Phonics Vocabulary
Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel, consonant, syllable, root word, suffix, prefix, and homophone — and understand that these words describe the building blocks that phonics instruction is built on
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Phonics has special vocabulary. A phoneme is a sound. A grapheme is the letter or letters that write a sound. A digraph is two letters for one sound, like sh. Blend means push sounds together to read. Segment means pull a word apart into sounds to spell.
Spend about 10 minutes matching each vocabulary card to a quick action with ship.
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UF Literacy Institute · Practice link — not the full lesson
Lessons 42–53 Resources
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Free UFLI Foundations toolbox materials for consonant digraphs useful as phonics vocabulary practice. Adult picks one digraph set; not every vowel team.
Free university page, no sign-in for these materials. An adult chooses the activity.
Before you openAsk the learner to name one digraph, say its sound, and read a word that uses it.
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Public UF Literacy Institute Foundations toolbox page for Lessons 42–53 (Digraphs). An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this page. Printable and slide links on the page were not downloaded in this check. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. The paid UFLI Foundations manual is separate from these free toolbox materials.
UF Literacy Institute. “Lessons 42–53 Resources.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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- Say the sounds for common graphemes (e.g. 'sh', 'ch', 'th', 'ee', 'igh') and use 'phoneme' and 'grapheme' correctly when explaining
- Blend sounds together to read an unfamiliar word and explain what they are doing using the word 'blend'
- Segment a word into its individual sounds for spelling and use the term 'segment' to describe the process
“When your child's teacher asks them to 'segment a word into phonemes' or spot a 'digraph', do they understand what those words mean and can they do the task without looking confused?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Language
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Spelling & Word Study
- Age range
- Ages 4–7