Lehman Vocab Blog

Word Solving The  word solve  originally came from the Latin solvere, which meant "to loosen or untie." If you think of any kind of complex problem as a knot, then the original definition  of  solve  still makes sense! ( https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/solve ) Word solving is very important in the classroom and children even can use phonics to help with it.  Children need to know how to word solve so that they can figure out each word.

Orthography 1. the conventional spelling system of a language. the study of spelling and how letters combine to represent sounds and form words. (https://www.google.com/search?q=Dictionary#dobs=orthography) Orthography  is  important  to society because a uniform spelling system that disregards individual and dialect differences in pronunciation facilitates the use of the written language. In an ideal phonetic writing system, one letter corresponds to a single phoneme and vice versa.( https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/orthographically )

High-Frequency Words One of the most powerful and effective reading strategies is sight  word  recognition. Sight  word recognition is recognizing by sight the  words  that appear with  high frequency  in books and texts . Sight words  are also called  high frequency words . ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJJ1S6-rMc ) These words are most important because they are used most often in reading and writing. A child needs to recognize these words first.

Interactive Writing "Interactive writing  is a  writing  process used to teach (usually younger) students how to write. The process involves the sharing of a pen between the teacher and students. It can be done in a one-on-one private lesson with a student, or with a small group of students."( www.teach-nology.com/themes/lang_arts/typesofwriting/interactive.html ) The importance of interactive writing is that it makes the writing process visual for the whole class. It also teaches the students the writing process as the teacher is guiding them. The purpose is that hopefully they will take their skills learning in interactive writing back to their independent writing.  

Segmenting - segmenting  involves breaking  words  down into individual sounds or syllables.( http://www.allkindsofminds.org/word-decoding-blending-and-segmenting-sounds-impact-of-memory) Phoneme  segmentation  is essential in developing reading and spelling skills. In order to write or type  words , children must: break the  word  down into its component sounds. ( http://www.bemidji.k12.mn.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Phoneme-Segmentation-Activities2.pdf

Blending When beginning readers sound out words, they slowly say each sound in a word (c-a-t), and then say the sounds quickly together to "read" the word (cat). In reading, teachers call this  blending  because sounds are being  blended  together. (http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/blending_games) Blending  is super  important  because being able to mentally join speech sounds together to make words helps students to decode unfamiliar words using letter-sound patterns when reading. ( https://homeschoolingwithdyslexia.com/teaching-blending-early-readers/)

Phonemic Awareness Phonemic awareness  is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in words. We know that a student's skill in  phonemic awareness  is a good predictor of later reading success or difficulty. ( http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/phonemic-awareness)  Phonological awareness is critical for  learning  to read any alphabetic writing system. And research shows that difficulty with phoneme awareness and other phonological skills is a predictor of poor reading and spelling development. (http://www.readingrockets.org/article/why-phonological-awareness-important-reading-and-spelling)