Phonemic Awareness
Definition: The understanding that speech is composed of different sounds. It is also the smallest unit of sound.
What is phonemic awareness?
Definition: Simply put, this is matching the sounds of a word, with the letter/s the word contains.
What is phonics
Definition: Being able to read/write efficiently. Here you care more about the meaning, rather than decoding.
What is fluency?
Definition: The knowledge of words, their meaning, grammar, syntax, etc.
Literal, Inferential, Critical, and Evaluative
What are the different levels of comprehension?
Definition: The sounds a letter or multiple letters are given. /d/, /ch/
What is a phoneme?
A, E, I, O, U
What is a vowel?
Automaticity, speed, and prosody.
What are the 3 factors of fluency?
Basic, Academic, and Specialized
What are the 3 kinds of vocabulary words?
Definition: When students pick out the most basic points of the text. They cannot pick out more than the "main points" at this level.
Literal Comprehension
Definition: The letters a sound is represented by. /f/ could be f or ph.
What is a grapheme?
Definition: When 2 vowels in a word glide together, for example dial.
What is a dipthong?
Definition: A common word that are seen over and over again.
What is a high frequency word?
Definition: A phrase that has both a figurative meaning, and a literal meaning. In order to understand this phrase you must think about the figurative meaning, and not the literal one. (ex. feeling under the weather)
What is an idiom?
Definition: This is the most sophisticated level of comprehension, here students are able to judge the quality of the text they are reading.
What is evaluative comprehension?
Definition: This is the largest unit of sound, which contains at least one vowel.
What is a syllable?
Definition: The language of origin and how it impacts the pronunciation of a word.
What etymology
Definition: Speaking with expression, phrasing, volume, smoothness, and appropriate pacing.
What is prosody?
Words that are spelled the same, but sound differently.
What are homographs?
Definition: During this level of comprehension, students are able to notice clues in the text, and use their own background knowledge to further understand the text.
What is inferential comprehension?
Definition: The part of a single-syllable word that comes before the vowel. (p in pet)
What is an onset-rime?
Definition: Recognizing a word without needing to consciously think, and being able to recognize unknown words quickly.
What is automaticity?
Definitions: Words that are pronounced the same, but spelled differently.
Definition: During this level of comprehension, students are able to draw their own conclusions, and analyze symbolic meanings the text.
What is critical evaluation?