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Phonemes and Graphemes Worksheet

A phoneme is a speech sound that can change a word’s meaning. A grapheme is a letter or group of letters used to spell a phoneme. Read the evidence board, then solve the investigation questions. Write phonemes between slashes, such as /sh/ or /ī/. For counting, treat each distinct sound as one phoneme.

Phoneme

Example spellings and words

/f/

f in fan; ph in phone; gh in laugh

/k/

c in cup; k in kite; ck in duck

/ī/ as in my

y in my; igh in night; i_e in time

/sh/

sh in ship; ti in motion; ci in special

Part A: Decode the evidence

Use the evidence board and your understanding of sounds and spellings.

1.In the word phone, identify the grapheme that spells /f/. Then state how many letters that grapheme contains.
2.How many phonemes are in strap? Write the sounds in order to show how you counted them.
3.In laugh, the letters gh represent which phoneme? How many phonemes are in the whole word?
4.Which word contains a two-letter grapheme representing one phoneme?
  • cat
  • ship
  • sun
  • map
5.True or false: The word night has five phonemes because it has five letters.
TrueFalse

Part B: Investigate patterns

Look closely at how sounds and spellings connect. A single phoneme can have several spellings, and a letter group does not always represent the same sound in every word.

6.Match each word to the grapheme that spells the /k/ sound in that word.
  • cup
  • kite
  • duck
  • k
  • ck
  • c
7.In the word motion, the letters ti represent the phoneme .
8.Write the phonemes in ship and sheep. How many phonemes does each word contain, and what is the main sound difference?
9.A student says, “The word phone has five phonemes because it has five letters.” Explain why this reasoning is incorrect.
10.Choose one phoneme from the evidence board that has at least two different spellings. Give two example words that use different spellings for that same phoneme, and identify each grapheme.

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  • Phonemes and Graphemes Worksheet, page 1 of 2: Part A: Decode the evidence

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  • Phonemes and Graphemes Worksheet, page 2 of 2: Part B: Investigate patterns

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