Week 5 Vocabulary

Word: Invented Spelling
Definition: the practice of spelling unfamiliar words by making an educated guess as to the correct spelling based on the writer's existing phonetic knowledge. http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/spelling-and-word-lists/invented-spelling.html#TWJ7wp1bO96whj61.99
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Importance: Invented spelling is crucial for a beginning writers development.

Word: Word Walls
Definition: A collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface in a classroom.
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Importance: Word walls are important for enhancing beginning readers ability to recognize common words they should be able to recognize immediately.

Word: Word Sorts
Definition: Students identify the meaning and properties of each word and then "sort" the list into collections of words with similar features.
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Importance: The "sorting" process links students' prior knowledge to the basic vocabulary of a reading selection.

Word: Morphemes
Definition: a distinctive collocation of phonemes having no smaller meaningful parts
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Importance: Without morphemes some phrases or words would be difficult to comprehend

Word: Phonemes
Definition: any of the abstract units of the phonetic system of a language that correspond to a set of similar speech sounds (such as the velar \k\ of cool and the palatal \k\ of keel) which are perceived to be a single distinctive sound in the language
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Importance: Phonemes allow us to decode words

Word: Synthetic Phonics
Definition: a method of teaching reading which first teaches the letter sounds and then builds up to blending these sounds together to achieve full pronunciation of whole words.
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Importance: Synthetic recognition is important because quick recognition of letter sounds allows students to blend words more easily.

Word: Analytic Phonics
Definition: approach to the teaching of reading in which the phonemes associated with particular graphemes are not pronounced in isolation.
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Importance: Analytic phonics is important because it enables them to make a comparison with other words they may know from the same word family.

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