Phoneme - ANSWER smallest part of spoken language that makes difference in the mean-
ing of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - ANSWER smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual
sounds phoneme in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
Decoding - ANSWER analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
blending - ANSWER when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme - ANSWER unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such
as the word "book"
semantics - ANSWER the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax - ANSWER examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning,
the study of how sentences are formed
Fast mapping - ANSWER young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess
of a words meaning
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, Reading assessments - ANSWER formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet
knowledge, concepts about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word
recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
How to teach phonemic awareness - ANSWER 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds
in the word jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
Phonological awareness - ANSWER not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic
awareness is narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological aware-
ness is broad- includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as
words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
phonics - ANSWER teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written language and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is the
english spellings are too irregular for phonics to help.
Teaching phonics - ANSWER Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and
design resource material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - ANSWER student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading,
partner reading, readers theatre
text comprehension actvities - ANSWER monitoring comprehension, using graphic and
semantic organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - ANSWER narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores im-
potance of event, descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a stand on
issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
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ing of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - ANSWER smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual
sounds phoneme in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
Decoding - ANSWER analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
blending - ANSWER when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme - ANSWER unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such
as the word "book"
semantics - ANSWER the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax - ANSWER examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning,
the study of how sentences are formed
Fast mapping - ANSWER young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess
of a words meaning
1
, Reading assessments - ANSWER formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet
knowledge, concepts about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word
recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
How to teach phonemic awareness - ANSWER 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds
in the word jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
Phonological awareness - ANSWER not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic
awareness is narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological aware-
ness is broad- includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as
words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
phonics - ANSWER teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written language and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is the
english spellings are too irregular for phonics to help.
Teaching phonics - ANSWER Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and
design resource material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - ANSWER student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading,
partner reading, readers theatre
text comprehension actvities - ANSWER monitoring comprehension, using graphic and
semantic organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - ANSWER narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores im-
potance of event, descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a stand on
issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
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