WGU D669 EARLY LITERACY METHODS- VERIFIED
STUDY GUIDE
Prealphabetic - Answers - the earliest phase of literacy development, where individuals
do not yet understand the relationship between letters and sounds
Partial Alphabetic - Answers - a phase of literacy development where individuals begin
to grasp the connection between letters and sounds
Full Alphabetic - Answers - a more advanced phase of literacy development where
individuals recognize most letter sound correspondences and can decode words by
sounding out individual letters and blending them together
Consolidated Alphabetic - Answers - a stage where skills or knowledge become firmly
established and readers have mastered most letter sound correspondences and can
decode words quickly and fluently
Phonological Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us recognize,
remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language
Orthographic Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us recognize and
remember the visual patterns of written words and letters
Meaning Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us understand and
interpret the meanings of words and sentences
Context Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us understand words and
sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation
Diagnostic Teaching - Answers - Instruction that requires continuous monitoring of a
student's level of mastery and functional use of individual concepts and uses this
diagnostic information to inform planning and to adjust instruction as needed
Kinesthetic/Tactile - Answers - learning through physical movement and touch,
respectively, engaging the senses of body movement and physical sensation
Orton-Gillingham approach - Answers - a structured, multisensory method designed to
teach reading and writing to individuals with dyslexia and other language-based learning
differences
STUDY GUIDE
Prealphabetic - Answers - the earliest phase of literacy development, where individuals
do not yet understand the relationship between letters and sounds
Partial Alphabetic - Answers - a phase of literacy development where individuals begin
to grasp the connection between letters and sounds
Full Alphabetic - Answers - a more advanced phase of literacy development where
individuals recognize most letter sound correspondences and can decode words by
sounding out individual letters and blending them together
Consolidated Alphabetic - Answers - a stage where skills or knowledge become firmly
established and readers have mastered most letter sound correspondences and can
decode words quickly and fluently
Phonological Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us recognize,
remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language
Orthographic Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us recognize and
remember the visual patterns of written words and letters
Meaning Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us understand and
interpret the meanings of words and sentences
Context Processor - Answers - the part of the brain that helps us understand words and
sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation
Diagnostic Teaching - Answers - Instruction that requires continuous monitoring of a
student's level of mastery and functional use of individual concepts and uses this
diagnostic information to inform planning and to adjust instruction as needed
Kinesthetic/Tactile - Answers - learning through physical movement and touch,
respectively, engaging the senses of body movement and physical sensation
Orton-Gillingham approach - Answers - a structured, multisensory method designed to
teach reading and writing to individuals with dyslexia and other language-based learning
differences
