refers to a syllable or a letter combination added to the beginning or the end of a word to change its meaning or part of speech.
affix
T or F, orthography is the term used to refer to the speaking system of a language
False
an awareness of and the ability to manipulate the sounds of spoken words.
phonological awareness
When a word or syllable starts with the letter "kn", the "k" is silent
silent "k"
Two types of vowel clusters: vowel digraphs and vowel blends.
Vowel clusters
An affix added to the beginning of a word
prefix
T or F, a morpheme in a language is the smallest unit that carries meaning
True
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
phonemic awareness
When a word or syllable starts with the letters "gn" the "g" is silent.
silent "g"
two vowels appearing together that represent a single phoneme or sound - a digraph
vowel digraphs
An affix added to the end of a word
suffix
T or F, rimes begin with a consonant and appear at the beginning of syllables or words
False
can match, blend, isolate (break a word up), add, substitute, subtract sounds (rhyme, first sound put sounds together to form words)
children aware of phonemes
When the letter "tch" appears together, the letter "t" is usually silent
silent "t"
consist of CONSONANTS at the beginning of syllables & words
onset
"Dis" is an example of a prefix or suffix?
Prefix
T or F, this represents vowel patterns: single vowels include long vowels, short vowels, r-controlled vowels, and “y” when it functions as a single vowel
True
describes the relationship between sounds and the letters or spelling patterns making up written language
graphophonics
Can be used to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, to check a pronounced word to see if the word makes sense, and as a step when using other word analysis strategies
Context Clues
Syntax refers to the sentence patterns and structure, or grammar, of language. Readers use these structures, or syntactic cues when constructing meaning from print
syntax
"ish" is an example of a prefix or suffix?
Suffix
T or F, short vowel sounds occur least frequently in a word or syllable that ends in a consonant or consonant cluster
False
breaking words into smaller units; it is sometimes called structural analysis or syllabication
chunking words
An analysis of words refers to the analysis of words by using the meaningful parts of words, such as prefixes, suffixes, contractions, compound words, and base words
morphemic analysis
refers to the text surroundings an unfamiliar word and includes language structure (syntactic) clues and meaning (semantic) clues
Context