| A | B |
| alphabetic principle | letter/sounds make up words |
| comprehension | understanding, getting meaning |
| decoding | 'sounding out' words |
| dialect | regional or social language |
| fluency | quick and accurate word recognition |
| frustration level reading | reading skills break down |
| invented spelling | creative spelling sounding it out |
| language milestone | saying your first word |
| morphology | word parts relate /affixes,etc. |
| onset | beginning of a syllable |
| rime | end portion of the word |
| orthographic awareness | ability to read nonsense words |
| phonemes | the sounds in words |
| phoneme segmentation | break words into sounds |
| phonemic awareness | aware of smallest units of spoken words |
| phonics | the teaching of letter/sounds |
| phonological awareness | awareness of sound structure of words |
| reciprocal teaching | students/teachers take turns ask'g questions |
| syntax | the way words are put together in language |
| risk factor | non-causal variation may impact learning |