NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221
Second language acquisition - ✔✔ correct answer Make all instruction as easy to understand as possible;
Relate instruction to culture of ESL children; Increase interactive activities use gestures when modeling
Vocabulary - ✔✔ correct answer The more vocab a student knows the higher their comprehension
Print and book awareness - ✔✔ correct answer See connection between words and meaning Learn that
reading/writing are ways to obtain info and communicate ideas Learn the features of text ie read left to
right space etc etc
Print rich environment - ✔✔ correct answer Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic organizers
(and display) use big books (to point out print)
Oral and written language development - ✔✔ correct answer Develop at same time acquision of skills
support each other Oral - develops in context of social setting Written - doesn't need formal teaching if
exposed to print rich environment
Letters - ✔✔ correct answer Before learning to read/write know that letters have distinct appearance
sound name
Language skill development - ✔✔ correct answer Learn through interacting with others and experiencing
language in context Promote language development by modeling enriched vocab Use questions and
examples to extend descriptive language skills Promote ample response time Ask for clarification
Promote conversations Provide feedback so they know they've been heard
Fluency - ✔✔ correct answer Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by providing many reading
opportunities
Phonics - ✔✔ correct answer Learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by
letters. Learn to read phonetically - sound out phonemes
Decoding - ✔✔ correct answer Method/strategy to make sense of printed words and correctly
pronounce them
, NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221
Alphabetic principle - ✔✔ correct answer Use of letters and combos of letters to represent speech
sounds
Teaching phonological awareness - ✔✔ correct answer - clapping to sounds of words names all words in
sentences - practice saying blended phonemes - singing songs that involve phoneme replacement -
reading variety of texts (includes patterned and predictable alliterative) out loud - listening to
enviornmental sounds/following directions - games with rhyming chants fingerplays - group objects by
beginning sound
Onset sounds - ✔✔ correct answer Sounds at beginning of words
Phonemes - ✔✔ correct answer Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
Phonological awareness - ✔✔ correct answer Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word
syllables and individual phonemes within syllables
Literacy - ✔✔ correct answer Ability to read and write
Paragraph coherence - ✔✔ correct answer Link sentences by: - repetition of key words - substitution of
pronouns - substitution of synonyms (don't want to sound too redundant)
Journal writing - ✔✔ correct answer Give student practice with writing shouldn't be graded offer
encouraging comments
Beginning stages of learning how to write - ✔✔ correct answer - drawing pictures - scribble stage -
children have most interest in own name - learn alphabet and associating a sound with each letter still
reversing letters - correct beginning/ending letters/sounds - phonetic spelling
Order of interest - ✔✔ correct answer Dependent on level of interest audience has in subject
Order of importance - ✔✔ correct answer Relies on ranking determined by priorities
Second language acquisition - ✔✔ correct answer Make all instruction as easy to understand as possible;
Relate instruction to culture of ESL children; Increase interactive activities use gestures when modeling
Vocabulary - ✔✔ correct answer The more vocab a student knows the higher their comprehension
Print and book awareness - ✔✔ correct answer See connection between words and meaning Learn that
reading/writing are ways to obtain info and communicate ideas Learn the features of text ie read left to
right space etc etc
Print rich environment - ✔✔ correct answer Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic organizers
(and display) use big books (to point out print)
Oral and written language development - ✔✔ correct answer Develop at same time acquision of skills
support each other Oral - develops in context of social setting Written - doesn't need formal teaching if
exposed to print rich environment
Letters - ✔✔ correct answer Before learning to read/write know that letters have distinct appearance
sound name
Language skill development - ✔✔ correct answer Learn through interacting with others and experiencing
language in context Promote language development by modeling enriched vocab Use questions and
examples to extend descriptive language skills Promote ample response time Ask for clarification
Promote conversations Provide feedback so they know they've been heard
Fluency - ✔✔ correct answer Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by providing many reading
opportunities
Phonics - ✔✔ correct answer Learning to read by learning how spoken language is represented by
letters. Learn to read phonetically - sound out phonemes
Decoding - ✔✔ correct answer Method/strategy to make sense of printed words and correctly
pronounce them
, NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221
Alphabetic principle - ✔✔ correct answer Use of letters and combos of letters to represent speech
sounds
Teaching phonological awareness - ✔✔ correct answer - clapping to sounds of words names all words in
sentences - practice saying blended phonemes - singing songs that involve phoneme replacement -
reading variety of texts (includes patterned and predictable alliterative) out loud - listening to
enviornmental sounds/following directions - games with rhyming chants fingerplays - group objects by
beginning sound
Onset sounds - ✔✔ correct answer Sounds at beginning of words
Phonemes - ✔✔ correct answer Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
Phonological awareness - ✔✔ correct answer Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word
syllables and individual phonemes within syllables
Literacy - ✔✔ correct answer Ability to read and write
Paragraph coherence - ✔✔ correct answer Link sentences by: - repetition of key words - substitution of
pronouns - substitution of synonyms (don't want to sound too redundant)
Journal writing - ✔✔ correct answer Give student practice with writing shouldn't be graded offer
encouraging comments
Beginning stages of learning how to write - ✔✔ correct answer - drawing pictures - scribble stage -
children have most interest in own name - learn alphabet and associating a sound with each letter still
reversing letters - correct beginning/ending letters/sounds - phonetic spelling
Order of interest - ✔✔ correct answer Dependent on level of interest audience has in subject
Order of importance - ✔✔ correct answer Relies on ranking determined by priorities
