Phonemes
English language learners
Stages of reading and spelling development
English learners
Syllables
100

BLENDING What word is made up of the sounds k/a/t?

cat

100

What is Orthography? 

The writing system 

100

What is morphological knowledge?

understanding the morphemes in words; for example:  “magician--- magic is the base word that means mysterious trickery, -ian meaning the person who does”

100

What is the definition of context clues?

Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

100

What is a long vowel sound?

Where a vowel makes the same sound as the way its name is pronounced.

200

PHONEMIC SEGMENTATION What are the sounds in cat?

k/a/t

200

What are morphemes?

Free and bound, they have the smallest unit of meaning 

200

DEF- Formation of letter-sound connections to bond the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of specific words in memory. What does this represent? 

Orthographic mapping

200

What are some CVC words?

Cat, hot, tip, man and hut

200

What are some word analysis skills? 

Differentiate among multiple meanings of words

300

PHONEME DELETION What is cat without /k/?

at

300

Definition of onset?

The part of a single syllable word before the vowel 
300

It has a short vowel ending in a consonant. What am I?

Closed syllable 

300
What are some VCCV words?

picnic, mascot, rustic

300

Definition of a breve?

 To differentiate among multiple meanings of words

400

PHONEME MANIPULATION What word would you have if you changed /t/ in cat to an /n/? 

Can

400
Definition of Rime?

The part of a word that includes the vowel and the letters that follow. 

400

a, e, i, o, u. What do these represent? 

Vowel

400

Would closet be an example of a VCV word?

Yes
400

Definition of Macron?

a mark — placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long

500

PHONEME ISOLATION What sound do you hear at the beginning of "pig"

/p/

500

What are constant digraphs?

2 constants that represent a single phoneme 

500

It ends with a vowel sound that is spelled with a single vowel letter. What does this definition represent? 

Open syllable 

500

What are some stages of Developmental Spelling?

Emergent Spelling, Letter Name Spelling, Within-Word Pattern

500

What is a Vowel team syllable?

It has two vowels next to each other that together say a new sound