Praxis II Reading Specialist 5301 Exam (Extensive)

Assessment and Instructional Planning Young children should undergo an initial screening to determine literacy levels before teachers plan their instruction. phonological vs phonemic awareness _phonological awareness: simple awareness of the sound structure of words _phonemic awareness: the ability to hear, identify and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words pragmatics Investigates language as it is used in actual interaction/conversation. Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) depends on what two teaching practices? 1. Cooperative learning 2. Reading comprehension Writing haiku promotes building vocabulary an understanding of the meanings of prefixes and suffixes such as dis, mis, un, re, able, and ment are important for: Reading comprehension Coarticulation affects phonemic awareness The most effective strategy for decoding sight words is: none. Sight words cannot be decoded. Verbal dyspraxia refers to: confusing word or sentence order while speaking Phonological awareness activities are: oral Self-Monitoring All readers should self-monitor to match print to sound, cross check what they are reading, punctuation clues, pacing, phrasing, and fluency. Older, more fluent students should self monitor whether they are following the plot, character development, setting, narrators, etc. For informational text students should self-monitor to make sure that they understand the text, which parts are more or less important, and unfamiliar words. A literacy center is a: Leveled reading group (students grouped for differentiated instruction)