Phonics Terms

Relationship between sounds and their spellings

• Decoding

• Phonics

• sight-word method

Helps children hear how sounds are put together to make words

• oral blending

• oral segmentation

• grapheme

Decoding means...

• Converting the printed word into spoken language

• relationship between sounds and their spellings

• The understanding or insight that a word is made up of a series of discreet sounds

Understanding or insight that a word is made up of a series of discrete sounds

Knowing the names of the letters and the sounds they represent

• alphabet recognition

• phonemic awareness

Best for at risk readers

• explicit instruction

• implicit instruction

Knowledge of spelling patterns. (Used to spell)

Grapheme

• The written representation of one sound

• Smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another

These activities help children separate words into sounds

A term associated with linguistics (the study of speech sounds)