Science of Reading

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Across
  1. 2. Two letters (sh, kn, ch, ph, wr, ck) that represent a single sound (e.g., "sh" in "ship").
  2. 4. A “specific learning disability” that is neurobiological in origin.
  3. 6. The process of translating print into speech by rapidly matching letters or combinations of letters (graphemes) to their sounds (phonemes).
  4. 11. The understanding and interpretation of what is read
Down
  1. 1. A written letter or a group of letters representing one speech sound, or phoneme.
  2. 3. The ability to read quickly and accurately without conscious effort or decoding.
  3. 5. The act of producing speech sounds or pronouncing words clearly and correctly.
  4. 7. Units of a language that cannot be further divided.
  5. 8. The smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one word element from another.
  6. 9. An unaccented and unstressed vowel sound. This sound is a weak sound said without any energy, pronounced as /uh/ or /ih/.
  7. 10. The process of spelling or writing words using letter-sound relationships.