Vocabulary

Question 1

Phonics

Answer 1

a method in which basic phonetics, the study of human speech sounds, is used to teach beginning reading.
- Teacher teach phonics, not phonetics

Question 2

Phonetics

Answer 2

the study of human speech sounds

Question 3

Phoneme

Answer 3

the smallest sound unit of a language that distinguishes one word from another
- Ex. the phoneme H distinguishes hat from at
-There are 44 phonemes in the American English language (no. varies according to who is stating it)

Question 4

Phonemic awareness

Answer 4

the ability to recognize spoken words as a sequences of individual sounds
- Being able to distinguish or differentiate between the sounds that make up a word and apply this knowledge as it relates to the written form of a word is an essential skill in beginning reading

Question 5

Consonant

Answer 5

a sound represented by any letter of the English alphabet expect vowels & w & y
- Sounds made by closing or restriction the breath channel

Question 6

Consonant blend

Answer 6

sounds in a syllable represented by 2 or more letters that are blended together w/out losing their own identities
Blue → b/L
Gray → g/r
Brown→ b/r
Twight → t/w
Street → s/t/r
Flip → f/l

Question 7

Vowel

Answer 7

a sound represented by a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y and w in the English alphabet + sounds made w/out closing or restricting the breath channel
Diphthong - a single vowel sound made up of a glide from one vowel sound to another in immediate sequence and pronounced in one syllable
Oi in oil/ boy
Ou in house
Ow in owl
Ew few

Question 8

R-controlled vowel

Answer 8

when a vowel letter is followed by the letter r, it affects the vowel sound so that it is neither short nor long
Ex. her or dare

Question 9

Schwa sound

Answer 9

an unstressed sound commonly occurring in unstressed syllables
Represent by upside down e and closely resembles the sourt sound for u
Ex. a in about

Question 10

Consonant

Answer 10

a sound represented by any letter of the English alphabet expect vowels & w & y
Sounds made by closing or restriction the breath channel

Question 11

Grapheme

Answer 11

a letter or combination of letters that represents a phoneme (sound)
Ex. the phoneme /b/ in bat is represented by the grapheme b

Question 12

digraph

Answer 12

two letters that stand for a single phoneme (sound)
Ex. Thin /th/
A digraph is simply a grapheme of 2 letters, but it is important to note that it may be represented by a combo of either two vowels or two consonants

Question 13

onset

Answer 13

the consonant sound(s) of a syllable that comes(s) before the vowel sound

Question 14

Rime

Answer 14

the part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and any consonant sound(s) that comes after it

Question 15

phonogram

Answer 15

a letter sequence comprised of a vowel grapheme and (an) ending consonant grapheme(s) such as ig in wig