academic english - Answers the english language abiltity required for academic achievement in context-
reduced situations, such as classroom lectures and textbook reading assignments. aka- CALP- cognitive
language proficiency
accuracy - Answers abilitity to recognize words correctly
affixes - Answers word parts that are fixed to either the beginning of words, prefixes, or the end of
words suffixes.
alphabetic principle - Answers the idea that written language is a code in which letters represent the
sounds in spoken words
americans with disabilities act - Answers gives civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities
similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion.
it guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accomodations, employment,
transportation, state and local govt. services and telecommunications.
automaticity - Answers refers to any skilled and complex behavior that can be performed rather easily
with little attention, effort, or consious awarenrss.
base words - Answers words from which many others are formed. ex migrate.
blend - Answers A consonant sequence before or after a vowel within a syllable. ex. cl, br, or st.
cEntral auditory processing disorder(capd) - Answers occurs when the ear and brain do not coordinate
fully. affects the hearing system beyond the ear so not always detected
cognates - Answers words in different languages related to the same root
comprehension strategies - Answers techniques used to teach comprehension; summarization,
prediction, and inferring
context clues - Answers information outside of words that readers may use to predict the identities and
meanings of unknown words
cooperative learning - Answers students working together as partners or in small groups on clearly
defined tasks
decoding - Answers the ability to translate a word from print to speech by employing knowledge of
sound-symbol correspondences( sounding out)
direct-vocab learning - Answers when students learn vocab through explicit instruction in both the
meanings of individual words and word-learning strategies