Early Lit 1

Question 1

A region in the left hemisphere of the brain that connects speech sounds and their written symbols(graphemes)

Answer 1

Angular Gyrus

Question 2

The ability to “sound out” an unfamiliar word when reading.

Answer 2

Decoding

Question 3

Automaticity in phonemic awareness and phonics

Answer 3

Fluency, as related to Printed Word Recognition

Question 4

A written representation of a sound using one or more letters

Answer 4

Grapheme

Question 5

Area of the brain that stores and retrieves letters and letter patterns

Answer 5

Orthographic Processor

Question 6

A spelling system for representing language (written language)

Answer 6

Orthography

Question 7

In oral language, the smallest distinctive sound unit that combines with other phonemes to make words.

Answer 7

Phoneme

Question 8

The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in oral language.

Answer 8

Phonemic Awareness

Question 9

The study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent; also used to describe reading instruction that teaches sound-symbol correspondences.

Answer 9

Phonics

Question 10

Area of the brain associated with speech sound awareness (oral language)

Answer 10

Phonological Processor

Question 11

Children are taught to read individual letters or groups of letters (graphemes) by saying the sound (phoneme)the letter or or letters represent. They then blend the sounds together to make a word. This approach helps children read and spell.

Answer 11

Synthetic Phonics Instruction