a.consonant blend

where two or more consonants run into one another or blend. Examples: fl, bl, sl, cl, pl, bl, gr, tr, br, cr, dr, pr, fr, wh, str, sw, sp, sc, sn, sm, sk

b. affix

a morpheme that is attached to a stem, base or root to form a word.

  1. alliteration:

The matching or repetition of consonants or the repeating of the same letter (or sound) at the beginning of words.She sells shells surely

  1. alphabetic principle

The ability to associate sounds with letter and letter combinations and use these sounds to form words in written language.

  1. anecdotal record

written record kept in a positive tone of a child'sprogress based on milestones particular to that child's social emotion and educational growth.

f.antonym

word pairs that are opposite in meaning, such as hot and cold, obese and skinny, ...

  1. balanced literacy

is a framework designed to help all students learn to read and write effectively.

  1. blending

is the process of forming a word by combining parts of words.

  1. choral reading

where the whole class reads aloud from the same selection. The teacher also reads and sets the pace as well as modeling proper tone.

  1. Chunking for word recognition

refers to the practice of breaking a word into manageable parts or chunks for the purpose of decoding, or a strategy for figuring out a longer word.

  1. cloze

a technique in which words are deleted from a passage according to a word-count formula.

  1. consonant

refers to a letter of the English alphabet that denotes a consonant sound.

  1. consonant digraph

is two consonants combined to make one new sound

examples: st, sh, ch, th, wh

  1. consonant cluster

is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel. Examples: /spr/ like in spray and /ts/ or /sp/ in spots

  1. context clue

are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or

unusual word.

  1. decoding

refers to the process of translating printed words into an oral language representation using knowledge of letter-sound relationships and word structure.

  1. emergent reader

demonstrate alphabet knowledge, a concept of what

a word is, a sense of story (beginning, middle, end), listening and retelling skills.

  1. fluency

the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression.

  1. grapheme

is the fundamental unit in written language.

  1. literacy

considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write,listen, and speak. ...

  1. morpheme

smallest meaningful unit of language

  1. orthography

refers to the method of spelling the English language. A Writing system

w. phoneme

a speech sound that combines with others in a language to make words.

x. phonemic awareness

refers to the ability to segment and manipulate the sounds letters.

y. Onset and Rime

In a syllable, the onset is the initial consonant or consonants, and the rime is the vowel and any consonants that follow it. For example, in the wordsat, the onset is s and the rime is at. In the word flip,the onset is fl and the rime is ip.

z. phonics

the study of the relationships between letters and thesounds they represent; also used to describe readinginstruction that teaches sound-symbol correspondences.

aa. semantics

refers to aspects of meaning,

bb syllable

a segment of a word that contains one vowel sound. The vowel may or may not be preceded and or followed by a consonant.

cc. self-monitoring

awareness of one’s own thinking processes and how they work, actively thinking about learning strategies they are using

dd. scaffolded Instruction:

students are given all the support they need to arriveat the correct answer. Teacher offers strategies instead of given an answer right away.

ee. word families

words that can be sorted and put into groups by their patterns.