FTCE K-6 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Developmental Stages of Writing - Answer-Pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing Diagnostic Assessment - Answer-Standardized tests (assessments) that aim to determine a student's strengths and weaknesses Semantic Cuing System - Answer-focuses on any meaning a student derives from a sentence based on prior knowledge (does this sentence make sense or not?) Editing - Answer-Proofreading the draft for misspelled words, grammatical & mechanical errors. Focus is on mechanics. Publishing - Answer-Sharing the final product with an audience Talking to the text - Answer-Strategy known as "a think aloud" Historical Fiction - Answer-Realistic stories that are set in the past Print - Answer-Conveys meaning Informal Assessment - Answer-Assessments include but are not limited to: cloze tests, running records, anecdotal notes, rubrics, portfolios, informal reading inventories Biography - Answer-Stories that tell about a person's life Aesthetic Listening - Answer-Listening that is performed for enjoyment and pleasure Partial Alphabetic - Answer-Letter is associated with sound at this stage Pre-Alphabetic - Answer-Relies on visual cues to help read words. Usually pre-k stage. (ex.- knowing McDonald's b/c of the golden arches) Fantasy - Answer-Stories that cannot happen in the real world Fluency - Answer-Ability to read quickly, accurately and with proper expression Graphop