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.
- 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
- alphabetic principle
The ability to associate sounds with letter and letter combinations and use these sounds to form words in written language.
- 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, ...
- balanced literacy
is a framework designed to help all students learn to read and write effectively.
- blending
is the process of forming a word by combining parts of words.
- 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.
- 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.
- cloze
a technique in which words are deleted from a passage according to a word-count formula.
- consonant
refers to a letter of the English alphabet that denotes a consonant sound.
- consonant digraph
is two consonants combined to make one new sound
examples: st, sh, ch, th, wh
- consonant cluster
is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel. Examples: /spr/ like in spray and /ts/ or /sp/ in spots
- context clue
are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or
unusual word.
- decoding
refers to the process of translating printed words into an oral language representation using knowledge of letter-sound relationships and word structure.
- emergent reader
demonstrate alphabet knowledge, a concept of what
a word is, a sense of story (beginning, middle, end), listening and retelling skills.
- fluency
the ability to read text with speed, accuracy and proper expression.
- grapheme
is the fundamental unit in written language.
- literacy
considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write,listen, and speak. ...
- morpheme
smallest meaningful unit of language
- 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.