Key Vocabulary Terms:

Question 1

Alphabetic Principle

Answer 1

Awareness of the association between letters and sounds or letter-sound relationships

Question 2

Orthographic Knowledge

Answer 2

Involves storing and accessing words from memory and writing them using conventions and rules of written language (reading and spelling)

Question 3

(whole) Word Reading

Answer 3

looking at word and saying it as a whole word; encompasses word recognition and word identification skills

Question 4

Phonological Awareness

Answer 4

Being alert to the sounds of spoken words as well as operation, discrimination and manipulation of those words. (NOT written language)

Question 5

Difference between phonemic awareness and Phonics

Answer 5

• Phonemic awareness is the smaller units of spoken letters (single letter or small words like “go”)
• Phonics: (written language) sound relations to read or spell words

Question 6

Oral Reading Fluency

Answer 6

reading aloud in flowing, accurate, quick, and expressive manner. This is the bridge between recognizing words accurately and comprehending text.