For each definition, select the term it matches.
Terms
- Automaticity
- Decoding
- Encoding
- Grapheme
- Morphology
- Onset
- Orthography
- Phoneme
- Phonics
- Rime unit
- Syllable
Definitions
- The ability to respond or react without attention or conscious effort.
- Translating the alphabet letters into recognizable sounds
(e.g., the letter f makes the /F/ sound).
- In spelling, a process by which students segment sounds of a word, translate
each phoneme into its corresponding letter or letters, then spell the word.
- A letter or letter cluster representing a single speech sound
(e.g. i, igh).
- The study of the structure of words; the component of grammar which includes
the rules of word formation, including derivation, inflection, and compounding.
- The initial consonant sound of a word, e.g. /s/ in sun or /sl/ in slide.
- The writing system of language; specifically, the correct sequence of letters,
characters, and/or symbols.
- The smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one word from another
(e.g. the t of tug or the r of rug).
- A teaching approach that gives attention to letter-sound correspondences in the teaching
of reading and spelling.
- The vowel and any following consonants within a syllable, e.g. -ag in tag.
- A unit of spoken language that contains a vowel.