D668 WGU - ELEMENTARY LITERACY CURRICULUM
Phonic Awareness - Answer -identifying and manipulating individual sounds in words-
helps students decode and spell words
EX: what is the first sound in the word cat? /K/
Phonics - Answer -the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to
represent sounds
EX: the letter "B" sounds like /b/ in bat
Fluency - Answer -Able to read smoothly and accurately and with expression.
(you don't have to stop and sound words out)
Vocabulary - Answer -The set of words a person understands and knows
comprehension - Answer -Being able to remember and understand what you read and
hear
Five Pillar of Literacy - Answer -Phonic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary,
Comprehension
POSSUM - Answer -Phonology, Orthography, Syntax, Semantics, Understanding,
Morphology
Phonology - Answer -understanding and putting sounds together to make words
EX: What are the sounds in the word BAT? /B/ in ball /ae/ in cat /t/ in top
Orthography - Answer -Knowing how to put letters together to form words.
EX: how is the word spelled? B-A-T
Syntax - Answer -making sure the words are in the correct order, so the sentence
makes sense
EX: "sat the mat on the cat the" --> The cat sat on the mat
Semantics - Answer -understanding the different meanings of the word depending on
how you use it
EX: what does the word mean? using the word BANK in riverbank--> you're talking
about the side of the river
Understanding - Answer -knowing what the word means.
EX: making sense of the information " the sun us hot and bright" you know this means
the sun makes the weather warm
Morphology - Answer -words made up of smaller parts
EX: what are the word parts- unhappiness
Un- prefix
Phonic Awareness - Answer -identifying and manipulating individual sounds in words-
helps students decode and spell words
EX: what is the first sound in the word cat? /K/
Phonics - Answer -the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to
represent sounds
EX: the letter "B" sounds like /b/ in bat
Fluency - Answer -Able to read smoothly and accurately and with expression.
(you don't have to stop and sound words out)
Vocabulary - Answer -The set of words a person understands and knows
comprehension - Answer -Being able to remember and understand what you read and
hear
Five Pillar of Literacy - Answer -Phonic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary,
Comprehension
POSSUM - Answer -Phonology, Orthography, Syntax, Semantics, Understanding,
Morphology
Phonology - Answer -understanding and putting sounds together to make words
EX: What are the sounds in the word BAT? /B/ in ball /ae/ in cat /t/ in top
Orthography - Answer -Knowing how to put letters together to form words.
EX: how is the word spelled? B-A-T
Syntax - Answer -making sure the words are in the correct order, so the sentence
makes sense
EX: "sat the mat on the cat the" --> The cat sat on the mat
Semantics - Answer -understanding the different meanings of the word depending on
how you use it
EX: what does the word mean? using the word BANK in riverbank--> you're talking
about the side of the river
Understanding - Answer -knowing what the word means.
EX: making sense of the information " the sun us hot and bright" you know this means
the sun makes the weather warm
Morphology - Answer -words made up of smaller parts
EX: what are the word parts- unhappiness
Un- prefix
