Phonological Awareness
the smallest part of the spoken language
What is phoneme?
the most complex phonological awareness skill
What is phonemic awareness?
students learn that print carries________
What is meaning?
the smallest part of written language
What is grapheme?
ar, er, ir, or, ur
What are R-controlled vowels?
the broad understanding that our language is made up of sounds
What is phonological awareness?
the most difficult phonemic awareness skill
What is substitution?
street signs, labels, magazines
What is environmental print?
kn, wr, gh, gn, ck
What are silent consonants?
words that cannot be decoded
What are high frequency words?
groups of words that begin the same
What is alliteration?
breaking a word into separate sounds
What is segmentation?
recognizing the way print "works"
What is concepts of print?
bl, cr, dr, sw
What are blends?
sh, th, ch, gh
What are consonant digraphs?
matching the sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
combining phonemes to form words
What is blending?
teacher reads aloud, students repeat
What is echo reading?
blending graphemes to form words
What is decoding?
when a syllable is closed and ends with a consonant, it creates a _________ sound
What is short?
breaking a word into the initial consonant sound and the rest of the word
What is onset and rime?
where phonemic awareness can be taught
What is in the DARK?
modeling left to right while reading
What is directionality?
oi, oy, oo
What are dipthongs?
Decoding leads to automaticity which leads to fluency which leads to ___________________
What is comprehension?