LETRS MODULE Final

phoneme - - - in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit Grapheme - - - the written or printed representation of a phoneme Phonics - - - The predictable relationship between phonemes and graphemes Phonemic Awareness - - - The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. phonological awareness - - - the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken language syllable - - - a word part that contains a vowel, or, in spoken language, a vowel sound. Onset and Rime - - - -Parts of spoken language that are smaller than syllables but larger than phonemes -Onset is the initial consonant(s) sound of a syllable (the b- of bag; the sw- of swim) -Rime is the part of the syllable that contains the vowel and all that follows it (the -ag of bag; the -im of swim) Phoneme Isolation - - - —recognizing the individual sounds in words. For example, "Tell me the first sound you hear in the word top (/t/)." Phoneme Identity - - - recognizing the common sound in different words. For example, "Tell me the sound that is the same in pig, pot, and pie (/p/)."