CALT study guide: acronyms and
Researchers (100% Accurate)
Chall's Reading Stages - ANSWERSPre-reading ( Stage 0)
Learning to Read (Decoding-1 & Fluency - 2)
Reading to learn (Multiple view points - 4 & Construction 5 & Reconstruction 6)
Chall's Reading Stage 0 - ANSWERSPre-reading: Read common signs and labels;
write own names; learns letters and some sounds
Chall's Reading Stage 1 - ANSWERSDecoding: letter sound correspondences; knows
about 1,000 most common words in language; can read simple texts
Chall's Reading Stage 2 - ANSWERSFluency: use context clues and decoding to read
Chall's Reading Stage 3 - ANSWERSLearning the New: uses reading as a tool to learn
new information
Chall's Reading Stage 4 - ANSWERSMultiple Viewpoints: read from a variety of
viewpoints
Chall's Reading Stage 5 - ANSWERSConstruction & Reconstruction: They analyze
what they read
ADHD - ANSWERSAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder: issues with executive
function
Executive function - ANSWERSCore components are goal setting, planning,
organization of behaviors over time, flexibility, attention and memory systems, and self-
regulation
ALTA - ANSWERSAcademic Language Therapy Association
1986—The Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) was formed to certify
individuals who were trained to deliver phonetic, multisensory remediation to students
with dyslexia and/or written-language disorders.
ESL - ANSWERSEnglish as a second language
IDEA - ANSWERSIndividuals with Disabilities education act:
legislation that states all persons with a disability have a right to free and public
education. (Least restrictive environment)
IEP - ANSWERSIndividualized education plan
, IMSLEC - ANSWERSInternational Multi-sensory structured literacy education council:
was formed to accredit MSL training programs.
MSL - ANSWERSMulti-sensory structured language
MSLE - ANSWERSMulti-sensory structured language education
NICHD - ANSWERSNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT - ANSWERSVisual Auditory Kinesthetic Tactile
WRAT - ANSWERSWide Range Achievement Test
M. Balmuth - ANSWERSWrote "Roots of phonics: A historical introduction." (1992)
Judith Birsh - ANSWERSWrote "Multi-sensory teaching of basic language skills" (2005)
Dr. Samuel Orton - ANSWERScoined the phrase " strephosymbolia" or twisted symbols
Strephosymbolia - ANSWERStwisted symbols
Adolf Kussmaul - ANSWERSused the phrase "word blindness" (1877)
Rudolf Berlin - ANSWERSused the term dyslexia to describe the loss of reading abilities
in stroke victims. (1887)
included dyslexia in aphasia disorders.
Mildred McGinnis - ANSWERSused multisensory intervention for children and adults
with oral language disorders.
Brocca - ANSWERSidentified the language area in the left hemisphere of the brain in
1861.
Bradley & Bryant - ANSWERSdiscovered importance of phonological awareness; two
components of reading: decoding & comprehension
Weakness in ____ interferes with decoding - ANSWERSPhonological awareness
Norman Geschwind - ANSWERStheorized dyslexia resulted from damage to the brain
in fetal development (1950's)
Isabelle Liberman - ANSWERSDeveloped Phonological Awareness Hierarchy
1. words in sentences
2. syllables in words
Researchers (100% Accurate)
Chall's Reading Stages - ANSWERSPre-reading ( Stage 0)
Learning to Read (Decoding-1 & Fluency - 2)
Reading to learn (Multiple view points - 4 & Construction 5 & Reconstruction 6)
Chall's Reading Stage 0 - ANSWERSPre-reading: Read common signs and labels;
write own names; learns letters and some sounds
Chall's Reading Stage 1 - ANSWERSDecoding: letter sound correspondences; knows
about 1,000 most common words in language; can read simple texts
Chall's Reading Stage 2 - ANSWERSFluency: use context clues and decoding to read
Chall's Reading Stage 3 - ANSWERSLearning the New: uses reading as a tool to learn
new information
Chall's Reading Stage 4 - ANSWERSMultiple Viewpoints: read from a variety of
viewpoints
Chall's Reading Stage 5 - ANSWERSConstruction & Reconstruction: They analyze
what they read
ADHD - ANSWERSAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder: issues with executive
function
Executive function - ANSWERSCore components are goal setting, planning,
organization of behaviors over time, flexibility, attention and memory systems, and self-
regulation
ALTA - ANSWERSAcademic Language Therapy Association
1986—The Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) was formed to certify
individuals who were trained to deliver phonetic, multisensory remediation to students
with dyslexia and/or written-language disorders.
ESL - ANSWERSEnglish as a second language
IDEA - ANSWERSIndividuals with Disabilities education act:
legislation that states all persons with a disability have a right to free and public
education. (Least restrictive environment)
IEP - ANSWERSIndividualized education plan
, IMSLEC - ANSWERSInternational Multi-sensory structured literacy education council:
was formed to accredit MSL training programs.
MSL - ANSWERSMulti-sensory structured language
MSLE - ANSWERSMulti-sensory structured language education
NICHD - ANSWERSNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT - ANSWERSVisual Auditory Kinesthetic Tactile
WRAT - ANSWERSWide Range Achievement Test
M. Balmuth - ANSWERSWrote "Roots of phonics: A historical introduction." (1992)
Judith Birsh - ANSWERSWrote "Multi-sensory teaching of basic language skills" (2005)
Dr. Samuel Orton - ANSWERScoined the phrase " strephosymbolia" or twisted symbols
Strephosymbolia - ANSWERStwisted symbols
Adolf Kussmaul - ANSWERSused the phrase "word blindness" (1877)
Rudolf Berlin - ANSWERSused the term dyslexia to describe the loss of reading abilities
in stroke victims. (1887)
included dyslexia in aphasia disorders.
Mildred McGinnis - ANSWERSused multisensory intervention for children and adults
with oral language disorders.
Brocca - ANSWERSidentified the language area in the left hemisphere of the brain in
1861.
Bradley & Bryant - ANSWERSdiscovered importance of phonological awareness; two
components of reading: decoding & comprehension
Weakness in ____ interferes with decoding - ANSWERSPhonological awareness
Norman Geschwind - ANSWERStheorized dyslexia resulted from damage to the brain
in fetal development (1950's)
Isabelle Liberman - ANSWERSDeveloped Phonological Awareness Hierarchy
1. words in sentences
2. syllables in words
