A grapheme is a written symbol that represents a sound (phoneme). This can be a single letter, or could be a sequence of letters, such as ai, sh, igh, tch etc. So when a child says the sound /t/ this is a phoneme, but when they write the letter ‘t’ this is a grapheme.

How do you identify Graphemes?

A Grapheme is a symbol used to identify a phoneme; it’s a letter or group of letters representing the sound. You use the letter names to identify Graphemes, like the “c” in car where the hard “c” sound is represented by the letter “c.” A two-letter Grapheme is in “team” where the “ea” makes a long “ee” sound.

What are the 44 Graphemes?

• big, rubber.
• dog, add, filled.
• fish, phone.
• go, egg.
• jet, cage, barge, judge.
• cat, kitten, duck, school, occur,
• antique, cheque.
• leg, bell.