| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Synthetic isolated phonics | each letter sound is taught and individual sounds are blended to make a word |
| Onset | the beginning of a word up to the first vowel |
| Rime | the first vowel and what comes after it in a word |
| Onset-rime blending | first the onset is pronounced, then the rime, then both are blended to form the word (c-at) |
| Phonogram | a rime family (-at) |
| Analogy based phonics | teaching phonics by using word families to recognize common word patterns (-at = cat, bat, hat, mat, fat, rat, sat) |
| Embedded phonics | - indirect, whole language type- discovery method, no planned scope or sequence, not systematic or explicit, not as effective |
| Decodable text | text written to practice a particular phonetic element |
| Scope | what is to be taught within that set of lessons or program |
| Sequence | the carefully planned order in which things are taught (usually by highest need or from simplest to more difficult skill) |
| Core program | - the basal reading program that contains the scope and sequence of instruction for each grade level |
| Orton-Gillingham; (Sonday, Wilson Systems-) | an approach that teaches synthetic, isolated phonics with individual phoneme counting and blending using a tactile, auditory, kinesthetic approach |
| PALS | a program that teaches synthetic isolated phonics with continuous blending |
| Glass Analysis | a program that teaching analogy based phonics |
| systematic instruction | instruction proceeds according to a carefully planned scope and sequence |
| explicit instruction | direct instruction (not discovery) |
| decoding | the process of converting the printed word into spoken english |
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