MAP Early Literacy (K-2) Flashcards
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What is a consonant blend?
Answer: Two or more consonants together where each sound is heard, like 'bl' in 'blue'
A consonant blend (also called a cluster) combines two or more consonants where each letter's individual sound is heard, such as 'br' in 'bread.'
The word 'bat' belongs to which word family?
Answer: -at family (cat, rat, hat)
The word 'bat' belongs to the -at word family because it ends in the -at phonogram, shared by cat, rat, hat, and mat.
What is a compound word?
Answer: A word made by combining two smaller words
A compound word is formed by joining two independent words together, such as 'sunlight' (sun + light) or 'bedroom' (bed + room).
What is a syllable?
Answer: A unit of pronunciation with one vowel sound
A syllable is a unit of sound that contains exactly one vowel sound; the word 'basket' has two syllables: bas-ket.
What is a digraph?
Answer: Two letters that work together to make one new sound, like 'sh' or 'ch'
A digraph is two letters that produce a single, distinct phoneme, such as 'sh', 'ch', 'th', and 'ph'.
What is decoding in early reading?
Answer: Using letter-sound relationships to sound out and read unfamiliar words
Decoding is the ability to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships (phonics) to correctly read and pronounce unknown words.