Phonics Midterm

23 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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Phonemic Awareness
The ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in words
Phonological Awareness
The understanding that language is an object and can be manipulated while also being aware of individual words and syllables as objects
Phonics
Understanding the relationship between letters and sounds
Sight Word
A word that is recognized instantly without having to resort to phonics or context use
Phoneme
Smallest single unit of sound in a language
Grapheme
Written or printed representation of a phoneme
Morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning in a language
Phonics instruction involves teaching students what 2 elements?
1) The relationship between letters and sounds 2) How to blend sounds represented by letters
Single ____ contain the most consistent relationship between letters and sounds.
Consonants
Lingustically, consonants are sounds produced by no restriction in the airstream. (T/F)
False.
2 different consonant letters that appear together and represent a single sound or phoneme, not usually associated with either letter.
Consonant digraphs
Two or three consecutive consonants, each representing a separate phoneme that is blended together.
Consonant blend
What percentage of school children may need intensive phonics instruction in order to learn to read?
30%
How many readers that are not reading at grade level will ever catch up to their peers and read at grade level?
1 in 8
Teaching phonics makes sense because....?
At least half of all English words are predictable and therefore decodable and teachable.