Syllables
Cake
CVCe
Consonants
These sounds are closed by the teeth, tongue, or lips.
Phonemes
Sounds in a spoken word
Shared reading
The teacher and the children are reading the book in unison with a big book.
Dog
CVC
Vowels
These are sounds that are open and voiced.
Mapping sounds onto the letters
Guided Reading
A small group activity in which the teacher guides students through a reading activity using individual decodable books.
CVVC
Group of consonants who retain their distinct sounds but are blended together.
Reading Fluency
Reading text smoothly and without errors. It is the bridge between decoding and comprehension.
Language Experience Approach
The teachers asks the class to dictate what had happened in a story and what they had learned. She did not correct their oral language. She wrote down their words exactly as the students had dictated them and then read the text to the students. The students then read the text chorally.
To
CV or open syllable
Digraph
Onset
Sounds in a rime that comes before the vowel.
Sight words
Work
R-controlled or Vowel R syllable
Combination
Two letters that come together in an unexpected way.
Phonological Awareness
The conscious awareness that spoken language can be broken down into large units of sound like words and syllables, small units of sound like phonemes, and rhyme
Fluency
An activity in which students' read text multiple times. This may include reader's theater or timed reading activities.
Ankle
Final Stable Syllable (FSS)
Diphthong
Two vowels that blend or glide in the mouth. Your mouth makes two movements.
Phonemic Awareness
Part of phonological awareness. It involves the ability to notice, identify, blend, segment, and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words.
Chall's reading levels
These include levels of reading proficiency from prekindergarten through college levels.