Miscellaneous
The hemisphere of the brain that is more involved in language and ultimately reading.
What is the left hemisphere?
The ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
What is Phonemic Awareness?
The number of phonemes in the word "zone".
What is 3?
A word or part of a word with one vowel sound.
What is a syllable?
Essential for reading comprehension, this is the knowledge of a topic before reading.
What is Background Knowledge?
A word or part of a word that contains one vowel sound.
What is a syllable?
The number of syllables in the word "oversimplify"
What is 5?
What is 2?
In this syllable division pattern, you divide between two vowels.
What is Lion?
Refers to the notion that good readers read more and get a richer vocabulary, and poor readers read less and fall further behind.
What is the Matthew Effect?
Two letters that come together to make one sound.
What is a digraph?
The onset in the word "shore".
What is /sh/?
The number of phonemes in "league".
What is 3?
These are the 6 syllable types.
What are closed, silent e, open, vowel team, vowel r, and -cle?
The process of converting spoken words into written form by using knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
What is encoding?
The study of morphemes and how they are combined in forming words.
What is morphology?
The number of phonemes in English.
What is 44?
The number of phonemes in the word "hoax".
What is 4?
The only syllable type that is also a syllable division pattern.
What is -cle?
The National Reading Panel (2000) found that to become good readers, children must develop these skills
What are Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension?
A letter or group of letters that represents a single phoneme.
What is a grapheme?
The smallest unit of sound in a word.
What is phoneme?
The number of phonemes in the word "quenched".
What is 6?
These are the 6 syllable division patterns.
What are wombat vc/cv, lobster vc/ccv, tiger v/cv, camel vc/v, lion v/v, and turtle -cle?
Automaticity, speed, and prosody are all key components in this skill.
What is fluency?