LETRS unit 3 Test Correct 100%

Decoding - Answer The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound symbol correspondences; also the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out. Graphemes - Answer A letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme; can be one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh). Scarborough's Reading Ropes identify 3 major strands or sub skills that contribute to printed word recognition. What are they? - Answer Phonological awareness, decoding, and word recognition Orthography - Answer A writing system for representing language. True - Answer To know what the word actually says, the reader must look closely at all the letter sounds and recode them into sound and sense What is word study? - Answer The point of learning to decode by Phil's and to recognize orthographic patterns What is the goal of word study? - Answer To develop automatic recognition of words we've seen before and recall word spellings for writing. Example: word specific knowledge like bare and bear and your, you're. irregular words - Answer A word whose spelling or pronunciation does not conform to the system of sound-symbol correspondences or syllable patterns Explain the 4 part processing model - Answer Context to meaning, meant to phonological and orthographic When students' abilities to read real words are tested with lists, using a timer, the ___________________________strand of the Reading Rope is being assessed - Answer Sight recognition