FTCE K-6 Elementary Education

FTCE K-6 Elementary Education Developmental Stages of Writing Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing Diagnostic Assessment Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses Semantic Cuing System focuses on any meaning a student derives from a sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?) Editing Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical & mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics. Publishing Sharing the final product with an audience Talking to the text Strategy known as "a think aloud" Historical Fiction Realistic stories that are set in the past Print Conveys meaning Informal Assessment Assessments include but are not limited to: cloze tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading inventories Biography Stories that tell about a person's life Aesthetic Listening Listening that is performed for enjoyment and pleasure Partial Alphabetic Letter is associated with sound at this stage Pre-Alphabetic Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches) Fantasy Stories that cannot happen in the real world Fluency Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression Graphophonemic Cuing System Focuses on various visual cues & knowledge about the relationship between sounds & symbols. "Does this look right?" Hint: "graphic" Primary Sources A document or piece of work that was written, recorded or created during a particular time period. Examples: photos, speeches, interviews, diaries, videos, audio Visual Media Also known as print media. Examples: video, t.v., radio Artifacts Real objects, usually representative of a particular culture or event Visual Is related to the "look" of the letter in a word and the word itself. Used by a reader when he studies the beginning sound, word length, word chunks, etc. Part of the graphophonemic cuing system. Phonological Awareness Includes ability of a student to identify & manipulate large parts of spoken language & awareness of other aspects of sound in language. Examples: alliteration, intonation, rhyming. Concepts of Print Examples of letters, words, directionality, punctuation Creative Writing Writing that uses the writer's imagination Rubric A set of scoring guidelines or criteria for evaluating student work. Often provide specific guidelines regarding teacher expectations. Errors These are tallied during a reading whenever a child does any of the following: substitutes words, omits words, inserts a word, has to be told the word. Science Fiction Stories that might happen in the future Text to world Implies that reader has made a connection from the reading to a topic or event that is taking place in the world. Poetry Writing that contains short lines, imagery, & elements of sound 3 main cuing systems Semantic, Syntactic, Graphophonemic Literary Elements Setting, characters, plot, theme, style