WGU D677- Elementary Literacy
Curriculum Practice Questions With
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language acquisition - ✔✔✔✔process in which students acquire the ability to comprehend language,
and have the skills necessary to use words and sentences to communicate.
four-part processor - ✔✔✔✔a framework that describes how the brain processes written language
involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors working together to facilitate
reading.
Orthographic Processor - ✔✔✔✔the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the visual
patterns of written words and letters.
Phonological Processor - ✔✔✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and work
with the sounds in spoken language.
Meaning Processor - ✔✔✔✔the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the meanings
of words and sentences.
Context Processor - ✔✔✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us understand words and sentences based
on the surrounding text and overall situation.
Syntax - ✔✔✔✔the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases, clauses, and
sentences in a language.
The 5 Pillars of Literacy - ✔✔✔✔phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comprehension
, Scarborough's Reading Rope - ✔✔✔✔Model of reading development that focuses on the different
elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main strands: Language Comprehension
and Word Recognition and each contain their own sub-strands.
Alphabetic Principle - ✔✔✔✔an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of
spoken words.
Ehri's Phases of Word Development - ✔✔✔✔shows how children progress from recognizing words as
visual symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the concept that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
The Tolman Hourglass Model - ✔✔✔✔shows how reading skills develop sequentially, starting with
general language abilities (phonological awareness) and focusing on specific phonemic awareness
before broadening again to fluent reading, spelling, and understanding (orthography).
Phoneme - ✔✔✔✔smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - ✔✔✔✔the smallest part of written language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a
word.
Prosody - ✔✔✔✔reading with appropriate expression, intonation, and phrasing.
Transcription - ✔✔✔✔the process of converting spoken sounds into written symbols or letters.
Composition - ✔✔✔✔the process of creating written text by organizing and expressing ideas coherently.
text structure - ✔✔✔✔how a text is organized, such as using sequences, causes and effects, problems
and solutions, or comparisons.
Oral Communication - ✔✔✔✔Includes reading, discussions, and storytelling activities.
Curriculum Practice Questions With
Answers(100% ACCURATE)
language acquisition - ✔✔✔✔process in which students acquire the ability to comprehend language,
and have the skills necessary to use words and sentences to communicate.
four-part processor - ✔✔✔✔a framework that describes how the brain processes written language
involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors working together to facilitate
reading.
Orthographic Processor - ✔✔✔✔the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the visual
patterns of written words and letters.
Phonological Processor - ✔✔✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and work
with the sounds in spoken language.
Meaning Processor - ✔✔✔✔the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the meanings
of words and sentences.
Context Processor - ✔✔✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us understand words and sentences based
on the surrounding text and overall situation.
Syntax - ✔✔✔✔the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases, clauses, and
sentences in a language.
The 5 Pillars of Literacy - ✔✔✔✔phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comprehension
, Scarborough's Reading Rope - ✔✔✔✔Model of reading development that focuses on the different
elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main strands: Language Comprehension
and Word Recognition and each contain their own sub-strands.
Alphabetic Principle - ✔✔✔✔an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of
spoken words.
Ehri's Phases of Word Development - ✔✔✔✔shows how children progress from recognizing words as
visual symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the concept that letters and letter
patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
The Tolman Hourglass Model - ✔✔✔✔shows how reading skills develop sequentially, starting with
general language abilities (phonological awareness) and focusing on specific phonemic awareness
before broadening again to fluent reading, spelling, and understanding (orthography).
Phoneme - ✔✔✔✔smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - ✔✔✔✔the smallest part of written language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a
word.
Prosody - ✔✔✔✔reading with appropriate expression, intonation, and phrasing.
Transcription - ✔✔✔✔the process of converting spoken sounds into written symbols or letters.
Composition - ✔✔✔✔the process of creating written text by organizing and expressing ideas coherently.
text structure - ✔✔✔✔how a text is organized, such as using sequences, causes and effects, problems
and solutions, or comparisons.
Oral Communication - ✔✔✔✔Includes reading, discussions, and storytelling activities.
