Phonics Midterm Review Crossword

A method in which basic phonetics, the study of human speech sounds, is used to teach beginning reading. Teachers teach phonics, not phonetics.
The study of human speech sounds.
The smallest sound unit of a language that distinguishes one word from another.
The ability to recognize spoken words as a sequence of individual sounds. Being able to distinguish between the sounds that make up a word and apply this knowledge as it relates to the written form of a word is an essential skill in beginning reading.
Refers to the child's understanding that spoken words are made up of sounds.
A sound represented by any letter of the English alphabet except (a,e,i,o,u,w,y).
Sounds in a syllable represented by two or more letters that are blended together without losing their identities.
Consist of 2 letters that stand for a single phoneme sound.
A sound represented by a,e,i,o,u and sometimes w and y in the alphabet. Sounds made without closing or restricting the breath channel.
A letter sequence comprised of a vowel grapheme and an ending consonant grapheme. EX: -ig in wig, dig, big
A single vowel sound made up of a glide from one vowel sound to another in immediate sequence and pronounced in one syllable. (EX: ou in house and oi in boy)
When a vowel letter is followed by a letter r, it affects the vowel sound so that it is neither short nor long. (EX:Her sounds like a u)
An unstressed sound commonly occurring in unstressed syllables. (EX: a in about)
A letter or combination of letters that represents a phoneme sound.
The consonant sound of a syllable that comes before the vowel sound.
The part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and any consonant sound that comes after it.
A unit of pronunciation consisting of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants.
Any syllable that ends with a consonant phoneme sound (EX: v in love)
Any syllable that ends with a vowel sound (EX: a in may)
The orthographic symbol (small u on top of letter) placed over a vowel letter to show it is pronounced as a short sound.
The orthographic symbol ∧ placed above a vowel grapheme to indicate pronunciation.
The orthographic symbol ⎯ placed over a vowel letter to show it is pronounced as a long sound.
The orthographic symbol (… but above the letter) placed above a vowel grapheme to indicate pronunciation.
Implicit way of teaching phonics that focuses on letter-sound relationships in context of whole words with a whole word level start.
Explicit and systematic way of teaching phonics that translates letters into sounds and then blending them together. Focuses on articulating sound in isolation for letter-sound relationships.
Cueing system that problem solves by using meaning of story when faced with difficult texts.
Cueing system that focuses on the structure of a word/sentence. Does it sound right?
Cueing system that makes use of letters in words and how the words look.