Emergent Stage and Letter Name & Alphabetic Stage Flashcards
Emergent Literacy
precursor reading and writing activities that lead to conventional reading and writing
CAP (concepts about print)
understanding how words are organized, how print is oriented, and features of print
Alphabetic Principal
the concept that letters and letter combinations are used to represent phonemes
Alphabetic Knowledge (AK)
ability to name letters, distinguish shapes, and identify letter sounds
Grapheme-phoneme correspondence
relationship between letters and sounds– specific letters make specific sounds
Continuant Sound
a sound that can be prolonged as long as the breath lasts (ex: /s/ /f/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /r/ /v/ and all vowels)
Stop Sound
consonant sound formed by briefly obstructing air (ex: /b/ /d/ /g/ /p/ /k/ /t/ /j/ )
Voiced Sound
a sound that vibrates the vocal cords
Unvoiced Sound
a sound that does not cause vocal cords to vibrate
Phonological Awareness
the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the sounds of spoken language
Onset
the initial consonant sound of a single syllable/word
Rime
unit composed of the vowel sound and any following consonants within a syllable
Phoneme
smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one word from another
Affricates
speech sound produced when the breath stream is stopped; the tip of the tongue rubs up against the roof of the mouth (ex: /ch/ /tr/)
Digraph
two letters grouped together that produce a single sound and cannot be separated (ex: /sh/ /ch/ /th/ /ph/)
