- phonemic awareness The ability to notice and work with the individual
sounds in spoken language.
- phonological awareness The understanding that spoken language is
made up of individual and separate sounds. In addition to phonemes,
phonological awareness activities can involve work with rhymes, words,
sentences, and syllables.
- pretend reading Children’s attempts to
“read”
a book before they have
learned to read. Usually children pretend read a familiar book that they
have practically memorized.
- print awareness Knowing about print and books and how they are used.
- segmentation Taking spoken words apart sound by sound.
- spoken language The language used in talking and listening; in contrast
to written language, which is the language used in writing and reading.
- syllable A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel
sound (e-vent, news-pa-per, pret-ty)
- vocabulary The words we must know in order to communicate effectively.
Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in
listening. Reading vocabulary refers to words we recognize or use in print.