Decoding
Breaking words into simplest form
Grapheme
Combo of letters that represent a single sound
Ph makes the f sound
Consonant blend
Two or more consonants that blend together
Multi sensory instruction
Engages learners with soften modalities
Base word
Word without affixes attached, can stand alone
Reading fluency
Ability to read with speed, accuracy and prosody
R controlled vowel
A vowel followed by the letter r
Syllable
A unit of pronunciation that contains a vowel sound
Vowel digraph
Two vowels that make a single vowel
Like “ai” in “paint”
Vowel constant E - syllable
Had a silent “e” at the end
Phoneme
The smallest individual sounds
Root word
A core unit of a word
Words families
A group of words with. Shared ending
Back, black, stack
High frequency word
A word that appears often
Suffix
Letter or letters at the end
Fry word list
The 100 most frequently occurring word
Morphological awareness
Understanding of how words can be broken down
Phonics
Gaphophonemic principle
Using the relationship between letters and words and sounds of a language to ready and write
Explicit teaching
Teaching clear expectations and giving specific feedback
Encoding
Using individual sounds to spell a word
Open syllable
Ends in a vowel
Morphology
The study of form of words
Consonant digraph
Two constants that make a single consonants when together in a word
Wish
Stop consonant sound
Letters with sounds that cannot be stretched
