Definitions
The smallest meaningful part of a word
What is a morpheme?
can’t, won’t, we’ll
What is a contraction?
a single word that results from combining two or more words; an apostrophe is used where a letter or letters have been omitted
What is a contraction?
Doorway, bathtub, cupcake,
What is a compound word?
a plural form other than the addition of -s, -es, or -ies
What is an irregular plural?
a word that functions as a single unit of meaning formed by combining two or more words
What is a compound word?
Mice, leaves, deer,
What is an irregular plural?
words that are wholly decodable on the basis of the letter-sound and spelling-sound correspondences already taught
What is a decidable word?
Redo, unkind, preschool
What is a prefix?
a short form of writing a longer word; typically is pronounced in full
What is an abbreviation?
words with identical spellings but different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations
What is a homograph?
read, lead, bat, present
What is a homograph?
words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning and spelling
What is a homophone?
weak, rode, dear, bare
What is a homophone?
1) words that are taught as wholes because they are irregularly spelled (see below) or because the spelling-sound correspondences have not yet been taught
What is a sight word?
a morpheme attached to the beginning or end of a root
What is an affix?
Jumped vs. jump
Dog vs. dogs
Play vs. playing
What is an inflectional ending?
a type of suffix that changes a root word’s part of speech or grammatical role
What is a derivational suffix?
Swift vs. swiftly
Project vs. projection
What is a derivational suffix (ending)?
words that are not decodable in that the letter-sound or spelling-sound correspondences are uncommon or do not conform to phonics rules
What are irregularly spelled words?
An affix attached to the beginning of a root word is...
An affix attached to the end of a root word is..
What is a prefix, and what is a suffix?
a type of suffix that does not change a root word’s part of speech but does change its:
• tense
• number
• comparison
• person
What is an inflectional ending or inflectional suffix?