ICLA Standard 1_2026 Test
2026-2027
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, Accuracy The ability to recognize or decode words correctly.
Affix Most commonly a suffix or prefix attached to a base word, stem, or root.
Aliteracy Students who can read fairly well but choose not to.
Alliteration The occurrence in a phase or line of speech of two or more words having the same
beginning sound. Example: Big burly bears bashed berry baskets.
Alphabetic Principle 1. The principle that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in the spoken
word.
2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols (letters), each
denoting a single sound.
Analogy Phonics In this approach, students learn how to use a phonogram, or rime, in a familiar word
to identify an unfamiliar word having the same rime.
Analytic Phonics Word study that divides words into their elemental parts through phonemic,
orthographic, and morphological analysis.
Automaticity Refers to the speed and accuracy of the word recognition and spelling. Automaticity
is the goal of word study instruction and frees cognitive resources for
comprehension.
Balanced (integrated) literacy approach to teaching and An approach that incorporates:
reading 1. Teach Read-Aloud
2. Shared Reading
3. Guided Reading
4. Independent Reading
5. Word Study
Base Word A word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added. For example, the base word of
"unwholesome" is "whole"
*See also root word
*See also free morphemes
Blends A phonics term for an orthographic unit of two or three letters at the beginning or
end of words that are blended together. There are l-blends such as bl, cl, and fl; r-
blends such as gr, tr, pr; s-blends such as pc, scr, and squ; and final blends such as
ft, rd, and st. every sound represented in a blend is pronounced, if only briefly.
Bound morpheme Meaning units of the language (morphemes) that cannot stand alone as a word.
"Respected" has three bound morphemes: re+spect-ed.
Choral reading Oral reading done in unison with another person or persons.
Closed sort Word or picture sort based on predetermined categories.
2026-2027
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, Accuracy The ability to recognize or decode words correctly.
Affix Most commonly a suffix or prefix attached to a base word, stem, or root.
Aliteracy Students who can read fairly well but choose not to.
Alliteration The occurrence in a phase or line of speech of two or more words having the same
beginning sound. Example: Big burly bears bashed berry baskets.
Alphabetic Principle 1. The principle that letters are used to represent individual phonemes in the spoken
word.
2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols (letters), each
denoting a single sound.
Analogy Phonics In this approach, students learn how to use a phonogram, or rime, in a familiar word
to identify an unfamiliar word having the same rime.
Analytic Phonics Word study that divides words into their elemental parts through phonemic,
orthographic, and morphological analysis.
Automaticity Refers to the speed and accuracy of the word recognition and spelling. Automaticity
is the goal of word study instruction and frees cognitive resources for
comprehension.
Balanced (integrated) literacy approach to teaching and An approach that incorporates:
reading 1. Teach Read-Aloud
2. Shared Reading
3. Guided Reading
4. Independent Reading
5. Word Study
Base Word A word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added. For example, the base word of
"unwholesome" is "whole"
*See also root word
*See also free morphemes
Blends A phonics term for an orthographic unit of two or three letters at the beginning or
end of words that are blended together. There are l-blends such as bl, cl, and fl; r-
blends such as gr, tr, pr; s-blends such as pc, scr, and squ; and final blends such as
ft, rd, and st. every sound represented in a blend is pronounced, if only briefly.
Bound morpheme Meaning units of the language (morphemes) that cannot stand alone as a word.
"Respected" has three bound morphemes: re+spect-ed.
Choral reading Oral reading done in unison with another person or persons.
Closed sort Word or picture sort based on predetermined categories.
