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terminology and guide 2025
2 Biggest Predictors of Reading Success - correct answersP.A. & Letter Naming
Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon - correct answers3 Layers of English language
Latin
55% of English words - correct answers-Technical sophisticated words, used in more formal
contexts-literature and textbooks affixes added to roots audience, contradict, disruptive, retract,
survival, transfer
-Affix: construction, erupting, conductor
-Multisyllabic
-Schwa is prevalent;
-Few vowel digraphs
-R-controlled: port, form
-Vce: scribe, vene
Suffixes:-cial, -cious, -cient, -tial, -tious, -tient
Anglo-Saxon
20%-25% of English words - correct answersShort common every day, often 1-syllable words
that are familiar words, words used in ordinary life and often found in school primer books.
Compound Words! Many have non-phonetic spellings such as blood, cry, laugh, mother, run,
wash
-Closed: mad
,-Open: go
-VCe: lame
-vowel team: boat
-Consonant -le: tumble
-R-controlled: barn
-Consonant pairs: gn, kn, wr
-final stable syllables ble, zle, kle
4 characteristics of a letter - correct answersName, Shape, Sound, Feel
How many syllables are in the word, "unpacked" - correct answers2
4 Components of a lesson plan activity - correct answers1. Emphasis
2. Preparation
3. Practice
4. Closure
6 Syllable types - correct answers1. Closed
2. Open
3. Vowel consonant e
4. Two adjacent vowels
5. Vowel r
6. Final Stable Syllable
Percentage of English words that have predictable spelling from regular rules. - correct
answersFor about 84% of English words, spelling is completely predictable from regular rules.
History of English - correct answers-Norman Conquest (William the Conquerer) resulted in more
than 10,000 French words. Anglo-French compound words: gentlemen, faithful. Spelling based
, on French such as the "our" in journey, ch pronounced as /sh/ and the que as /k/ in antique.
The conquest resulted in a decline of Old English. During Mature Middle English, Chaucer wrote
The Canterbury Tales in the late 1300s (Renaissance period) The Latin vocabulary conveyed both
abstract and humanistic ideas. Index, library, medicine, instant. Latin prefixes: ad-, pro-. Suffixes:
-ent, -ion, -al. English is a polygot.
Our communication system in English started in 400AD.
Celts—Anglo=Saxon (first to put words on paper)—Vikings (Germanic language)—French
(Norman conquest)—Greek and Roman (Renaissance).
Anglo-Saxon (win)-French (succeed)—Latin (triumph).
ASAPE-Identifiers to determine reading/spelling situations - correct answersThe key to
unlocking the reading code:
A-Adjacent Letters-a letter may make a specific sound next to another letter (a makes /o/ after
w= watch)
S-Syllables-a vowel may make a specific sound in a specific syllable (closed syllable short sound,
open syllable long sound)
A-Accent-a vowel sound may change when it is not accented ("ar" sound in "car" vs. when ar is
unaccented, it is pronounced /er/ as in "dollar")
P-Position-a letter may make a specific sound in I,M,F position (a as /uh/ in final: "soda", x in
initial position sounds /x/, and e in final is silent
E-Etymology-may reveal origins behind a seemingly irregular word. K and G are used to
pronounced "knight" and "gnat", number "two" comes from Old Eng "twa" (tway)
Percentages of English that comes from other languages - correct answers20-25% Anglo-Saxon
60% Latin
10-12% Greek
Percentage of English words that are predictable from regular rules. - correct answers84%
Morphemes in English include... - correct answers-Anglo-Saxon compound words
-Anglo-Saxon Affixes
terminology and guide 2025
2 Biggest Predictors of Reading Success - correct answersP.A. & Letter Naming
Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon - correct answers3 Layers of English language
Latin
55% of English words - correct answers-Technical sophisticated words, used in more formal
contexts-literature and textbooks affixes added to roots audience, contradict, disruptive, retract,
survival, transfer
-Affix: construction, erupting, conductor
-Multisyllabic
-Schwa is prevalent;
-Few vowel digraphs
-R-controlled: port, form
-Vce: scribe, vene
Suffixes:-cial, -cious, -cient, -tial, -tious, -tient
Anglo-Saxon
20%-25% of English words - correct answersShort common every day, often 1-syllable words
that are familiar words, words used in ordinary life and often found in school primer books.
Compound Words! Many have non-phonetic spellings such as blood, cry, laugh, mother, run,
wash
-Closed: mad
,-Open: go
-VCe: lame
-vowel team: boat
-Consonant -le: tumble
-R-controlled: barn
-Consonant pairs: gn, kn, wr
-final stable syllables ble, zle, kle
4 characteristics of a letter - correct answersName, Shape, Sound, Feel
How many syllables are in the word, "unpacked" - correct answers2
4 Components of a lesson plan activity - correct answers1. Emphasis
2. Preparation
3. Practice
4. Closure
6 Syllable types - correct answers1. Closed
2. Open
3. Vowel consonant e
4. Two adjacent vowels
5. Vowel r
6. Final Stable Syllable
Percentage of English words that have predictable spelling from regular rules. - correct
answersFor about 84% of English words, spelling is completely predictable from regular rules.
History of English - correct answers-Norman Conquest (William the Conquerer) resulted in more
than 10,000 French words. Anglo-French compound words: gentlemen, faithful. Spelling based
, on French such as the "our" in journey, ch pronounced as /sh/ and the que as /k/ in antique.
The conquest resulted in a decline of Old English. During Mature Middle English, Chaucer wrote
The Canterbury Tales in the late 1300s (Renaissance period) The Latin vocabulary conveyed both
abstract and humanistic ideas. Index, library, medicine, instant. Latin prefixes: ad-, pro-. Suffixes:
-ent, -ion, -al. English is a polygot.
Our communication system in English started in 400AD.
Celts—Anglo=Saxon (first to put words on paper)—Vikings (Germanic language)—French
(Norman conquest)—Greek and Roman (Renaissance).
Anglo-Saxon (win)-French (succeed)—Latin (triumph).
ASAPE-Identifiers to determine reading/spelling situations - correct answersThe key to
unlocking the reading code:
A-Adjacent Letters-a letter may make a specific sound next to another letter (a makes /o/ after
w= watch)
S-Syllables-a vowel may make a specific sound in a specific syllable (closed syllable short sound,
open syllable long sound)
A-Accent-a vowel sound may change when it is not accented ("ar" sound in "car" vs. when ar is
unaccented, it is pronounced /er/ as in "dollar")
P-Position-a letter may make a specific sound in I,M,F position (a as /uh/ in final: "soda", x in
initial position sounds /x/, and e in final is silent
E-Etymology-may reveal origins behind a seemingly irregular word. K and G are used to
pronounced "knight" and "gnat", number "two" comes from Old Eng "twa" (tway)
Percentages of English that comes from other languages - correct answers20-25% Anglo-Saxon
60% Latin
10-12% Greek
Percentage of English words that are predictable from regular rules. - correct answers84%
Morphemes in English include... - correct answers-Anglo-Saxon compound words
-Anglo-Saxon Affixes
