Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Terms
Vowels
Two or More
100
Separating syllables into indicidual sounds
Segmentation
100
The relationship between letters and their sounds
Phonics
100
An instructional teaching tool where words are displayed alphabetically on a number of surfaces
Word Wall
100
Says the name of that sound
Long Vowel
100
Two consonants that represent one unique sound /ch/, /sh/, /ph/
Consonant Digraph
200
Putting individual sounds together, taught first
Blending
200
This is necessary for phonics instruction to be effective
Phonemic Awareness
200
The smallest unit of sound in the English language which distinguishes one word from another
Phoneme
200
Closed syllables where the vowel is usually short VC, CVC, CCVC, CVCC, CCVCCC
Short Vowel Spelling Pattern
200
Two or more consonants side by side each spoken with their own sound ex. br-, cl-, sl-
Blends
300
The ability to identify, discriminate and manipulate phonemes or sounds
Phonemic Awareness
300
This term means teaching a child to listen for sounds and then represent it with graphemes in a particular order
Spelling
300
Combines both phonics and whole language
Balanced Approach
300
Syllable pattern where the vowel phoneme is in the final postion, vowel is usually long ex. CV,CCV
Open Syllable
300
Two or Three consonants together with each consonant retaining its own sound
Cluster
400
The manipulating of phonemes
Elision
400
This is a languages spelling system
Orthography
400
A consonant phoneme produced by friction in the oral cavity
Fricative
400
When two vowel graphemes represent one sonud which is usually one of the letter's sounds ex. ea, ee, oa, ei, ai
Vowel Diagraph
400
Two vowels that produce one phoneme and the mouth moves when you say the phoneme
Diphthongs
500
This is an umbrella term that includes phonemic awareness, and an awareness of word units larger than the phoneme
Phonological Awareness
500
This means to start at sound first moving to word to phrase to sentence
Part-to-Whole
500
Same word different pronunciation and meaning
Homograph
500
VCe such as cape, age, pole, ape
"Silent e"
500
Two, too, to are examples of
Homophones
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