Alphabetic Knowledge Correct Answer: Being able to name the letters
Print Awareness Correct Answer: When you hold a book it goes "this way"
when you read you go in this "this direction"
We turn the page when we are finished reading it
Separating words from pictures (and even punctuation)
Begins long before they enter the classroom
Grapheme Correct Answer: (the shape of the letter) the shapes and symbols that
capture or represent sound.
The Alphabetic Principal Correct Answer: kids understand that sounds are
represented by letters and vice versa. The very beginning of phonics. Made up of
graphemes and phonemes.
Phoneme Correct Answer: (the sound the letter/s make/s)
the sounds cued by shapes and symbols.
The smallest unit of sound.
We have 44 in English
Phonemic Awareness Correct Answer: isolating, recognizing, identifying, and
manipulating syllables and sounds. The most powerful predictor of reading
achievement.
What is the most powerful predictor of reading achievement? Correct Answer:
Phonemic Awareness
, Phoneme Deletion Correct Answer: Chase without "ch" = ase
doesn't really happen until ~7
Phoneme Addition Correct Answer: orn + th = thorn
Phoneme Blending Correct Answer: Bringing sounds together
Blends make all the individual sounds of all the combined letters
(consonant blends are only at the beginning or ends of words)
Blends vs Digraphs and Trigraphs Correct Answer: Digraphs and Trigraphs work
together to make one new sound
Blends make all the individual sounds of all the combined letters
(consonant blends are only at the beginning or ends of words)
Phonic Decoding Correct Answer: the most reliable way to sound out words when
reading. gateway to orthographic mapping. in the primary grades, the most
common factor disrupting fluency is weak decoding skills.
Orthographic Mapping Correct Answer: Happens ~2-3rd grade, requires letter
sound skills and advanced phonemic awareness and phonic decoding
the formation of letter-sound connections to bond spellings, pronunciations, and
meanings of specific words in memory
segementing Correct Answer: break up sounds into beats
Encoding Correct Answer: Spelling. Use manipulatives and tactile words as much
as possible
Syllable Correct Answer: Smallest unit of pronunciation.
largest unit of sound in a word.
A letter or combination of letters uttered in one breath
it must have a vowel and therefore always has a rime.