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What does the definition of a blended reading horizon?

Guide to Student Reading Skills. Letter Groups – Students will learn the name, sound and upper- and below-case forms of each letter. Blends A Blend is a combination of two or three consonants, each with its own sound. Blends can be made with a schwa sound, or in isolation.



You may then wonder, "What is a Guardian Star?"

The "guardian Star" is used for consonants that follow vowels. A arc is used for joining 2 or 3 letters together to create a blend. To signify silence, a vertical line is drawn through a letter.

The next question is: How many letter groups do you have? Did you know that the 26 American English sounds can also be broken down into five sound groups? The same letter sound group can be found at either the beginning or end of the letters names.

Keep this in mind, what are the five skills that can be used to phonetically?

The five phonetic skills are: Phonetic skill #2: A vowel that is followed by two consonants will be shorter if it's just one. Phonetic Skill 3: A vowel that stands alone will be long. Phonetic Skill 4: A word that ends with a Silent E will have its first vowel be long.

What are the adjacent vowels?

Learn the Long and Short Vowels. Students will review the short vowels and learn the long vowels sounds. Phonetic Skill #5 - adjacent vowels - A word that contains adjacent vowels will have the second vowel silent and the first long vowel. Ai, EA, OA, Ui, ay and ee are the most frequent adjacent vowels.