Late Language Development Worksheet

Creating a word from individual sounds and syllables and being able to compare initial phonemes in words for likeness and difference.
Above the basic reading level, critical literacy involves active interpretation, analysis, and synthesis of information and the ability to explain the content.
The first step in interpreting print, decoding consists of breaking a word into its component sounds and then blending them together to form a recognizable word.
At the highest level of reading, the ability to relate content to other knowledge.
Use of visual modes of communication, specifically reading and writing.
Knowing what to do cognitively and how to do it—knowledge about knowledge and about cognitive processes.
An aspect of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness is the specific ability to manipulate sounds, such as blending sounds to create new words or segmenting words into sounds.
Sound-letter or phoneme–grapheme relationship; the primary way in which most children are taught to read.
Knowledge of letters and words, ability to identify some letters by name, and knowledge of the way in which words progress through a book.
Consideration of phonology at a conscious level, including syllabification; sound identification, manipulation, segmentation, and blending; rhyming; and alliteration. A metalinguistic skill, phonological awareness is necessary for the development of reading.