Definitions
Questions
100

Awareness of and ability to identify and manipulate sounds in spoken language.

Phonological awareness

100

Put the following in order:

Syllable

Phoneme

Rhyme

Word

Onset-rime

Word, Rhyme, Syllable, Onset-rime, Phoneme

200

The ability to detect, identify, and manipulate phonemes in spoken words.

Phonemic awareness

200
What is a schwa?

Unaccented vowel sound in some words: about, banana

300

Smallest unit of language that makes a difference in a word's meaning

Phoneme

300

According to the phonological continuum, which task is harder?

  • Clapping once for each word in a sentence

  • Putting the words “back” and “yard” together to get “backyard”

Clapping once for each word in a sentence

400

When we incorporate letters into phonological awareness instruction, it becomes

Phonics

400

According to the phonological continuum, which task is harder?

  • Blending the word chunks win/ter into the word “winter.”

  • Blending the word chunks m/ade into “made.”

Blending the word chunks m/ade into “made.”

500

Two letters that make one sound together

Digraph

500

According to the phonological continuum, which task is harder?

  • Replacing /rain/ in “rainbow” with /el/.

  • Identifying the middle sound in “pan.”

Identifying the middle sound in “pan.”