Affix âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€A morpheme or meaningful part of a word attached before or after a root or base word
to modify its meaning; a category that includes prefixes and suffixes.
Alphabetic Principle âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€The use of letters and letter combinations to represent phonemes in an
orthography.
Automaticity âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€Fluent performance without the conscious deployment of attention
Base word âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€A free morpheme, usually of Anglo-Saxon origin, to which affixes can be added.
Blend âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€A consonant sequence before or after a vowel within a syllable, such as cl, br, or st; also
called "consonant blend."
Book talk âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€A discussion of one or more books by a teacher, librarian, or student to introduce
books and to induce others to read them.
Bound morpheme âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€A morpheme, usually of Latin origin in English, that cannot stand alone but
is used to form a family of words with related meanings. A bound root (such as -fer) has meaning
only in combination with a prefix and/or a suffix.
Cloze procedure âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€Any of several ways of measuring a person's ability to restore omitted
portions of an oral or written message by reading its remaining context.
Comprehension Monitoring âœâ€Ã¢Å“â€The mental act of knowing when one does and does not
understand what one is reading.