Phonics

Question 1

Phoneme

Answer 1

Smallest unit of a sound in language.

Dog d/o/g blue b/l/oo

Question 2

Grapheme

Answer 2

Letter or letters used to represent a phoneme
Dog d/o/g
Blue b/l/ue

Question 3

Morpheme

Answer 3

Smallest unit of meaning in a language. 
Cat: 1 cat
Cat/s: 2 cats
Pre/view:2 
Pre/view/ing: 3

Question 4

Decode

Answer 4

Translate graphemes into spoken word or sound it out to pronounce.

Question 5

Encode

Answer 5

Spell, take spoken word and put them into written form.

Question 6

Word

Answer 6

A single element of meaning that has a specific function

Question 7

Syllable

Answer 7

Word or word part with at least one vowel made with one push of breath

Question 8

Onset

Answer 8

The consonant sound(s) that comes before the vowel. Not all words have onsets.

Question 9

Rime

Answer 9

Part of the word with the vowel and everything that comes after it

Question 10

Nucleus

Answer 10

Always a vowel sound

Question 11

Coda

Answer 11

Part in the syllable what follows the vowel or ends the word.

Question 12

Dipthong

Answer 12

The sound changes quality in the middle of the sound

Question 13

Comprehensive

Answer 13

Including all aspects, complete

Question 14

Orthography

Answer 14

The ways in which letters and letter patterns in words represent sound and meaning.

Question 15

Braid of literacy

Answer 15

Orthography 
Writing 
Oral language 
Stories 
Reading 
Vocab literacy. 

One way our stories read verbally.

Question 16

Emergent stage

Answer 16

Encompasses the writing efforts of children who are not yet reading conventionally and in most cases have not been exposed to formal reading instruction.

Question 17

Prephonetic

Answer 17

There is little if any direct relationship between a character on the page and an individual speech sound.

Question 18

Homophones

Answer 18

Words such as bear, bare deer, dear hire, higher. Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.