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16 Cards in this Set
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sight word |
a word that students are to memorize Example: present a flashcard with "cat" printed on it and child says "cat" |
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sight vocabulary |
a collection of words that are automatically recognized upon presentation Example: a first grade word bank of sight words |
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high frequency words |
words that are regularly used in written and oral language Example: "the, of, and" |
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Alphabetic principle |
the idea that words are created by combining letters and letter sounds Example: The word lot is composed of the letters "l," "o,", and "t". Each of those letters makes a specific sound. |
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phonemic awareness |
understanding that letters make sounds from each other within a word Example: The word "bat" is separated into three distinct phonemes |
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decoding |
reading a word by breaking it down into its letter sound parts or by using semantic clues Example: A student comes across an unknown word in a story and uses either the context or known phonemes to identify the word. |
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"r"-controlled vowel |
a vowel that is followed by an "r" that makes a unique sound Example: In rollercoaster, "e" is an r-controlled vowel |
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diphthong |
when two vowels are combined in a word and "glide" Example: In boy, "oy" the diphthong |
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digraph |
two letters representing one sound Example: "ch" in change |
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blending |
when letters combine to make a unique sound Example: "cr" in "crust" |
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onset and rime |
onset - the beginning sound of a word Example: "c" in cat rime -the ending sound of a word Example: "at" in cat |
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morpheme |
a unit of language; made of a combination of phonemes Example: "ly" in differently |
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phoneme |
the unit of language represented by each letter; combined to make morphemes Example: The letter "l" is a phoneme |
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affix/ prefix/ suffix |
affix - a unit added to a word to change its meaning prefix - the affix added to the beginning of a word suffix - the affix added at the end of a word Example - "un" is prefix in undivided, "ing" is suffix in trying |
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inflectional ending |
a suffix that changes the meaning of a word, namely by pluralizing or altering the tense Example: adding -s, -ed, -ing to "jump" |
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orthography |
typical spelling Example: "Bad" is spelled b-a-d |
