Alphabetic word learners
Children who are capable of reading new words by analyzing all the letter and sound patterns and then using this information to pronounce the new words they see in text.
Consonant
All the letters other the a, e, i, o, u, and y when u comes in the middle or at the end of a syllable.
Consonant cluster
Two or more consonants that appear together and form a consonant blend (bl, tr, sm, scr) when pronounced.
Decodable books
Books that have an unusually high number of words that sound like they are spelled. Often these books consist of many words that represent a certain letter-sound pattern.
Digraph
Two letters that represent a sound that is different from the sounds the letters represent individually, such a sh (shipt), th (thud), and ch (child).
Dipthong
The vowel-like sounds represented by oy and oi as heard in boy/ and /oil /, and by ou and ow as heard in out/ and/ cow/.
Invented Spelling
A problem-solving stance in which words are spelled like they sound, such as comin for common.
Letter-sound pattern
Letters that routinely represent one or more sounds in words, such as the ee in feet, and sh and or in short.
Phonetic spellers
Children who correctly spell known words and spell new words the way they sound.
Phonetically regular word
Words that can be pronounced by associating sounds with letters.
Vowel
The letters a, e, i, o, and u, and y when it comes in the middle (cycle) or at the end of a syllable or short word (try).