Accurately articulate, identify, read and spell the five long monophthongs. Accurately articulate, identify, read and spell the eight diphthongs. Explain why digraphs are not clusters of initial letter sounds . Explain why the two letters q u represent a consonant cluster and are not a digraph. Explain why the letter x is not a graph but a letter representing a consonant cluster.
Blend phonemes in consonant clusters for reading.
Segment consonant clusters into phonemes for spelling. Explain how accent influences children s phonemic and graphemic awareness. Explain how allophonic variation influences children s phonemic and graphemic awareness. Accurately articulate, identify, read and spell unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words. Accurately articulate, identify, read and spell the phonemes in 500 essential words Accurately articulate, identify, read and spell the phonemes in children s names.