RED315 Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Is the concept that letters represent speech sounds so that what we say can be written down and read.

• Alphabetic principle

• Dictation

• Rime

• Stops

Is also known as the “letter name stage” because students use the names of the letters to figure out the sounds they represent. The name of b, for instance, contains its sound.

• Onset

• Alphabetic stage

• Big book

• Phonemes

Is the repetition of beginning sounds: Sad Sam sat in the sun. The phrase “kind cook” is alliterative because kind and cook begin with the same sound, even though they don’t begin with the same letter. The phrase “golden gym” is not alliterative. Although the words begin with the same letter, they don’t begin with the same sound.

• Dictation

• Dramatic play

• Alliteration

• Rime

Means a book large enough so that all the words can be seen by all the members of the group or class. A typical size is 15 by 19 inches.

• Segmentation

• Big book

• Phonological awareness

• Alphabetic principle

Is the process of articulating a sound while still articulating the previous sound—for instance, saying /oy/ while still articulating /t/ in toy.

• Concept of word

• Dictation

• Big book

• Coarticulation

Are understandings about how print works—that printed words represent spoken words, have boundaries, are read from left to right in English, and so on.

• Concepts of print

• Alphabetic principle

• Alliteration

• Voiced consonant

Means that a student can point to separate words in a sentence when that sentence is being read either by the student or by someone else.

• Consolidated alphabetic stage

• Voiced consonant

• Concept of word

• Phonological awareness

Is sometimes known as the within word pattern or orthographic stage because students are beginning to see patterns such as final e and double vowel letters.

• Cut scores

• Dialogic reading

• Consolidated alphabetic stage

• Content validity

Are consonant sounds that are articulated with a continuous stream of breath: /s/, /f/, /h/, /w/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /l/, /sh/, /th/, /th/, /y/, /v/, /z/, /zh/, and /ŋ /.

• Continuants

• Voice to print match (voice pointing)

• Print conventions

• Exit slips

Is a read-aloud in which the reader poses questions and provides prompts to help students develop a deeper understanding.

• Big book

• Phonemes

• Concept of word

• Dialogic reading