i-Ready Diagnostic Phonics and Word Recognition Flashcards
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What is phonics?
Answer: The relationship between letters and the sounds they represent
Phonics is the instructional practice that teaches the relationship between letters (graphemes) and sounds (phonemes).
How many syllables does the word 'education' have?
Answer: 4
'Education' has four syllables: ed-u-ca-tion.
Which word contains a long vowel sound?
Answer: Cake
'Cake' contains a long /a/ sound, following the silent-e pattern where the final e makes the preceding vowel say its name.
What is a digraph?
Answer: Two letters that together make one sound
A digraph is a pair of letters that together represent a single sound, such as 'sh,' 'ch,' or 'th.'
Which word follows the consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern?
Answer: Sit
'Sit' follows the CVC pattern: consonant (s) + vowel (i) + consonant (t), producing a short vowel sound.
The i-Ready Diagnostic assesses phonics skills to help identify students who may need support with:
Answer: Decoding and word recognition
i-Ready's phonics assessment identifies gaps in decoding skills that may be preventing students from reading fluently.
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