Questions: Divide the words listed on the next slide into separate phonemes. How many phonemes for each word? Phoneme segmentation activity - Compare and contrast the number of letters in each word with the corresponding number of phonemes. Which word has the greatest difference? How many phonemes? - Think of words with 3 sounds....but more than 3 letters: - success - occur - choir - yacht - queue - deck - bought

To address the phoneme segmentation activity, we will break down each word into its individual phonemes and compare the number of letters to the number of phonemes.

1. Success

   • Letters: 7
   • Phonemes: /s/ /ʌ/ /k/ /s/ /ɛ/ /s/
   • Number of phonemes: 6

2. Occur

   • Letters: 5
   • Phonemes: /ə/ /k/ /ɜːr/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

3. Choir

   • Letters: 5
   • Phonemes: /k/ /w/ /aɪ/ /ər/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

4. Yacht

   • Letters: 5
   • Phonemes: /j/ /ɒ/ /t/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

5. Queue

   • Letters: 5
   • Phonemes: /k/ /j/ /uː/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

6. Deck

   • Letters: 4
   • Phonemes: /d/ /ɛ/ /k/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

7. Bought

   • Letters: 6
   • Phonemes: /b/ /ɔː/ /t/
   • Number of phonemes: 3

• Success: 7 letters, 6 phonemes
• Occur: 5 letters, 3 phonemes
• Choir: 5 letters, 3 phonemes
• Yacht: 5 letters, 3 phonemes
• Queue: 5 letters, 3 phonemes
• Deck: 4 letters, 3 phonemes
• Bought: 6 letters, 3 phonemes

The word "success" has the greatest difference between the number of letters and the number of phonemes, with a difference of 1 (7 letters and 6 phonemes).

In this phoneme segmentation activity, we identified the number of phonemes in each word and compared it to the number of letters. "Success" stands out as the word with the greatest difference between its letters and phonemes.