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The understanding that printed text carries meaning, including the recognition of
words, letters, and the functions of various elements in a book or written material.
- CORRECT ANSWER Print Awareness
The understanding that letters are representations of sounds. - CORRECT ANSWER
Letter Awareness
The understanding of how books work, including concepts such as reading from
left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the front and back covers. - CORRECT
ANSWER Book Awareness
The recognition and understanding of individual words as distinct units of
language, including their sounds, meanings, and spellings. - CORRECT ANSWER
Word Awareness
The understanding of how printed materials, such as books and other written
texts, function and are structured. - CORRECT ANSWER Concepts About Print
The ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds of spoken language, including
words, syllables, and phonemes (individual speech sounds), without necessarily
understanding the meaning of the words. - CORRECT ANSWER Phonological
Awareness
, A subset of phonological awareness and specifically refers to the ability to
recognize and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) in spoken words.
- CORRECT ANSWER Phonemic Awareness
Units of sound within words that contain a single vowel sound and may or may
not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds. - CORRECT ANSWER Syllables
The initial consonant or consonant cluster of a syllable that comes before the
vowel sound. - CORRECT ANSWER Onset
The part of a syllable that consists of the vowel sound and any consonant sounds
that follow it. - CORRECT ANSWER Rime
A speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air through the vocal tract. -
CORRECT ANSWER Consonant
A speech sound produced without significant constriction or closure of the vocal
tract. - CORRECT ANSWER Vowel
Consonant sounds produced by one push of breath and then stopping the air,
including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/. - CORRECT ANSWER Stops
Consonant sounds produced with the nasal passage open, allowing air to escape
through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/. - CORRECT ANSWER Nasals