Alphabetic Knowledge & Phonics basics
Phonological & Phonemic Awareness
100

This principal refers to understanding that letters represent sounds in a systematic way.

What is alphabetic principal?

100

Awareness of words, syllables, rhyming, onset/rime, and phonemes all fall under this broader skill.

What is phonological awareness?

200

Alphabetic instruction is most effective when it is explicit and uses these types of materials rather than embedded contexts.

What are decontextualized letter cards?

200

The two most essential phonemic-awareness subskills are these.

What are blending and segmenting?

300

This constrained skill has a limited set of concepts that can be fully masted in early grades.

What is alphabetic knowledge?

300

The developmental sequence of phonological awareness moves from larger units such as words and syllables towards this smallest until.

What are phonemes?

400

Children who confuse letters like and benefit from repeated comparison, interaction, and what type of practice?

What is writing practice?

400

These types of sounds, such as /m/, /s/, and /f/, can be stretched for easier blending practice.

What are continuous sounds?

500

Articulation instruction in NOT automatically required for all students. It should be added only when what is observed?

What are specific speech-sound difficulties?

500

The National Reading Panel recommends approximately this many hours per school year for phonemic-awareness instruction.

What is 15 hours?

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