check --> /f~/ /e/ /k/
grapheme Correct Answer: smallest part of written language that represents a
phoneme
ex. individual letters + ch, sh, th, -ck, ea, -igh
Phonics Correct Answer: the understanding of the relationship between spoken
(phonemes) and written (graphemes) language
Phonemic Awareness Correct Answer: The ability to hear, identify, and
manipulate individual sounds - phonemes - in spoken words; purely auditory
most complex part of phonological awareness
One of the greatest predictors of reading success
Helps children learn to read and spell
Phonological awareness Correct Answer: 5 skills
(1) rhyming
(2) syllables
, (3) Counting words in a sentence
(4) hearing/manipulating onset & rime
(5) Phonemic Awareness
includes phonemic awareness
syllable Correct Answer: a part containing a vowel or vowel sound
Onset and Rime Correct Answer: onset --> initial consonant sound of a syllable
Rime --> part that contains a vowel and what follows it
ex. stop = (st) onset, (op) rime
Elkonin boxes Correct Answer: helps with identifying individual sounds in words
put a marker in the box ass you say the sound
Phonemic awareness instruction Correct Answer: this can be taught and learned
Example Activities:
- phoneme isolation (what is the first sound?)
- phoneme identity (what sound is the same in these words?)
- phoneme categorization (which word has an odd sound?)
- phoneme blending
- phoneme segmentation (break sounds in words apart)
- phoneme deletion/ addition/ substitution
Benefits of phonemic awareness instruction Correct Answer: -ability to read
words