Alphabet Knowledge

It is the comprehension of each

letter in the alphabet having a
specific sound(s)

Letter-sound knowledge or
(alphabet knowledge) encompasses
many skills.

 It is defined as the relation between phonology

(sounds in speech) and orthography.
It refers to the matching of phonemes with their
respective graphemes.
Each graphemes is represented by a phonemes, yet
some phonemes are represented by multiple graphemes.
Some letters have more than one possible phonemes

 It includes knowing letter names and

their respective sound. It also encompasses
knowing how the graphemes relate to
phonemes the English language.

 Sight words, or knowing a word on sight, is

also a part of letter-sound recognition.
Alphabet knowledge includes the ability to
sound out and read new words that have not
been encounter before.

 Morphology awareness falls under alphabet

knowledge
Overall, It is absolutely essential in developing
further literacy skills such as word recognition and
phonics.

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