The grapheme ear

A grapheme is a letter or group of letters that corresponds to a single phoneme (the smallest unit of sound).

Download our Graphemes chart below.

Print out the chart or display it on a screen. The graphemes have been grouped by sound. Focus on one grapheme at a time. Sound out each example word, highlighting how different graphemes can make the same sound.

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Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
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Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
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Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
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Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
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Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs.