Phonics Terms

Explicit Instruction

direct instruction

implicit unstruction

learning from your own experience

phonological awareness

the awareness of the component sound chunks in speech. the ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words.

phonemic awareness

the ability to identify and and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words

phonics

method of teaching reading/writing by linking sounds to letters

alphabetic principle

knowledge that speech can be represented by print in predictable ways (letters represent sounds)

orthographic mapping

the process in the brain that connects the spelling, pronunciation, and meaning of a word, so that it is known automatically.

phoneme

unit of sound

grapheme

unit of print

morpheme

unit of meaning

segment

break words into their spoken individual sounds (phonemes)

blend

combine individual sounds (phonemes) to form words

decode

sound out/convert printed word to speech

continuous sounds

sounds that can be stretched out or elongated

stop sounds

sounds that can not be elongated or stretched out

onset

consonants before first vowel in a one syllable word

rime

first vowel and rest of word in a one syllable word

short vowel

sound of vowel that takes a shorter time to say than long sounds.

long vowel

says the name of the letter

digraph

two letters combined for one sound

consonant blend

more than one consonant where you hear each sound

r controlled vowel

vowel followed by r in a syllable

dipthong

vowel combo that makes a gliding sound

syllable

a beat in a word that has a vowel

open syllable

vowel at the end. sometimes teh vowel is long in an open syllable

closed syllable

consonant at the end

prefix

letter clusters placed at the beginning of rot word; has meaning

suffix

letter clusters places at the end of a root word; have meaning

vowel team

two vowels working together to produce the sound

silent e

makes a long vowel SOMETIMES

common sequence of instruction

phonemic awareness - letter names and sounds - consonants and short vowels - long vowels - r controlled vowels - dipthongs - syllable breaks and types