How Many Phonemes?
Read this Nonsense Word
Science of Reading Smarts
V is for Vocabulary
True or False
100

The phonemes in the word /cat/

What is /k/ /a/ /t/?

100

Read and pronounce this word:  zilk

What is /zilk/? (rhymes with silk)

100

The two sides of the Reading Rope

What are Word Recognition and Language Comprehension?

100

A period of time where one "takes a break" from work

What is vacation?

100

Knowing the names of letters is phonemic awareness

What is false? (Letter naming is a phonics skill)

200

The phonemes in the word /slide/

What are /s/ /l/ /i/ /d/?

200

Read and pronounce this word:  pheg

What is /pheg/? (rhymes with beg)

200

The mathematical operation used in the Simple View of Reading

What is multiplication?

200

To confirm that something is correct or the truth

What is verify?

200

When reading, it is important to have both accuracy and automaticity

What is true?

300

The phonemes in the word /fox/

What are /f/ /o/ /k/ /s/?

300

Read and pronounce this word:  zictive

What is /zictive/? (rhymes with [ad]dictive)

300

The name of the person who designed the Reading Rope

Who is Scarborough?

300

A piece of writing has ______ when you can hear the personality and style of the writer 

What is voice?

300

Phonological Awareness is a subcategory of Phonemic Awareness

What is false? (It is the other way around)

400

The phonemes in the word /there/

What are /th/ /a(r)/?

400

Read and pronounce this word:  precred

What is /precred/? (rhymes with pre-med)

400

Three of the five strands of the Language Comprehension side of the Reading Rope

Background Knowledge

Vocabulary

Language Structures

Verbal Reasoning 

Literary Knowledge

400

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in their field may be referred to as a ________

What is virtuoso?

400

Connie and Rebecca work for ESC

What is false? (They are self-employed)

500

The phonemes in the word /vacation/?

What are /v/ /a/ /k/ /a/ /sh/ /u/ /n/?

500

Read and pronounce this word:  vatest

What is /vatest/? (rhymes with latest)

500

This term means comparing a word's  sound structure to its spelling

What is orthographic mapping?

500

Experienced through the feelings or actions of another person

What is a vicarious(ly)?

500

All teachers, K-3, will need to be trained in Dyslexia by the end of 2023

What is false? (They will need to be trained by the end of the 2023-24 school year)