Lesson 11 Key Terms

Question 1

blending

Answer 1

Creating a word from individual sounds and syllabus and being able to compare initial phonemes in words for likeness and difference

Question 2

critical literacy

Answer 2

Above the basic reading level, critical literacy involves active interpretation, analysis, and synthesis of information and the ability to explain the content

Question 3

decoding

Answer 3

The first step in interpreting print, consists of breaking a word into its component sounds and then blending them together to form a recognizable word

Question 4

dynamic literacy

Answer 4

At the highest level of reading, the ability to relate content to other knowledge

Question 5

literacy

Answer 5

Use of visual modes of communication, specifically reading and writing

Question 6

metacognition

Answer 6

Knowing east to do cognitively and how to do it, knowledge about knowledge and about cognitive processes

Question 7

morphological awareness

Answer 7

Understanding of the key meaning units or morphemes that make up words and word derivations
Important for literacy in late elementary school and beyond

Question 8

phonemic awareness

Answer 8

An aspect of phonological awareness, is the specific ability to manipulate sounds, such as blending sounds to create new words or segmenting words into sounds

Question 9

phonics

Answer 9

Sound-letter (or phoneme-grapheme) relationships, the primary way in which most children are taught to read

Question 10

phonological awareness

Answer 10

Consideration of phonology at a conscious level, including syllabification; sound identification, manipulation, segmentation, and blending; rhyming; and alliteration

Question 11

print awareness

Answer 11

Knowledge of letters and words, ability to identify some letters by name, and knowledge of the way which words progress through a book

Question 12

segmentation

Answer 12

Creating a word when a phoneme or syllable is deleted and breaking a word into its parts