Phonological awareness Correct Answer: the ability to recognize & produce the
sounds that are used in a language
Phonemic awareness Correct Answer: the ability to focus on, hear, identify, and
manipulate phonemes, or the individual sounds that make up spoken words
Syllable Correct Answer: In phonology, a minimal unit of sequential speech
sounds comprised of a vowel sound or vowel-consonant combination
Rhyme Correct Answer: repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most
often at the end of lines in poems and songs
Sharing identical or at least similar medial and final phonemes in the final syllable-
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
Phonemes Correct Answer: individual sounds
Blend Correct Answer: a sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a
syllable, such as cl, br, or st; it is the written language equivalent of consonant
cluster.
High frequency sight words Correct Answer: the words the reader recognizes
almost instantly and with little conscious effort, or automatically.
Letter-sound correspondence Correct Answer: recognizing the corresponding
sound of a specific letter when that letter is seen or heard.
Decode/decoding Correct Answer: process students use to sound out written
words they don't recognize. It is the ability to translate a word from print to
speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences.
, Context Correct Answer: the use of words surrounding an unknown word to
determine the unknown word's meaning
Onset Correct Answer: all of the sounds in the syllable before the vowel
Rime Correct Answer: the vowel sound in a syllable & everything following it
Silent letter Correct Answer: letter that is written but usually left unpronounced
Consonant Correct Answer: sounds represented by any letter of the English
alphabet except a,e,i,o,u. Consonants are sounds that are made by closing or
restricting the breath channel. A speech sound that constricts the air as it is
stopped and released through the vocal tract, teeth, mouth, and lips
Vowel Correct Answer: all the sounds represented by the letters a, e, i, o, u. The
letter y serves as one of these when it is not the initial sound of a word. These
sounds are influenced heavily by the location in a word and by the letters
accompanying them. Vowels are sounds made without closing or restricting the
breath channel
Word identification skills Correct Answer: the skills students learn that help them
to figure out the pronunciation of a word in print-- to sound out
Pretend reading Correct Answer: make believe reading—turning the pages of a
book while inventing words; repeating the content of a book from memory after
listening to it before being able to read independently
Book handling skills Correct Answer: knowing how to handle a book and how
books "work" For example knowing books have a front and a back cover,and
readers read by using the left to right sweep
Concept of print Correct Answer: knowing the parts of the book, what the print &
pictures do & know uppercase & lowercase letters are different versions of the
same thing
Recognize word boundaries, know purpose of punctuation, and track words from
left to right, etc.
Directionality Correct Answer: The left to right tracking of print while reading and
the return sweep
sounds that are used in a language
Phonemic awareness Correct Answer: the ability to focus on, hear, identify, and
manipulate phonemes, or the individual sounds that make up spoken words
Syllable Correct Answer: In phonology, a minimal unit of sequential speech
sounds comprised of a vowel sound or vowel-consonant combination
Rhyme Correct Answer: repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most
often at the end of lines in poems and songs
Sharing identical or at least similar medial and final phonemes in the final syllable-
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
Phonemes Correct Answer: individual sounds
Blend Correct Answer: a sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a
syllable, such as cl, br, or st; it is the written language equivalent of consonant
cluster.
High frequency sight words Correct Answer: the words the reader recognizes
almost instantly and with little conscious effort, or automatically.
Letter-sound correspondence Correct Answer: recognizing the corresponding
sound of a specific letter when that letter is seen or heard.
Decode/decoding Correct Answer: process students use to sound out written
words they don't recognize. It is the ability to translate a word from print to
speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound-symbol correspondences.
, Context Correct Answer: the use of words surrounding an unknown word to
determine the unknown word's meaning
Onset Correct Answer: all of the sounds in the syllable before the vowel
Rime Correct Answer: the vowel sound in a syllable & everything following it
Silent letter Correct Answer: letter that is written but usually left unpronounced
Consonant Correct Answer: sounds represented by any letter of the English
alphabet except a,e,i,o,u. Consonants are sounds that are made by closing or
restricting the breath channel. A speech sound that constricts the air as it is
stopped and released through the vocal tract, teeth, mouth, and lips
Vowel Correct Answer: all the sounds represented by the letters a, e, i, o, u. The
letter y serves as one of these when it is not the initial sound of a word. These
sounds are influenced heavily by the location in a word and by the letters
accompanying them. Vowels are sounds made without closing or restricting the
breath channel
Word identification skills Correct Answer: the skills students learn that help them
to figure out the pronunciation of a word in print-- to sound out
Pretend reading Correct Answer: make believe reading—turning the pages of a
book while inventing words; repeating the content of a book from memory after
listening to it before being able to read independently
Book handling skills Correct Answer: knowing how to handle a book and how
books "work" For example knowing books have a front and a back cover,and
readers read by using the left to right sweep
Concept of print Correct Answer: knowing the parts of the book, what the print &
pictures do & know uppercase & lowercase letters are different versions of the
same thing
Recognize word boundaries, know purpose of punctuation, and track words from
left to right, etc.
Directionality Correct Answer: The left to right tracking of print while reading and
the return sweep
