Ch 5: Phonics & Sight Words (Terms and Concepts) (33%)

Question 1

sight words

Answer 1

Four categories
High frequency
Irregular spelling
Words they want to know about and write about
Content area words you want them to know

Question 2

structural analysis

Answer 2

Morphological clue:

Process of recognizing words by analyzing prefixes, suffixes, base words

Question 3

syllabic analysis

Answer 3

Morphological clue:

Process of recognizing words by analyzing syllables in a word

Question 4

context clues

Answer 4

Figuring out an unknown word by knowing the surrounding words of the unknown word in a sentence or paragraph

Question 5

consonants

Answer 5

Speech sounds that occur when airflow is obstructed by the lips, teeth or mouth
Continuous: f,l,m,n,r,s,v,z stretched
Stop: b,c,d,g,j,k,p,qu,t (quick)

Question 6

digraphs

Answer 6

Two letter combination that makes a single sound
Consonant digraph - ph, sh
Vowel digraph - oa, ea

Question 7

common word patterns

Answer 7

V stands for vowel
C stands for consonant

1) vc - short vowel am, it, up with exceptions or
2) cvc - medial vowel is short man, pet, lip, tot, bum
3) cvcc - vowel is short balk, cost, film confusing to use consonant digraph a that make one sound like bath, fish
4) ccvc- most start with consonant blend brat, clap, skip short vowel
5) cvvc - many have vowel digraph bait, team, goat (one sound)
6) vowel is long made, cone, like, huge exception includes love, live

Question 8

stages of spelling development

Answer 8

1) precommunicative - no understanding that letters represent sounds, draws pictures or squiggles, no alphabetic principle
2) semiphonetic - attempts to use letters to represent sounds but sound-symbol relationships are poorly developed, does not assign at least one letter to each sound (banana is baa)
3) phonetic - letters represent sounds, at least one letter is assigned to each sound, often don’t choose the right letter or out of order, students in semiphonetic and phonetic stages sound be encouraged to write ( I lik two flii a kitt is I like to fly a kite)
4) transitional - knows most orthographic features and mistakes happen when word has several possible spellings or Long a sound, easy to read (firefiters or bildings)
5) conventional - almost all correct mistakes happen with new words with irregular spellings, can recognize when the spelling doesn’t look right