PECT Prek-4 Module 2 Terms/ Definitions with Complete Solutions!

emergent literacy - ANSWER-Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school. Letter-Sound correspondence - ANSWER-knowledge that letters and letter patterns represent sounds of spoken words Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER-an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken words. fluency - ANSWER-smoothness of speech, not about speed Print Rich Environment - ANSWER-A setting in which printed material are used throughout the classroom in meaningful ways. Basal Reader - ANSWER-A kind of book that is used to teach reading. It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson. New words are added regularly. phonological awareness - ANSWER-the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken language phoneme - ANSWER-smallest unit of sound diphthong - ANSWER-The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds. Example" cow, ear, say Digraph - ANSWER-n. A union of two characters representing a single sound. Ex sh, ch, th orthographic processing - ANSWER-The way an individual sees a word or string of letters Cat - cta Phonics - ANSWER-the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent sounds homophone - ANSWER-a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word