ALTA Study Guide
Principles of Multisensory Teaching: Someone said doing drugs sucks - CORRECT
ANSWER-Simultaneous, multisensory
Systematic and cumulative
Direct instruction
Diagnostic teaching
Synthetic and analytic
Components of Multisensory Teaching:
Please sit still making sand structures - CORRECT ANSWER-Phonology/phonological
awareness
Sound/Symbol association
Syllable instruction
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
4 Components of Language: - CORRECT ANSWER-phonological- sounds
semantics- word meaning
syntax- grammar
pragmatics- rules for communicating
Elements of Phonological Training: - CORRECT ANSWER-Rhyme and alliteration
Sentences and Words
Syllables
Elements of Phonemic Training: - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial sound
Phonemes
Letters
Spelling Skills Instruction: - CORRECT ANSWER-Phonological awareness
Morphology
Orthography
Phonemic Awareness- - CORRECT ANSWER-awareness of speech sounds/phonemes
in spoken words
Phonics- - CORRECT ANSWER-instruction that connects sounds -> letters
Phonology- - CORRECT ANSWER-rules that determine how sounds are used in
spoken language
, Alphabetic Principle- - CORRECT ANSWER-understanding that spoken sounds are
represented in print by written letters *Cox-Childs*
Phoneme- - CORRECT ANSWER-smallest unit of sound
Fluency- - CORRECT ANSWER-reading with rapidity and automaticity
Prosody- - CORRECT ANSWER-rhythmic flow of oral reading
Pragmatics- - CORRECT ANSWER-set of rules that dictate communicative behavior-
rules we communicate by
Syntax- - CORRECT ANSWER-sentence structure ***Grammar
Semantics- - CORRECT ANSWER-word meaning
Dyslexia: - CORRECT ANSWER-An unexpected written language disorder that is
neurological in origin.
Difficulties with:
Accurate/fluent word recognition
Spelling
Decoding abilities
Misread common words, choppy, hesitant
Normal intellect
Core deficit- Phonological Awareness
Dysgraphia- - CORRECT ANSWER-difficulty or poor handwriting
Strephosymbolia- - CORRECT ANSWER-Twisted symbols, 1st term used to describe
dyslexia coined by S. Orton
Phonetics- - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of speech sounds
Phonological Awareness- - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to focus on units of sounds in
spoken language and sentence/words/syllable/phoneme levels
Grapheme- - CORRECT ANSWER-a letter or cluster of letters that represent a single
speech sound
Orthography- - CORRECT ANSWER-spelling of written language
Orthographic memory- - CORRECT ANSWER-memory of letter patterns and word
spellings
Principles of Multisensory Teaching: Someone said doing drugs sucks - CORRECT
ANSWER-Simultaneous, multisensory
Systematic and cumulative
Direct instruction
Diagnostic teaching
Synthetic and analytic
Components of Multisensory Teaching:
Please sit still making sand structures - CORRECT ANSWER-Phonology/phonological
awareness
Sound/Symbol association
Syllable instruction
Morphology
Syntax
Semantics
4 Components of Language: - CORRECT ANSWER-phonological- sounds
semantics- word meaning
syntax- grammar
pragmatics- rules for communicating
Elements of Phonological Training: - CORRECT ANSWER-Rhyme and alliteration
Sentences and Words
Syllables
Elements of Phonemic Training: - CORRECT ANSWER-Initial sound
Phonemes
Letters
Spelling Skills Instruction: - CORRECT ANSWER-Phonological awareness
Morphology
Orthography
Phonemic Awareness- - CORRECT ANSWER-awareness of speech sounds/phonemes
in spoken words
Phonics- - CORRECT ANSWER-instruction that connects sounds -> letters
Phonology- - CORRECT ANSWER-rules that determine how sounds are used in
spoken language
, Alphabetic Principle- - CORRECT ANSWER-understanding that spoken sounds are
represented in print by written letters *Cox-Childs*
Phoneme- - CORRECT ANSWER-smallest unit of sound
Fluency- - CORRECT ANSWER-reading with rapidity and automaticity
Prosody- - CORRECT ANSWER-rhythmic flow of oral reading
Pragmatics- - CORRECT ANSWER-set of rules that dictate communicative behavior-
rules we communicate by
Syntax- - CORRECT ANSWER-sentence structure ***Grammar
Semantics- - CORRECT ANSWER-word meaning
Dyslexia: - CORRECT ANSWER-An unexpected written language disorder that is
neurological in origin.
Difficulties with:
Accurate/fluent word recognition
Spelling
Decoding abilities
Misread common words, choppy, hesitant
Normal intellect
Core deficit- Phonological Awareness
Dysgraphia- - CORRECT ANSWER-difficulty or poor handwriting
Strephosymbolia- - CORRECT ANSWER-Twisted symbols, 1st term used to describe
dyslexia coined by S. Orton
Phonetics- - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of speech sounds
Phonological Awareness- - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to focus on units of sounds in
spoken language and sentence/words/syllable/phoneme levels
Grapheme- - CORRECT ANSWER-a letter or cluster of letters that represent a single
speech sound
Orthography- - CORRECT ANSWER-spelling of written language
Orthographic memory- - CORRECT ANSWER-memory of letter patterns and word
spellings
