1st Grade ELA Flashcards: Isolate And Pronounce Individual Sounds

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This deck focuses on Isolate And Pronounce Individual Sounds, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for 1st Grade ELA.

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Flashcard 1: Identify the final sound (phoneme) in the word "cake".

Answer: /k/. The silent 'e' makes the 'k' the final sound heard.

Flashcard 2: Identify the final sound (phoneme) in the word "fish".

Answer: /sh/. The 'sh' makes one /sh/ sound at the end of 'fish'.

Flashcard 3: What is the final sound in a spoken word?

Answer: The last phoneme you hear in the word. It comes at the end when you say the word aloud.

Flashcard 4: What is the medial vowel sound in a single-syllable spoken word?

Answer: The vowel phoneme in the middle of the word. The vowel sound between the beginning and ending sounds.

Flashcard 5: What is the initial sound in a spoken word?

Answer: The first phoneme you hear in the word. It comes at the beginning when you say the word aloud.

Flashcard 6: What does the term phoneme mean in spoken words?

Answer: A single speech sound in a word. The smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning.

Flashcard 7: Identify the medial vowel sound (phoneme) in the word "fish".

Answer: /i/. The 'i' in 'fish' makes the short /i/ vowel sound.

Flashcard 8: Identify the medial vowel sound (phoneme) in the word "map".

Answer: /a/. The 'a' in 'map' makes the short /a/ vowel sound.

Flashcard 9: Identify the final sound (phoneme) in the word "sun".

Answer: /n/. The 'n' makes the /n/ sound at the end of 'sun'.

Flashcard 10: Identify the initial sound (phoneme) in the word "map".

Answer: /m/. The 'm' makes the /m/ sound at the beginning of 'map'.

Flashcard 11: Identify the medial vowel sound (phoneme) in the word "sun".

Answer: /u/. The 'u' in 'sun' makes the short /u/ vowel sound.

Flashcard 12: Identify the final sound (phoneme) in the word "map".

Answer: /p/. The 'p' makes the /p/ sound at the end of 'map'.

Flashcard 13: Identify the initial sound (phoneme) in the word "sun".

Answer: /s/. The 's' makes the /s/ sound at the beginning of 'sun'.

Flashcard 14: Identify the initial sound (phoneme) in the word "fish".

Answer: /f/. The 'f' makes the /f/ sound at the beginning of 'fish'.

Flashcard 15: Identify the medial vowel sound (phoneme) in the word "ship".

Answer: /i/. The 'i' in 'ship' makes the short /i/ vowel sound.

Flashcard 16: Identify the initial sound (phoneme) in the word "ship".

Answer: /sh/. The 'sh' makes one /sh/ sound at the beginning of 'ship'.

Flashcard 17: Choose the word that has the same final sound as "cat": "cap" or "hat"?

Answer: hat. Both 'cat' and 'hat' end with the /t/ sound.

Flashcard 18: Identify the final sound (phoneme) in the word "ship".

Answer: /p/. The 'p' makes the /p/ sound at the end of 'ship'.

Flashcard 19: Identify the initial sound (phoneme) in the word "cake".

Answer: /k/. The 'c' before 'a' makes the hard /k/ sound in 'cake'.

Flashcard 20: What is the initial sound in the spoken word "sun"?

Answer: /s/. The word begins with the /s/ sound before the vowel.

Flashcard 21: What is the medial (vowel) sound in the spoken word "ship"?

Answer: /i/. The short i sound /i/ is the vowel between /sh/ and /p/.

Flashcard 22: What is the initial sound in the spoken word "fish"?

Answer: /f/. The word begins with the /f/ sound made by teeth on lower lip.

Flashcard 23: What is the final sound in the spoken word "ship"?

Answer: /p/. The word ends with the popping /p/ sound.

Flashcard 24: What is the initial sound in the spoken word "chop"?

Answer: /ch/. The word begins with /ch/, one sound despite two letters.

Flashcard 25: What is the medial (vowel) sound in the spoken word "chop"?

Answer: /o/. The short o sound /o/ is the vowel between /ch/ and /p/.

Flashcard 26: What is the final sound in the spoken word "ring"?

Answer: /ng/. The word ends with /ng/, one nasal sound despite two letters.

Flashcard 27: What is the medial (vowel) sound in the spoken word "fish"?

Answer: /i/. The short i sound /i/ is the vowel between /f/ and /sh/.

Flashcard 28: What is the final sound in the spoken word "fish"?

Answer: /sh/. The word ends with the /sh/ sound, a single phoneme despite two letters.

Flashcard 29: What is the initial sound in the spoken word "ship"?

Answer: /sh/. The word starts with /sh/, one sound made by pushing air through teeth.

Flashcard 30: What is the initial sound in the spoken word "map"?

Answer: /m/. The word starts with the /m/ sound made by pressing lips together.