraph?
2 consonants together make one sound
Give an example of a consonant digraph
shop = s h o p throat = th r oa t
What is a vowel digraph ?
2 letters making a single sound
Give an example of a vowel digraph
ai = r - ai- n ea = l - ea- f ee = f - ee- t oa = c - oa - t
What is a trigraph?
3 letters representing 1 phoneme
Give an example of a trigraph
igh = sigh ore = bore air = fair ear = dear are = dare
What is a split vowel digraph?
Two vowels that make the phoneme are split by a consonant
Give an example of a split vowel digraph
c-a-k-e L-i-k-e P-o-l-e
What is segmenting?
Splitting up words fully, in order of spelling
- children know the intended target word, they split it out using graphemes
What is oral segmenting?
Taking the words apart out loud
