Affix Correct Answer: an attachment to the end or beginning of base or
root word. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes
Alliteration Correct Answer: repetition of initial phoneme either across
syllables or across words
Allophone Correct Answer: phonetic variant of a phoneme in a
particular language ex. Star tar city
Alphabetic principle Correct Answer: understanding that spoken words
are decomposed into phonemes, and that the letters in written words
represent the phonemes in spoken words when spoken words are
represented in text
Balanced literacy Correct Answer: an approach to reading instruction
that strikes a compromise between phonics approaches and whole
language approaches-- ideally the most effective strategies are drawn
from the two approaches and synthesized together
Basal reader Correct Answer: kind of book that is used to teach reading.
It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The
words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson, new words are
added regularly
, Blending Correct Answer: combining parts of a spoken word into a
whole representation of the word
Decodable texts Correct Answer: texts which do not contain irregular
words. Usually designed to reinforce certain rules that have previously
been taught in phonics lessons
Decoding Correct Answer: using knowledge of the conventions of
spelling-sound relationships and knowledge about pronunciation of
irregular words to derive a pronunciation of written words
Term that relates to the phonics and other word-level skills students
learn that help them figure out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word
encountered in print
"Sound it out"
Sometimes referred to as "word attack skills" or "word identification
skills" because the purpose of the skill learning is to break the code of
written words down and translate the letters, affixes, syllables, and
other word parts in a spoken word.
Digraph Correct Answer: group of 2 successive letters who phonetic
value is a single sound
Diphthong Correct Answer: a gliding monosyllabic speech sound that
starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and move to or
toward the position of another ex oy in toy or ou in out
root word. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes
Alliteration Correct Answer: repetition of initial phoneme either across
syllables or across words
Allophone Correct Answer: phonetic variant of a phoneme in a
particular language ex. Star tar city
Alphabetic principle Correct Answer: understanding that spoken words
are decomposed into phonemes, and that the letters in written words
represent the phonemes in spoken words when spoken words are
represented in text
Balanced literacy Correct Answer: an approach to reading instruction
that strikes a compromise between phonics approaches and whole
language approaches-- ideally the most effective strategies are drawn
from the two approaches and synthesized together
Basal reader Correct Answer: kind of book that is used to teach reading.
It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The
words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson, new words are
added regularly
, Blending Correct Answer: combining parts of a spoken word into a
whole representation of the word
Decodable texts Correct Answer: texts which do not contain irregular
words. Usually designed to reinforce certain rules that have previously
been taught in phonics lessons
Decoding Correct Answer: using knowledge of the conventions of
spelling-sound relationships and knowledge about pronunciation of
irregular words to derive a pronunciation of written words
Term that relates to the phonics and other word-level skills students
learn that help them figure out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word
encountered in print
"Sound it out"
Sometimes referred to as "word attack skills" or "word identification
skills" because the purpose of the skill learning is to break the code of
written words down and translate the letters, affixes, syllables, and
other word parts in a spoken word.
Digraph Correct Answer: group of 2 successive letters who phonetic
value is a single sound
Diphthong Correct Answer: a gliding monosyllabic speech sound that
starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and move to or
toward the position of another ex oy in toy or ou in out
