Vocabulary 7

1. Sight Words- 
    a. Printed words stored in memory by the reader that can be read immediately, "at first sight," without having to use decoding strategies. (Words Their Way)
    b.  Words that are posted all over a teacher's room for students to refer to when needed.
    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help students to rely to the posters when needed. This will also help them to remember the words in their heads. 

2. Schwa- 

    a. A vowel sound in English that often occurs in an unstressed syllable.  (Words Their Way)

    b.  A syllable that is not a stressed vowel sound. 

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. 

3. Digraph- 

    a. Two letters that represent one sound. There are constant diagraphs and vowel diagraphs, though the term most commonly refers to consonant digraphs.  (Words Their Way)

    b.  Two letters that come together to make one sound. 

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. This will help them to see if the letters form together or not. 

4. Blend- 

    a. A phonics term for an orthographic unit of two or three letters at the beginning or end of words that are blended together. (Words Their Way)

    b.  Where two or three letters combine at the end or beginning of a word. 

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. This will help them to see if the letters form together or not. 

5. Phonograms- 

    a. Often called word families, phonograms end in rimes that vary only in the beginning consonant sound to make a word.  (Words Their Way)

    b.  A beginning sound that is normally a consonant that forms into a word family.  

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. This will help them to see if the letters form together or not. 

6. Onset- 

    a. The initial consonants sound of a single syllable or word. (Words Their Way)

    b.  A single sound by two consonants. 

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. This will help them to see if the letters form together or not. 

7. Rime- 

    a. A unit composed of the vowel and any following consonants within a syllable. (Words Their Way)

    b.  A unit of phonics that has a vowel and a consonant that are in one syllable. 

    c. 

    d. This is important because this will help them to how to write and read words in the future. This will help them to see if the letters form together or not.