Teaching Reading: Phonics and Word Analysis Flashcards

A student reads the word 'phone' and correctly produces the /f/ sound. Which concept does this demonstrate?

Answer: A digraph representing a single sound

The letters 'ph' form a digraph, two letters producing one sound, /f/.

Which word contains a closed syllable?

Answer: napkin

In 'napkin' both syllables (nap-kin) end in a consonant, making them closed with short vowel sounds.

A teacher wants students to blend the sounds /s/ /t/ /o/ /p/ into 'stop.' This skill is best described as:

Answer: Phoneme blending

Combining individual phonemes into a spoken word is phoneme blending.

Which of the following is the most appropriate first step when teaching the 'silent e' (VCe) pattern?

Answer: Show how the e makes the preceding vowel say its long sound

The core VCe principle is that the final silent e signals a long vowel sound in the preceding vowel.

The word 'unhappily' can be broken into which morphemes?

Answer: un + happy + ly

It contains the prefix 'un-', the base word 'happy', and the suffix '-ly'.

Which assessment best measures a student's phonics decoding skill while controlling for sight-word memorization?

Answer: Nonsense (pseudo) word reading

Nonsense words cannot be memorized, so they isolate a student's ability to apply phonics rules.

A student writes 'becuz' for 'because.' This invented spelling shows the student is:

Answer: Applying phonetic spelling based on sounds heard

The spelling 'becuz' maps reasonably to the sounds in the word, showing phonemic awareness applied to spelling.