Vocabulary of Orthographic Mapping Flashcards
The mental process we use to store words for immediate, effortless, retrieval. It requires phoneme proficiency and letter-sound proficiency, as well as the ability to unconsciously or consciously make connections between the oral sounds in spoken words and the letters in written words.
Orthographic Mapping
Another way of referring to written words; it focuses on the fact that the letters in printed words are designed to line up with the phoneme sequences in spoken words.
Another way of referring to written words; it focuses on the fact that the letters in printed words are designed to line up with the phoneme sequences in spoken words.Letter Strings
The smallest unit of sound within spoken words.
Phoneme
E.g., sat has 3 phonemes - s-a-t and shoe has 2, sh-oo.
Phonological AwarenessHaving an awareness of sound properties of words This includes rhyming and alliteration. It also involves the skill of manipulating sounds within words.
Phonological Awareness
Being aware of individual phonemes in words.
Phoneme Awareness
It is a subset of phonological awareness. Phonemic proficiency is necessary for efficient storage of written words in long term memory.
2 or more words that have a similar sounding oral rime unit e.g., bat, hat, sat.
Rhyming
Rhyming is oral so the spellings may differ e.g., white, right, height.
Word play that involves words sharing same beginning sounds e.g., the big brown bear.
Alliteration
It can be oral e.g., a student is given the sounds c/a/t to form cat. It can also be phonetic, taking a printed word, connecting the sounds, and forming the word.
Blending
A reading system that focuses on the relationship between the printed and oral forms of words. E.g., letter sounds are learned and then applied to reading.
Phonics
The state of being able to do something instantly, effortlessly, and without conscious thought.
Automaticity
a, e, I, o, u, and y as in cry and baby
Vowel
A combination of 2 letters designed to represent a single sound. E.g., Vowel - ee; Consonant - sh
Digraph
A very short vowel sound that appears in word, typically in a non-stressed syllable of a multisullabic word. E.g., a in about (like an ‘uh’ sound).
Schwa
When 2 vowels together each provide some contribution to the resulting sound e.g., oi in oil.
Diphthong
In oral language, those letter representing various types of restrictions of airflow when producing words. Full stop / unvoiced airflow, ‘t’ as in top. Partial / voiced ‘m’ as in man.
Consonant
