Foundations of Reading Licensure study set / Sure A+

Alliteration - The repetition of the initial phoneme of each word in connected text (e.g., Harry the happy hippo hula-hoops with Henrietta). Alphabetic Knowledge - Knowing letters of the alphabetic and knowing that letters are used for writing. Alphabetic - A writing system containing characters or symbols representing sounds. Alphabetic Layer of Instruction - The first layer of word study instruction focusing on letters and letter-sound correspondence. Alphabetic Principle - The concept that letters and letter combinations represent individual phonemes in written words. Alphabetic Principle - Understanding that letters represent speech sounds and that spoken words can be written down by combining letters that code the sounds. Analytic Approach - An approach to phonics instruction that separates a whole word into its constituent parts for further study. Analytic-Synthetic Principle - Refers to the relationship between spelling and reading in the coding process. One analyzes (breaks apart) spoken words into individual sounds for spelling. One synthesizes (blends together) discrete sounds to form words for reading