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Print Awareness
Understanding the function of print and how it is organized on a page.
Onset Sound
Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
Phoneme
The smallest part of spoken language.
Phonological Awareness
A persons ability to hear sound structures of speech, a person's ability to manipulate
sound structures of speech, and a print free skill set.
Phonemic Awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual sounds in words.
Alphabetic Principle
The relationship between letters and spoken words.
Grapheme
A specific letter or group of letters that represents a specific sound. (cat=3 graphemes,
chat=3 graphemes)
Phonics Instruction
Understand the relationship between letters and sounds, recognize unfamiliar words,
and improve reading comprehension.
Fluent Readers
- Read text accurately, quickly, and with expression.
- Read smoothly with appropriate phrasing.
- Connect ideas, focus on meaning, and recognize words.
Automaticity
Refers to accurate and speedy word recognition.
Academic Vocabulary
Words that cross academic disciplines (such as determine, illustrate, and average).
Semantic Gradients
A way to broaden and deepen students' understanding of related words. Students
consider a continuum of words by order of degree. (Example: Arranging words that
describe the speed of movement from fastest to slowest).
Semiphonetic Stage
A student who writes 'u' for 'you' is in this stage of spelling development.
Invented Spelling
Is a sound-letter approach to spelling words.
Digraph
A combination of two letters representing one sound.
Precommunicative Stage of Spelling
A child who writes the letter L for the word hippopotamus in Gentry's stages of spelling.
Cooperative Learning
Involves students working together as partners, in small groups, and on defined tasks.