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, 1. Phonic Awareness ANSWER identifying and manipulating individual sounds in words- helps students
decode and spell words
EX ANSWER what is the first sound in the word cat? /K/
2. Phonics ANSWER the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent
sounds EX ANSWER the letter "B" sounds like /b/ in bat
3. Fluency ANSWER Able to read smoothly and accurately and with
expression. (you don't have to stop and sound words out)
4. Vocabulary ANSWER The set of words a person understands and knows
5. comprehension ANSWER Being able to remember and understand what you read and hear
6. Five Pillar of Literacy ANSWER Phonic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension
7. POSSUM ANSWER Phonology, Orthography, Syntax, Semantics, Understanding, Morphology
8. Phonology ANSWER understanding and putting sounds together to make
words EX ANSWER What are the sounds in the word BAT? /B/ in ball /ae/ in cat
/t/ in top
9. Orthography ANSWER Knowing how to put letters together to form
words. EX ANSWER how is the word spelled? B-A-T
10. Syntax ANSWER making sure the words are in the correct order, so the sentence makes
sense EX ANSWER "sat the mat on the cat the" --> The cat sat on the mat
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, 1. Phonic Awareness ANSWER identifying and manipulating individual sounds in words- helps students
decode and spell words
EX ANSWER what is the first sound in the word cat? /K/
2. Phonics ANSWER the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent
sounds EX ANSWER the letter "B" sounds like /b/ in bat
3. Fluency ANSWER Able to read smoothly and accurately and with
expression. (you don't have to stop and sound words out)
4. Vocabulary ANSWER The set of words a person understands and knows
5. comprehension ANSWER Being able to remember and understand what you read and hear
6. Five Pillar of Literacy ANSWER Phonic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension
7. POSSUM ANSWER Phonology, Orthography, Syntax, Semantics, Understanding, Morphology
8. Phonology ANSWER understanding and putting sounds together to make
words EX ANSWER What are the sounds in the word BAT? /B/ in ball /ae/ in cat
/t/ in top
9. Orthography ANSWER Knowing how to put letters together to form
words. EX ANSWER how is the word spelled? B-A-T
10. Syntax ANSWER making sure the words are in the correct order, so the sentence makes
sense EX ANSWER "sat the mat on the cat the" --> The cat sat on the mat
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