Phonemic Awareness Flashcards

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Aliteration

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The repetition of the inital sounds in a string of words or stressed syllables

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Alphabetic Principle

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The use of letters and letter combinations to represent sounds

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Auditory Discrimination

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The ability to determine whether sounds (both speech and nonspeech) are the same or different

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Blending

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The process by which we put phonemes together to make words or syllables

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Consonant

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A speech sound where the air flow is partially obstructed by tongue, teeth, or lips

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Consonant Blends

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A sequence of two or more consonants in a word, each of which retains and preserves its distinct sound when the word is pronounced

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Consonant Digraph

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Two consecutive consonants in a word or syllable that represent one speech sound (ch, sh, th, ph)

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Explicit Instruction

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Instruction that is teacher directed, clearly stated, distinctly illustrated and capable of clarifying key points

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Grapheme

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A letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme such as e, ei, igh, eigh

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Phoneme Manipulation

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Playing with phonemes by blending, segmenting,adding, deleting, or substituting them in words

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Metalinguistics

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The ability to think about language, talk about it, play with it, analyze it, and make judgements about correct versus incorrect forms

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Morpheme

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The smallest meaningful unit of language. This could be a word (read), affix (preread, reader) or inflectional ending (reads) or two free morphemes (mailbox)

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Onset

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The part of the syllable before the vowel

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Orthography

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The total writing system of a language - also refers to the spelling patterns

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Phoneme

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Smallest speech sound that differentiates one word from another.

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Phonemic Awareness

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The ability to hear, identify and manipulate the individual sounds - phonemes- in spoken words

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Phonics

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The study and use of symbol-sound (grapheme-phoneme) relationships to help students identify words

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Phonological Awareness

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The understanding of different ways that spoken language can be broken down into smaller components and manipulated. Spoken language can be broken down in many different ways, including sentences into words, words into syllables, and syllables into individual speech sounds (phonemes).

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Rime

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The vowel and any consonant after it in a syllable

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Segmentation

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Separating or isolating sounds in words

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Syllable

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Unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel

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Systematic Instruction

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Instruction that is orderly, planned, and gradually builds from basic elements to more subtle and complex structures

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Vowel Digraph

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Two vowels together when one vowel is sounded and the other is silent - Usually, but not always, the first vowel is voiced and is long (ai, oa, ee, ea)

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Syllable

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Unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel

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Systematic Instruction

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Instruction that is orderly, planned, and gradually builds from basic elements to more subtle and complex structures

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Vowel Digraph

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Two vowels together when one vowel is sounded and the other is silent - Usually, but not always, the first vowel is voiced and is long (ai, oa, ee, ea)