Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab & examples
Examples
100

The letters representing the medial vowel and final consonant sounds in a syllable or one-syllable word

What is rime? 

100

The smallest units of sound in oral language

What is phonemes?  

100

A combination of two or more consonants that retain their distinct sounds

What is blend? 

100
"C" in the word Cat

What is an example of onset? 

200

The letter (s) representing the initial consonant sound (s) prior to the vowel in a syllable or one syllable word 

What is onset?

200

The letters that represent the smallest units of sound found in oral language

What is graphemes?

200

Groups of letter that comprise a meaningful unit, such as prefixes, suffixes, or roots

What is morphemes? 

200

Smallest meaningful unit of a language that can stand by itself

What is free morpheme?

200

At in the word "Hat"

What is an example of rime?

300

The part of linguistics that deals with a language's system of spelling

What is orthography? 

300

Combination of two consonants that make a single sound

What is digraph? 

300
Smallest meaningful unit of a language that cannot stand by itself; such as prefixes and suffixes 

What is bound morpheme? 

300

bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fr, tr, fl, gl, pl, pr, sl, sm, sp, and st

What are examples of blends?

400

The cueing system that focuses on trying to make sense of the text, or thinking about the meaning 

What is semantics? 

400

the cueing system that focuses on word order, or grammer, or the structure of the sentence

What is syntax? 

400

The concept that letters in print are used to repeat sounds in oral language

What is alphabetic principle?

400

Dog, Cat by itself

What are examples of free morphemes? 

400

"ch" in changes, "th" in think, "sh" in show 

What are examples of digraphs? 

500

The cueing system that focuses on print and phonics while decoding a word

What is graphonics? 

500

Recognizing that print is read by starting on the top line, and then making a return sweep to the left side of the next line down and other print concepts such as spacing, identification of a single letter, word, punctuation etc. 

What is concept of print? 

500

Children's written experimentation with nonconventional orthography in their early years of literacy

What is developmental spelling? 

500

Pre, re, ly, un - cannot stand alone

What are examples of bound morphemes?