ExplorationCounting Consonants!Think about some of the words you know how to read or write. Look at them in a book or write them down on a piece of paper.Count the number of vowels and the number of consonants in each word you examine. What do you notice about the number of consonants versus the number of vowels? Do some words have lots of consonants, while others have lots of vowels? Do most words seem to have at least a few of each?? What do you think would be different if there were more or fewer consonants in each word?
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