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Question:
phonological awareness
Answer:
an awareness of the sound structure of spoken language apart from its meaning and a conscious
ability to detect, combine, and manipulate different sizes of sound units

Question:
rhyme
Answer:
matching the endings of words (cat, bat, hat)

Question:
alliteration
Answer:
producing groups of words that begin with the same initial sound (ten tiny tadpoles)

Question:
sentence segmentation
Answer:
Segmenting sentences into spoken words. Ex: The Dog ran away. 1 2 3 4

Question:
syllable segmentation
Answer:
Segmenting words into syllables. Ex: bas ket ball




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onsets and rimes blending and segmenting
Answer:
blending and segmenting the initial consonant or cluster (onset) and the vowel and consonant
sounds spoken after it (rime); /m/ /ice/ /sh/ /ake/

Question:
compound words
Answer:
blending and segmenting spoken words into 2 words

Question:
Phonemes Blending & Segmenting
Answer:
Blending phonemes into words, segmenting words into individual phonemes and manipulating
phonemes in spoken words: VC, CV, CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC Ex: At, Po, Cat, Step, Fast

Question:
phonological awareness continuum
Answer:
rhyme --> alliteration --> sentence segmentation --> syllable segmentation --> compound words
blending and segmenting --> onset/rime blending and segmenting --> phoneme blending and
segmenting

Question:
Phonology
Answer:
sound structure of speech, particularly, the perception, representation, and production of speech
sounds

Question:
prefix
Answer:
a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning, such as
misspell




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pre-review
Answer:
a reminder of necessary procedures and review of concepts being practiced

Question:
primary language skills
Answer:
Speaking and hearing. Generally born with these.

Question:
prosody
Answer:
rhythm (tempo), intonation (pitch and loudness) and phrasing in reading

Question:
rapid automatic/automatized naming
Answer:
RAN

Question:
rime
Answer:
part of a syllable that contains a vowel and all consonant sounds that come after it (bl- ACK)

Question:
root
Answer:
the essential element of a word without affixes or endings. A root may or may not be a full
English base word: pro-gress, pre-cede, or dis-rupt

Question:
schwa
Answer:




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