| Phonemic Awareness | Understanding that spoken word can be broken down into phonemes, which are specific units of sound readers use to recognize one word from another |
| Phonics | The relationship between the written word and the sounds that comprise them in spoken language |
| Fluency | The ability to read smoothly without having to pause and decode each word |
| Vocabulary | The body of words that make up any language |
| Comprehension | The ability to understand the words you read |
