Phonics
the knowledge of sound-spelling relationships; relationship between phonemes and graphemes (written)
Alphabetic Principle
the knowledge that speech sounds are represented by letters
Phonics vs Alphabetic Principle
phonics include blends/digraphs & uses sound-spelling relationships to spell and pronounce words; alphabetic is about individual sounds
Phonological Awareness
the ability to hear and manipulate the phonemes in oral language
Onset
the beginning word sound
Sound segmentation
isolating and identifying sounds in a spoken word
Phonemic Awareness
one portion of phonological awareness, when students work with individual sounds of a word (blending/segmentation)