Written

• Grapheme refers to letters.
• Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondence refers to where the sounds match with the letters.
• Insertion is when a random letter is added which does not belong in the word.
• Transposed letters are letters that have been written the wrong way round.
• Fine motor skills are the skills associated with more precise movements. For example, with the fingers, this might be writing, sewing or using scissors.
• The connection between phonemes (sounds) and graphemes (letters) is complication.
• The whole-word approach helps children read through look and say. It relies on children memorising large numbers of words.
• Clay found that children will spot where they have made a mistake and will go back and correct it.
• The national curriculum priorities accuracy over creativity. Accuracy can therefore be measured.