Question 1.
Phonology
ANSWER
Producing & understanding speech sounds
Question 2.
Morphology
ANSWER
The study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language.
Question 3.
Syntax
ANSWER
The rules, principles and processes that govern the ways words are arranged in sentences
Question 4.
Semantics (Meaning )
ANSWER
Does it make sense? Making sense of text and relaying meaningful connections
Question 5.
Prosody
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Intonation & rhythm of speech: pitch, stress
Question 6.
Pragmatics
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All factors besides the words themselves that effect how someone interprets your meaning. (verbal tone, body language, etc.) Vary greatly between cultures
Question 7.
Syntactic (Structure )
ANSWER
Does it sound right? Making sense of the actual words in the sentence. Knowledge of how structure of language works
, Question 8.
Graphophonic (Visual )
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Does it look right? Ability to sound out words or recognize them holistically (visually)
Question 9.
Forms of emergent writing
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Drawing, scribbling, letter-like, prephonemic spelling (real letters but random), Copying, Invented spelling (alphabetic principle, represents sound),
Conventional spelling
Question 10.
Stages of Reading Development
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Emergent, Early, Transitional and Fluent
Question 11.
Emergent Reader
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Recognizing letters, words and some language patterns. Beginning to focus attention on letter-sound relationships
Question 12.
Early Reader
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Use several strategies to predict a word. Uses Pictures to confirm predictions. Pays close attn. to visual cues & language patterns
Question 13.
Transitional Reader
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Likes to read series books as a comprehension strategy. Reads at a good pace. Strategies to figure out most words.
Question 14.
Fluent Reader
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Understand & confident about text and how it works. Maintains meaning through longer & more complex stretches of language.
Question 15.
Compound Sentence
ANSWER
Two independent clauses joined by: a conjunction with a comma, a semicolon, a colon, a dash or a conjunction with a semicolon