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100

________ Awareness is the understanding that words are made up of separate __________, or sounds. 

Phonemic/phonemes

100

Because phonemic awareness is concerned with teaching sounds, _________ names aren't introduced until later in the program.

letter

100

The FastTrack Phonics Activity Read Sounds practices the skill of _______-________ correspondence which is the ability to give the sound for a given letter or letter group.

 Letter-Sound  *pg 11 of Participant Book

200

A _____ is a written representation of a phoneme (sound).

grapheme

200

At the core of the program, Fast Track Phonics believes that explicit and early instruction of ______ Awareness is the key factor that enables students to read and write earlier and with greater skill.

Phonemic

200

The FastTrack Phonics Activity ___-__-___ practices the skill of Auditory Sound Blending which is the ability to blend together sounds that are heard into a recognizable word.

Say-it-Fast  *pg 11 of Participant Book

300

WRITE THE ANSWER:

How many graphemes in the word high?

2: h/igh

300

How many "LETTER SOUND KEY CARDS" are in the new edition of FTP?

hint: answer in Participant Book ;)

38     *pages 89-95
300

The FastTrack Phonics Activity Stretch and Read practices the skill of ______-______ Blending which is the ability to sound out a word by saying the sounds for each letter or letter group in the word and blending them from left to right.        

Word-Level Blending   *pg 11 of Participant Book

400

**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**

TIMES UP ONCE FIRST TEAM TO PING PONGS TO SHARE ANSWER or 1 minute passes  THEN PLEASE STOP WRITING!  If incorrect, next team with the most combos written can share out.

How many letter combinations make the long /a/ sound?

GO!

9! 

a_e  (cake)     ai  (rain)     ay  (play)     ey  (they)     eigh  (eight)     ei (reindeer)     ea (break)     ay (play)     a (baby)

400

Which 4 reports from the Teacher Portal will we be reviewing today?

hint: answer in Participant Book ;)

1-FTP Phonics Lesson Recommendation Report

2-FTP Phonics Mastery by Student

3-Word-Level Fluency Report

4-FTP Student Progress Report

*Participant Book pgs 60-63

400

The FastTrack Phonics Activity _____-___- ______ practices the skill of Auditory Sound Segmentation which is the ability to distinguish and produce the individual sounds in a word.                                   

 Break-it-Down  *pg 11 of Participant Book

500

Fast Track teaches one phoneme per lesson. How many phonemes are in the English language?

hint: answer in Participant Book ;)

44 (pg 12 of Participant Book)

*CORE says 42-44, so 42-44 will be accepted

500

Cooperative Learning Model is an impactful strategy that ensures transfer of student learning and retention of that learning. It is the vehicle that drives rehearsal, practice, evaluation, and application through Individual ________, Equal ______ for Success, and _____ Recognition.    

hint: answer in Participant Book ;)

Individual Accountability, Equal Opportunities for Success, and Team Recognition.      *pg. 7 of Participant Book

500

The FastTrack Phonics Activity Stretch and Spell practices the skill of _____ ______ which is the ability to write a word by writing the letter or letter groups that represent each sound in the word as they occur from left to right.  

Sound Spelling              *pg 11 of Participant Book