Science of Teaching Reading (293)
Exam|112 Questions & Answers
Dyslexia - -learning disorder that affects a student's ability to read, spell,
write, and speak
- Dyslexia difficulties - -- phonological awareness (including phonemic
awareness)
- reading words in isolation
- decoding unfamiliar words
- slow, inaccurate, or labored oral reading
- spelling
- limited reading fluency
- Dyslexia - preschool - --Delayed speech
-Difficulty with rhyming
-Difficulty pronouncing words
-Poor auditory memory of nursery rhymes and chants
-Difficulty adding new words to vocabulary
-Poor word retrieval skills (or inability to recall the right word)
-Trouble learning and naming letters and numbers
-Dislike of print (e.g. doesn't enjoy following along as a book is read aloud)
- Dyslexia (K-1) - --Difficulty breaking words into smaller parts or syllables
-Difficulty identifying and manipulating sounds
-Difficulty remembering the names of letters and their sounds
-Difficulty decoding single words (reading words in isolation)
-Difficulty spelling words phonetically (the way that they sound) or
remembering letter sequences of common words often seen in print
- Dyslexia (2nd-3rd) - --Difficulty recognizing common sight words
-Difficulty recalling the correct sounds for letters and letter patterns in
reading
-Difficulty connecting speech sounds with appropriate letter combinations
and omitting letters in words for spelling
-Difficulty reading fluently
-Difficulty decoding unfamiliar words
-Reliance on picture clues, story theme, or guessing at words
-Difficulty with written expression
- Dyslexia instruction - -focus on structured, systematic, and explicit
instruction
- Phonological awareness - -identifying and manipulating sounds
, - Alphabetic Principle - -knowledge of the speech sounds and corresponding
letter or letter combinations
- Syllibication - -rules related to the types and division of syllables
- Orthography - -the written spelling patterns and rules in a language
- Morphology - -the study of how morphemes are combined to form words
- Syntax - -the set of principles regarding the sequence and function of
words in a sentence
- Dyslexia accomodations - -- pre-read texts in small groups
- additional time
- reduced/shortened assignments
- alternative testing location
- priority seating
- oral reading of directions
- word banks
- audio books
- text to speech
- adaptive learning tools
- Dysgraphia - -struggle with the mechanics of writing resulting in impaired
or illegible handwriting that interferes with spelling, written expression, or
both that is unexpected for the student's age/grade
- Dysgraphia characteristics - -- messy handwriting
- slow or labored written work
- poor pencil grip
- inadequate pressure during handwriting
- excessive erasures
- b and d reversals
- inability to copy words accurately
- overuse of short familiar words
- difficulty with visual-motor sports or activities
- Dysgraphia accomodations - -- printed copies of notes
- graph paper to assist with writing
- audio recorder
- assistive technology
- Pre-K: emergent literacy - -- selecting books, turning pages, repeating
parts of predictable stories, acting out stories
- recognize print has meaning
Exam|112 Questions & Answers
Dyslexia - -learning disorder that affects a student's ability to read, spell,
write, and speak
- Dyslexia difficulties - -- phonological awareness (including phonemic
awareness)
- reading words in isolation
- decoding unfamiliar words
- slow, inaccurate, or labored oral reading
- spelling
- limited reading fluency
- Dyslexia - preschool - --Delayed speech
-Difficulty with rhyming
-Difficulty pronouncing words
-Poor auditory memory of nursery rhymes and chants
-Difficulty adding new words to vocabulary
-Poor word retrieval skills (or inability to recall the right word)
-Trouble learning and naming letters and numbers
-Dislike of print (e.g. doesn't enjoy following along as a book is read aloud)
- Dyslexia (K-1) - --Difficulty breaking words into smaller parts or syllables
-Difficulty identifying and manipulating sounds
-Difficulty remembering the names of letters and their sounds
-Difficulty decoding single words (reading words in isolation)
-Difficulty spelling words phonetically (the way that they sound) or
remembering letter sequences of common words often seen in print
- Dyslexia (2nd-3rd) - --Difficulty recognizing common sight words
-Difficulty recalling the correct sounds for letters and letter patterns in
reading
-Difficulty connecting speech sounds with appropriate letter combinations
and omitting letters in words for spelling
-Difficulty reading fluently
-Difficulty decoding unfamiliar words
-Reliance on picture clues, story theme, or guessing at words
-Difficulty with written expression
- Dyslexia instruction - -focus on structured, systematic, and explicit
instruction
- Phonological awareness - -identifying and manipulating sounds
, - Alphabetic Principle - -knowledge of the speech sounds and corresponding
letter or letter combinations
- Syllibication - -rules related to the types and division of syllables
- Orthography - -the written spelling patterns and rules in a language
- Morphology - -the study of how morphemes are combined to form words
- Syntax - -the set of principles regarding the sequence and function of
words in a sentence
- Dyslexia accomodations - -- pre-read texts in small groups
- additional time
- reduced/shortened assignments
- alternative testing location
- priority seating
- oral reading of directions
- word banks
- audio books
- text to speech
- adaptive learning tools
- Dysgraphia - -struggle with the mechanics of writing resulting in impaired
or illegible handwriting that interferes with spelling, written expression, or
both that is unexpected for the student's age/grade
- Dysgraphia characteristics - -- messy handwriting
- slow or labored written work
- poor pencil grip
- inadequate pressure during handwriting
- excessive erasures
- b and d reversals
- inability to copy words accurately
- overuse of short familiar words
- difficulty with visual-motor sports or activities
- Dysgraphia accomodations - -- printed copies of notes
- graph paper to assist with writing
- audio recorder
- assistive technology
- Pre-K: emergent literacy - -- selecting books, turning pages, repeating
parts of predictable stories, acting out stories
- recognize print has meaning
