A Phonology Lesson: Analysing the Phoneme /f/
Morphology , Etymology , Phonology Although this lesson is focused on developing phonological understanding; as with all word building, morphology must provide the structural framework for any phonological learning. The focal point of the phonological learning continues to be based on meaning: the structure of words; how words are related in meaning and then finally the sounds that make sense to the spelling . Understanding how English phonemes can be represented by different graphemes. This phonological learning journey started with the phoneme / f / . Our inquiry initially focused on investigating the three different graphemes that represent /f / in spelling. the single letter grapheme <f> the digraph <ph> the trigraph <ugh> Setting the Scene: Where are we Headed? This lesson began with a review of the meaning of the slash brackets / / and the angle < > brackets. ( I have regularly introduced these brackets to young ...