Early Childhood Education 001 GACE Exam 2023 Update

Early Childhood Education 001 GACE Exam 2023 Update Phonemic Awareness - Answer-Acknowledgement of sounds and words. **This can be done for hearing/speaking** The ability to break down words and hear spearate and/ or different sounds and to distinguish among the sounds one hears. Phonics - Answer-The connection between the sounds and letters on a page. *Must be done while reading* Comprehension - Answer-Reader ascribes meaning to text Fluency - Answer-The ability to read in much the same manner as speaking. Vocabulary - Answer-demonstrates the strong ties between oral and written language. Phonological Awareness - Answer-The ability to recognize the sound of spoken words The Logographic Phase - Answer-Children recognize whole words that have significance for them-such as their name, stores they go to or products they use. The Analytic Phase - Answer-Children make associations between the spelling patterns in the words they know and the new words they encounter. The Orthographic Phase - Answer-Children recognize words almost automatically The Alphabetic Principle aka Graphophonemic Awareness - Answer-understanding that written words are composed of patterns or letters that represent the sound of spoken words. Two Parts of the Alphabetic Principle: - Answer---Words are made of letters and each letter has a specific sound --Sounds and letters lead to phonological reading. This consists of regular and irregular words as well as doing advanced analysis of words. Word Analysis - Answer-The process readers use to figure out unfamiliar words based on written patterns. Decode - Answer-To change communication signals into messages Continues...