FTCE Reading K-12 with answers
Ability Grouping - correct answersGrouping of children with similar needs for instructional purposes.
They do not remain constant throughout the year but change as the children's needs within them
change.
Phoneme - correct answersThe smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different
from another word.
Independent Reading Level - correct answersThe level at which a student can read a text on his/her own
as indicated by a 95% accuracy rate.
Grapheme - correct answersUnit of writing that represents a single phoneme-can be a letter or group of
letters.
Morpheme - correct answersSmallest meaningful unit in the grammar of language (e.g., in, come, -ing,
forming incoming ).
Instructional Level - correct answersThe level at which students can read with the assistace of a teacher
as indicated by an 85-95% accuracy rate.
Action Research - correct answersTeacher research that is carried out by a teacher practitioner in the
classroom to help a teacher evaluate his/her performance in the classroom
Frustration Level - correct answersThe level at which students shouldn't read and indicates an accuracy
rate below 85%.
Adams, Marilyn Jager - correct answersA theorist in early reading (emergent reading) who has identified
five tasks for phonemic awareness: Task 1- Ability to hear rhymes and alliteration. Task 2- Ability to do
oddity tasks (recognize the member of a set that is different.) Task 3 -The ability to orally blend words
and split syllables. Task 4 -The ability to orally segment word. Task 5- The ability to do phonics
manipulation tasks.
Allington, Richard - correct answersMatching Text to Readers. Research has included reading and
learning disabilities, and effective instruction in classroom settings.
Alliteration - correct answersOccurs when words begin with the same consonant sound, as in Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alphabetic Principle - correct answersThe idea that written spellings represent spoken words. Also
known as graphophenemic awareness.
Anchor Book - correct answersA balanced literacy term for a book that is purposely read repeatedly and
used as part of both the reading and writing workshop. It is a good idea to use certain books that
become the children's familiar and cherished favorites for both reading and inspiring children's writing.
, Assonance - correct answersRepetition of stressed vowel sounds within words with different end
consonants. "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese".
Atwell, Nancy - correct answersAuthor of "In The Middle: Writing, Reading and Learning With
Adolescents". She believes that students become better writers if they are given ownership of what they
are writing and long uninterrupted blocks of time to write. Rejects lectures, assignments, tests and
worksheets. Mini-lessons are good to address topics as needed.
Authentic Assessment - correct answersAssessment activities that reflect the actual workplace, family,
community, and school curriculum.
Balanced Literacy Lesson Format - correct answersA format for the delivery of a literacy lesson, whether
it is a reading or writing-workshop lesson. The format begins with a 10-15 minute mini-lesson delivered
by the teacher to the whole class. This mini-lesson is then followed by a thirty-minute small-group
lesson (the children break into small groups to work). It concludes with a 10-minute share session during
which the whole class reconvenes to share what they have done in the small groups. This format is often
referred to as the whole-small-whole group approach.
Behaviorism - correct answersLearning is the acquisition of new behavior through conditioning. Three
basic assumptions are held to be true. First, learning is manifested by a change in behavior. Second, the
environment shapes behavior. And third, the principles of contiguity (how close in time two events must
be for a bond to be formed) and reinforcement (any means of increasing the likelihood that an event
will be repeated) are central to explaining the learning process.
Benchmarks - correct answersSchool, state, or nationally-mandated statements of expectations for
student learning and achievement in various content areas.
BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (An ELL/Bilingual Education term) - correct
answersLearning second-language skills and becoming proficient in a second language through face to
face interaction-translation through speaking, listening, and viewing.
Big Books - correct answersBest way to model directionality and one to one word matching in primary
grades.
Blending - correct answersThe process of hearing separate phonemes and being able to merge them
together to read the word.
Book Features - correct answersChildren need to be familiar with the following: front and back cover;
title and half-title page; dedication page; table of contents; prologue and epilogue; and foreword and
after notes. For factual books, children need to be familiar with labels, captions, glossary, index,
headings and subheadings of chapters, charts and diagrams, and sidebars.
Bound Morpheme - correct answersAn inflectional ending that can be added to a base word to change
its case, gender, number, tense or form. It cannot stand alone.
Brown & Palinscar - correct answersReciprocal Teaching researchers
Bruner, Jerome - correct answersScaffolding. Contructivism.
Ability Grouping - correct answersGrouping of children with similar needs for instructional purposes.
They do not remain constant throughout the year but change as the children's needs within them
change.
Phoneme - correct answersThe smallest unit of speech that can be used to make one word different
from another word.
Independent Reading Level - correct answersThe level at which a student can read a text on his/her own
as indicated by a 95% accuracy rate.
Grapheme - correct answersUnit of writing that represents a single phoneme-can be a letter or group of
letters.
Morpheme - correct answersSmallest meaningful unit in the grammar of language (e.g., in, come, -ing,
forming incoming ).
Instructional Level - correct answersThe level at which students can read with the assistace of a teacher
as indicated by an 85-95% accuracy rate.
Action Research - correct answersTeacher research that is carried out by a teacher practitioner in the
classroom to help a teacher evaluate his/her performance in the classroom
Frustration Level - correct answersThe level at which students shouldn't read and indicates an accuracy
rate below 85%.
Adams, Marilyn Jager - correct answersA theorist in early reading (emergent reading) who has identified
five tasks for phonemic awareness: Task 1- Ability to hear rhymes and alliteration. Task 2- Ability to do
oddity tasks (recognize the member of a set that is different.) Task 3 -The ability to orally blend words
and split syllables. Task 4 -The ability to orally segment word. Task 5- The ability to do phonics
manipulation tasks.
Allington, Richard - correct answersMatching Text to Readers. Research has included reading and
learning disabilities, and effective instruction in classroom settings.
Alliteration - correct answersOccurs when words begin with the same consonant sound, as in Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alphabetic Principle - correct answersThe idea that written spellings represent spoken words. Also
known as graphophenemic awareness.
Anchor Book - correct answersA balanced literacy term for a book that is purposely read repeatedly and
used as part of both the reading and writing workshop. It is a good idea to use certain books that
become the children's familiar and cherished favorites for both reading and inspiring children's writing.
, Assonance - correct answersRepetition of stressed vowel sounds within words with different end
consonants. "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese".
Atwell, Nancy - correct answersAuthor of "In The Middle: Writing, Reading and Learning With
Adolescents". She believes that students become better writers if they are given ownership of what they
are writing and long uninterrupted blocks of time to write. Rejects lectures, assignments, tests and
worksheets. Mini-lessons are good to address topics as needed.
Authentic Assessment - correct answersAssessment activities that reflect the actual workplace, family,
community, and school curriculum.
Balanced Literacy Lesson Format - correct answersA format for the delivery of a literacy lesson, whether
it is a reading or writing-workshop lesson. The format begins with a 10-15 minute mini-lesson delivered
by the teacher to the whole class. This mini-lesson is then followed by a thirty-minute small-group
lesson (the children break into small groups to work). It concludes with a 10-minute share session during
which the whole class reconvenes to share what they have done in the small groups. This format is often
referred to as the whole-small-whole group approach.
Behaviorism - correct answersLearning is the acquisition of new behavior through conditioning. Three
basic assumptions are held to be true. First, learning is manifested by a change in behavior. Second, the
environment shapes behavior. And third, the principles of contiguity (how close in time two events must
be for a bond to be formed) and reinforcement (any means of increasing the likelihood that an event
will be repeated) are central to explaining the learning process.
Benchmarks - correct answersSchool, state, or nationally-mandated statements of expectations for
student learning and achievement in various content areas.
BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (An ELL/Bilingual Education term) - correct
answersLearning second-language skills and becoming proficient in a second language through face to
face interaction-translation through speaking, listening, and viewing.
Big Books - correct answersBest way to model directionality and one to one word matching in primary
grades.
Blending - correct answersThe process of hearing separate phonemes and being able to merge them
together to read the word.
Book Features - correct answersChildren need to be familiar with the following: front and back cover;
title and half-title page; dedication page; table of contents; prologue and epilogue; and foreword and
after notes. For factual books, children need to be familiar with labels, captions, glossary, index,
headings and subheadings of chapters, charts and diagrams, and sidebars.
Bound Morpheme - correct answersAn inflectional ending that can be added to a base word to change
its case, gender, number, tense or form. It cannot stand alone.
Brown & Palinscar - correct answersReciprocal Teaching researchers
Bruner, Jerome - correct answersScaffolding. Contructivism.
