Across
- 1. Words Words readers can recognize instantly.
- 4. In decoding, using letter-sound relationshps in known words to figure out the probable pronunciation of unfamiliar words.
- 6. Word Meaningful linguistic units that can stand alone and contain no smaller meaningful parts; also called free morphemes.
- 7. Words that are identical or almost the same in English and another language.
- 9. of print Features of printed text; usually divided into four categories: books, sentences, words, and letters.
- 10. Systems Sources of information that help in the identification of a word; these include phonics, structrural elements of words, meaning, and language clues.
Down
- 2. A written or printed symbol representing a phoneme.
- 3. wall A bulletin board that tells what theme the class is studying and lists the titles of books being read, skills being learned, and vocabulary words being covered.
- 5. principle The assumption that each speech sound has a corresponding graphic representation.
- 8. In literacy, the setting in which a certain word occurs and which contributes to the inference of meaning; context can be a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, a chapter, or an entire body of work.