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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Connotation | the implied meaning of a word; the feeling a word conveys |
| Phonetics | the sounds of human speech |
| Root | the smallest unit or core of a word that carries the meaning |
| Morphology | the study of forms of words, including affixes, roots, stems, and parts of speech |
| Syntax | rules that govern the construction of words in order to make phrases, clauses, and sentences |
| Context Clues / Contextual Analysis | using the words before and after an unknown word to determine its meaning |
| Inflectional Affix | an affix that changes the form of the root or base word |
| Auditory Learning | learning through listening and speaking |
| Vocabulary / Vocabulary Development | the ability to effectively know and use words in their listening, speaking, reading, and writing |
| Bound Morpheme | type of morpheme that can appear only as part of a larger word |
| Inference | a conclusion based on evidence, observation, and reasoning |
| Tense | words that indicate if a statement is referring to past time, present time, or future time |
| Schema (Reading) | background knowledge a reader brings to a text |
| Denotation | a literal, dictionary meaning of a word |
| Compound Words | two complete words that have joined together to form one word with a new meaning |
| Word Web | a form of scaffolding which helps students to understand and retain new words and concepts |
| Multimodal Teaching | employing multiple instructional methods, strategies, and modes of communication to support diverse learning styles |
| Syllable Awareness / Syllabication / Syllable Segmentation | the ability to hear individual parts/syllables of words |
| Structural / Morphemic Analysis | using meaningful word parts (morphemes) to study a word and determine its meaning |
| Pragmatics | the study of how we understand the meaning of language based on the situation it's used in |
| Kinesthetic Learning / Tactile Learning | learning through hands-on experiences and movement |
| Word Wall | an on-going bulletin board with terms used frequently in the classroom; words are often added as they are introduced |
| Syntactic Cue | use of a sentence or paragraph's grammar to comprehend a text |
| use of a sentence or paragraph's grammar to comprehend a text | dedicated space where students track, define, and even illustrate new vocabulary |
| Phonology | the systematic organization of sounds in languages |
| Orthography | the standards present in a language's conventions |
| Affix | a letter or letters that change a root word's meaning |
| Morpheme | a combination of sounds that has meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller grammatical parts; this includes prefixes and suffixes |
| Homographs | words that have the same spelling as another word but have different meaning |
| Phonics / Graphophonemic Principle | using the relationship between symbols (letters and words) and sounds of a language to read and write |
| Prefix | a letter or letters at the beginning of a root word that changes its meaning |
| Language Acquisition | the process by which individuals learn a language |
| Idiom | a phrase or expression that does not mean the same as the literal words |
| Semantics | the study of word or symbol meaning |
| Free Morpheme / Unbound Morpheme | type of morpheme that can stand alone or can appear with other morphemes in a lexeme |
| Visual Learning | learning through seeing and observing |
| Synonyms | words with the same or a similar meaning |
| Oral Language | system that relates sounds to meanings through communicating by word of mouth |
| Academic Vocabulary | specialized vocabulary commonly found in an academic setting |
| Derivational Affix | an affix that changes the root or base word into a new word |
| Frayer Model | a popular form of semantic mapping which helps students to identify and define unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary |
| Antonyms | words with the opposite meanings Example hot/cold; and big/little |
| Suffix | letter or letters at the end of a root word that changes its meaning |
| Reading/Writing | learning through engaging with texts and writing |
| Phoneme | the smallest individual sounds in a word |
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