Sounds
Blending
Phonemic Awareness
Decodable Text
Misc.
100

These sounds are quick sounds you can't hold

What are stop sounds?

100

This blending strategy encourages students to "keep their motor running"

What is continuous blending?

100

Phoneme is another word for what?

What is a sound?

100

There is no fluency without...

What is accuracy?

100

These words have irregular parts. 

What are trick words?

200

Pronounce the sound for the letter W

What is /w/?

200

This blending strategy could be done on a whiteboard or with the standard sound cards.

What is sound-by-sound blending?

200

Taking a word and breaking it up into its individual sounds is called.

What is phonemic segmentation?

200

Use this decodable text reading routine with developing readers.

What is tap reading?

200

Students do this activity using a straight arm and two pointed fingers.

What is skywriting?

300

These sounds can be held for as long as you have breath.

What are continuous sounds?

300

What step after blending helps students move to fluency?

What is automatic word recognition?

300

How many sounds are there in the word shrimp?

What is 5?

300

When tap reading, what is the ratio of tapping to whisper reading?

What is 30% tapping, 70% whisper reading?

300

This kind of instruction is clear and direct.

What is explicit instruction?

400

Pronounce the sound for the letter Y

What is /y/?

400

These kinds of words are the hardest for beginning readers to blend.

What are words with stop sounds at the beginning and the end?

400

Taking individual sounds and making them into a word is an example of.

What is phonemic blending?

400

Decodable text allows students to sound and feel like what?

What is a fluent reader everyday?

400

The goal of learning is move information to this place.

What is long term memory?

500

Don't add this to the end of a stop sound.

What is a schwa?

500

What are the two scaffolds to get kids from blending to whole word reading?

What are "put it on your lips" and "whisper it into your hand"?

500

After segmenting a word you don't...

What is blend it back together?

500

Give an example of affirmative feedback you may give to a student during whisper reading.

What is...

* you read that page with no mistakes

* your reading sounded so smooth

* that sounded exactly like talking


500

Students need many of these to get new information into long term memory.

What are opportunities to respond?