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Code Breaking Definitions
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- 1Oral languageConsists of groups and combinations of words, which is the prime mean of communication between people
- 2Phonological awarenessInvolves the understanding that sentences can be broken down into words, and spoken words can be broken down into syllables & recognise rhyme, onset-rime, and phonemes
No print involved - 3Onset-rimeAn onset is the initial consonant or consonant cluster in a syllable on single syllable word and the rime is the rest of the syllable (starting with a vowel)
e.g. str/ing - 4Alphabetic principleThe understanding that sounds are represented by letters
- 5Graphonic knowledgeKnowledge about the relationships between specific letters and sounds
- 6PhonemesThe smallest sound unit in a word
- 7PhonicsPhonics is the connection between a letter (symbol) and the sound it represents
- 8RimeThe rime is the part of a syllable that comes after the first consonant or consonant blend (onset). The rime begins with a vowel.
e.g. b/ite - 9Word familyGroups of words that have features or patterns in common, e.g. sank, stank, thank, rank
- 10PhonogramA combination of letters that represents the same sound in several words, e.g. ight in might, sight, right
- 11Synthetic phonicsA method of teaching about letter-sound relationships that focuses on teaching how to blend sounds to make words
- 12Phonetic wordA word that is spelt the way it sounds e.g. cat, snip, slipper, basket
- 13Alphabet KnowledgeReciting the alphabet, distinguishing the shape of one letter from another, writing the letter, naming the letter, saying the sounds associated with a specific letter, selecting the appropriate letter when given its sound
- 14Alphabetic PrincipleIs the understanding that words are made up of letters and letters represent sounds. If a child understands these letter-sound associations, he is on the way to reading and writing words.
- 15BlendingBlending is combining sounds to make a word /d/ /o/ /g/ = dog
- 16DecodingThe process of identifying written words and working out the meaning of words in a text.
To decode, readers draw on the context and knowledge of the topic; and knowledge of the vocabulary, grammar and phonics - 17DispositionsFrequent and voluntary ways of thinking, repsonding, and doing. They are acquired, strenthened or weakened by interactive experiences with significant adults or peers e.g. curiosity about print, enjoyment of reading, persistence, problem solving and making/checking predictions
- 18MetalanguageA language to talk about language e.g. word, sound, letter, sentence, punctuation, structure
- 19Phonemic awarenessPhonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in words (there is no print involved)
e.g. 3 sounds in dog /d/ /o/ /g/ - 20SegmentingYou segment a word by dividing it into phonemes (sounds) - you segment dog into 3 sounds /d/ /o/ /g/ and fish into 3 sounds /f/ /i/ /sh/
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- English Flashcards on Code Breaking Definitions, created by Heather Clark on 29/05/2017.
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