Alphabetics

Question 1

Alphabetic Principle

Answer 1

The idea that letters systematically represent spoken sound. the idea that sounds can be represented by symbols.

Question 2

Phonological

Answer 2

Recognition of the distinct segments of spoken sound: words, syllables, and phonemes

Question 3

Phonemic Awareness

Answer 3

Recognition of phonemes, ability to segment words into constituent phonemes, ability to blend phonemes and substitute phonemes to make new words

Question 4

Phoneme

Answer 4

Smallest unit of sound

Question 5

Syllable

Answer 5

A word or distinct segment of a word that is naturally pronounced in a single, uninterrupted vocalization

Question 6

Voiced (and unvoiced) consonants

Answer 6

Voiced consonants make your vocal cords vibrate; unvoiced do not

Question 7

Morpheme

Answer 7

Smallest unit having meaning: base words, prefixes, and suffixes

Question 8

Phonics

Answer 8

Study of relationships between sounds and their written form

Question 9

Which of the following represents the smallest element of spoken language?

Answer 9

Phoneme

Question 10

Which of the following is a morpheme?

Answer 10

{a-}

Question 11

Which of the following words begins with an unvoiced consonant?

Answer 11

Kismet

Question 12

The –ist ending is a

Answer 12

morpheme.

Question 13

Which of the following phonological awareness skills is integral to analogy phonics?

Answer 13

Recognizing when words begin or end with the same sound

Question 14

What is the primary difference between analogy phonics and analytic phonics?

Answer 14

Analytic phonics uses full words instead of phonemes out of context.

Question 15

Which of the following explicit phonics instructional methods begins with a spoken word and ends with a written word?

Answer 15

Phonics through spelling

Question 16

Blending

Answer 16

Blending means combining previously learned phonemes to form words (remember that segmenting is breaking words up into phonemes).

Question 17

Decoding

Answer 17

Decoding is the use of spelling patterns and phonemic awareness to recognize a word.

Question 18

Phonics instruction

Answer 18

Phonics instruction should be explicit; the teacher takes a deliberate course of action in introducing phoneme-grapheme relationships.

Question 19

Instruction should also be systematic

Answer 19

Instruction should also be systematic—the teacher organizes the material in a way that leads students from phonemes to groups of phonemes to words.

Question 20

Synthetic phonics

Answer 20

Synthetic phonics starts at the phoneme level and builds toward the word level.

Question 21

Analytic phonics

Answer 21

Analytic phonics starts at the whole word level and then analyzes their component phonemes.

Question 22

onset and rime

Answer 22

syllables can be divided into onsets and rimes. onsets are at the beginning and rimes are at the end of the syllable

Question 23

Segmentation

Answer 23

dividing syllables into there component phonemes

Question 24

Alphabetic Principle

Answer 24

The Alphabetic Principle is the idea that letters can represent sounds.

Question 25

Phonemes

Answer 25

Phonemes are the smallest units of speech sounds.

Question 26

Graphemes

Answer 26

Graphemes are the symbols that represent phonemes (in English, they are letters).

Question 27

Digraphs

Answer 27

Digraphs are graphemes made up of more than one letter, such as “ch”.

Question 28

Segmenting

Answer 28

Segmenting means breaking down words into their component phonemes.

Question 29

morpheme

Answer 29

morpheme is the smallest unit of language that creates meaning.

Question 30

Onset and rime are parts of syllables

Answer 30

the onset is the first consonant, and rime is made up of the vowels and consonants that follow the onset.

Question 31

synthetic phonics.

Answer 31

instructions that teaches phonemes and then works toward blending them to form syllables and words.

Question 32

Synthetic phonics instruction

Answer 32

Synthetic phonics instruction begins by teaching aspiring readers the basics of grapheme-phoneme relationships. Students then learn to blend these patterns into words.

Question 33

systematic

Answer 33

Successful modes of instruction are deliberate and measured—systematic.

Question 34

explicit

Answer 34

They are also clear and to the point—explicit.

Question 35

Embedded Phonics

Answer 35

A style of phonics instruction that teaches student phonemes as they encounter them in their reading.

Question 36

phonics through spelling

Answer 36

A style of phonics instruction based on breaking words into phonemes and then reconstructing those words using spelling techniques.