Definitions Flashcards
1
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Phonemic awareness
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the ability to hear, identify and manipulate with the individual sounds in spoken words
2
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Phonological awareness
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3
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Phonics
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The knowledge of letter-to-sound correspondences
4
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alphabetic principle
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speech sounds are represented by letters
5
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phonemes
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The smallest unit of speech
6
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graphemes
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English letters that represent phonemes
7
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vowels
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speech sounds made when air leaving you lungs is vibrated in the voice box and there is a clear passage from your voice box to your mouth
8
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consonants
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speech sounds that occur when your airflow is obstructed by you mouth in some way
9
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onsets
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The initial consonant sound or consonant blend
10
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rime
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the vowel sounds and any consonant that follows
