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ANSWERS
Digraph - ANS-A pair of characters used to write one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph,
ng, qu, sh, th
Phoneme - ANS-The smallest contrastive unit in the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage - ANS-The child uses letters from the alphabet but shows no
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
Semiphonetic - ANS-Writing that demonstrates some awareness that letters represent
speech sounds, beginning and/or ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented
but medial vowells are omitted
Phonetics - ANS-A branch of linguistics that comprise the study of sounds
Phonology - ANS-Concerned with the given sounds contribution to the language of the
system
Transitional - ANS-Beginning to use visual memory, mayk, maik, make
Etymology - ANS-Is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning
have changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment - ANS-Have students identify the sound of the
middle, beginning, or end of the word
Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) - ANS-Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b - ANS-Help student focus on directionality of each letter as
student traces it
Alphabetic Principle - ANS-Words are composed of letters that represent sounds, using
relationship between letters and phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones - ANS-Words that sound the same but have different meaning
Automaticity - ANS-The ability to do things without occupying the mind
, Intonations - ANS-Variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish
words
Rythyms - ANS-A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong - ANS-2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication - ANS-Forming or dividing words into syllables
Context Clues - ANS-Built into sentences with difficult word to help decipher the difficult
word
Cross-Cirricular - ANS-Example would be incorporating writing skills into every subject
matter
Structural Analysis - ANS-Used for reading complex words in upper grades, a word is
divided into multi-letter parts
Retelling - ANS-After a child reads a story, they retell the story
Web Diagram - ANS-Help students learn to categorize and organize their thinking about
a topic
Graphemes - ANS-English letter or letters that represent phonemes
Vowells - ANS-Sounds made when the air leaving lungs is vibrated in voice box, and
clear passage from voice box to mouth
Consonants - ANS-Sounds that occur when the airflow is obstructed by mouth, teeth or
lips
Onset - ANS-Think syllable! The initial consonant sound or blend (first)
Rime - ANS-Think syllable! The vowell sound and any consonant sounds that follow
(second)
Phonogram - ANS-Rimes that have the same spelling, also known as word families: cat,
baat, sat
Morphology - ANS-Study of word formation
Three Reading Assessments - ANS-Entry level (pre), Monitoring Progress (during),
Summative Assessments (end)
Alternative Assessments (IEP) - ANS-More time, smaller units, change mode of
delivery, practice assessment, simpler version
ANSWERS
Digraph - ANS-A pair of characters used to write one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph,
ng, qu, sh, th
Phoneme - ANS-The smallest contrastive unit in the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage - ANS-The child uses letters from the alphabet but shows no
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
Semiphonetic - ANS-Writing that demonstrates some awareness that letters represent
speech sounds, beginning and/or ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented
but medial vowells are omitted
Phonetics - ANS-A branch of linguistics that comprise the study of sounds
Phonology - ANS-Concerned with the given sounds contribution to the language of the
system
Transitional - ANS-Beginning to use visual memory, mayk, maik, make
Etymology - ANS-Is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning
have changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment - ANS-Have students identify the sound of the
middle, beginning, or end of the word
Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) - ANS-Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b - ANS-Help student focus on directionality of each letter as
student traces it
Alphabetic Principle - ANS-Words are composed of letters that represent sounds, using
relationship between letters and phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones - ANS-Words that sound the same but have different meaning
Automaticity - ANS-The ability to do things without occupying the mind
, Intonations - ANS-Variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish
words
Rythyms - ANS-A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong - ANS-2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication - ANS-Forming or dividing words into syllables
Context Clues - ANS-Built into sentences with difficult word to help decipher the difficult
word
Cross-Cirricular - ANS-Example would be incorporating writing skills into every subject
matter
Structural Analysis - ANS-Used for reading complex words in upper grades, a word is
divided into multi-letter parts
Retelling - ANS-After a child reads a story, they retell the story
Web Diagram - ANS-Help students learn to categorize and organize their thinking about
a topic
Graphemes - ANS-English letter or letters that represent phonemes
Vowells - ANS-Sounds made when the air leaving lungs is vibrated in voice box, and
clear passage from voice box to mouth
Consonants - ANS-Sounds that occur when the airflow is obstructed by mouth, teeth or
lips
Onset - ANS-Think syllable! The initial consonant sound or blend (first)
Rime - ANS-Think syllable! The vowell sound and any consonant sounds that follow
(second)
Phonogram - ANS-Rimes that have the same spelling, also known as word families: cat,
baat, sat
Morphology - ANS-Study of word formation
Three Reading Assessments - ANS-Entry level (pre), Monitoring Progress (during),
Summative Assessments (end)
Alternative Assessments (IEP) - ANS-More time, smaller units, change mode of
delivery, practice assessment, simpler version
