Domain 2

Question 1

Phonological awareness

Answer 1

Oral English is composed of smaller units.

Question 2

Phonemic awareness

Answer 2

A subcategory of phonological awareness, is the ability to distinguish the separate phonemes (sounds) in a spoken word.

Question 3

Phonics

Answer 3

The knowledge of letter-sound correspondences; knowing that in the word phonics the letters ph make the /f/ sound.

Question 4

Alphabetic Principle

Answer 4

The understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.

Question 5

Phoneme

Answer 5

A speech sound that signals a difference in meaning. Also known as the smallest units of speech.

Question 6

Consonant

Answer 6

A basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable.

Question 7

Onsets and Rimes

Answer 7

The onset is the initial consonant sound or consonant blend; the rime is the vowel sound and any consonants that follow. Occur in syllables.

Question 8

Phonograms

Answer 8

Rimes that have the same spelling. Words that share the same phonogram are word families (cat, bat, sat).

Question 9

Concepts about print

Answer 9

The basic principles about how letters, words, and sentences are represented in written language.

Question 10

Phonetic spelling

Answer 10

Labeled as temporary or invented spelling.

Question 11

Word indentification

Answer 11

The ability to read aloud, or decode, words correctly.

Question 12

Sights words

Answer 12

Sights words are high-frequency words (as, the, of). Irregular spelling (dove and great).

Question 13

Vowel digraphs

Answer 13

Two-vowel combinations that make a single sound. The ea in teach makes a long e sound.

Question 14

Morphology

Answer 14

The study of word formation.

Question 15

Structural analysis

Answer 15

The process of using prefixes, suffixes, and root words to identify a word.

Question 16

Syllabic analysis

Answer 16

The process of recognizing words by analyzing the syllables in a word.

Question 17

Automatcity

Answer 17

Reading at an appropriate pace with appropriate expression.

Question 18

Digraphs

Answer 18

Two-letter combinations that make one sound (ph and sh).

Question 19

Blends

Answer 19

Two or three-letter combinations, said rapidly, and each letter in a blend makes a sound.

Question 20

Diphthongs

Answer 20

Glided sounds made by such vowel combination as oi in oil and oy in boy.

Question 21

precommunicative stage of spelling development

Answer 21

Drawing pictures and squiggles.

Question 22

Semiphonetic stage of spelling development

Answer 22

Child attempts to use letters to represent sounds.

Question 23

Phonetic stage of spelling development

Answer 23

Somewhat difficult to read but can be comprehended to an extent.

Question 24

Transitional stage of spelling development

Answer 24

For the most part the child chooses the correct letter or combination of letters to represent sounds.

Question 25

Conventional stage of spelling development

Answer 25

The child spells almost all words correctly.

Question 26

Orthographic knowledge

Answer 26

What a person knows about how to spell words.

Question 27

Morpheme

Answer 27

Most elemental unit of meaning in a language. Elephant has one morpheme, whereas (walk + ed) and (chair + s) have two.

Question 28

Affix

Answer 28

An affix is either a prefix, a morpheme that appears before a root word, or a suffix, a morpheme that appears at the end of a root word.
Prefixes: non-, un-, pre-
Suffixes: -ment, -er, -ly