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Terms in this set (106)
Transitional stage a student who has moved beyond phonetic spelling stage and
are familiar with sophisticated correct rules and conventions
being aware and self-regulating one's
own thinking as comprehension takes
place. Self-monitoring, or
Metacognition stopping to self-assess and check one's own understanding is most
related to metacognition
student sentences: correct the student recognizes that each syllable should contain a
sentence: the children knew vowel but does not alway add these letters correctly and is
familiar with consonant doubling
they would get in trouble.
The lessons were easy for
them incorrect sentence: the
children new they wood get
in truble. They lessens were
easy for the,
What is happening here?
Children begin to comprehend letter to Sam
correspondences. They frequently use simple logic to
semi-phonetic stage
symbolize words with single letters. A good example is using
"U" for "you".
,phonetic stage The child uses a letter or group of letters to represent every
speech sound that they hear in a word. Although some of
their choices do not conform to conventional English
spelling, they are systematic and easily understood.
Examples are KOM for come and EN for in.
5 essential components of an 1. phonemic awareness
effective reading instruction 2. phonics
program?
3. vocabulary development
4. reading fluency
5. Reading comprehension strategies
phonemic awareness The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual
sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
phonics -the understanding that there is a predictable relationship
between phonemes (sounds of spoken language) and
graphemes (the letter and spelling that represent those sounds
in written language)
-you use the relationships to recognize familiar words and
identify/decode unfamiliar ones
Vocabulary development -the knowledge of stored information about the meanings and
pronunciations of words necessary for communication
-important for sounding out words a student might be unfamiliar
with
reading fluency -the ability read words accurately and quickly
-reading with speed, accuracy, and proper expression
reading comprehension culmination of all the reading strategies and the ultimate goal
strategies is learning to read
, an entering-level ell student correct answer: the home language's writing system is
has acquired grade-level alphabetic as is english why:
literacy skills in the home
-english is an alphabetic language and reading english is
language. Which of the
following features of the based on the alphabetic principle
home language would be -letters and letter combinations represent the speech sounds of a
most likely to support the language
transfer of basic literacy skills
-there are systematic and predictable relationships between
from home language to
written letters and spoken words
english?
Ex: teachers begin teaching the letters and their corresponding
sounds in isolation
-M=/m/
-Moon= /m//oo//n/
Students have gained Independent level texts
decoding skills but need Why?
work on building
-It is best practice for teachers to expose students often
automaticity and improving
to a wide variety written at their independent level for
reading levels. Which text
the purpose of improving reading automaticity and rate
would be appropriate for
-rate= accuracy and speed
the students?
phonemic blending the ability to hear the individual sounds in a word, put the
words together, and say the word that is made
-what words am I trying to say: /f/ /i/ /s/ /h/
Diagnostic assessment -Used to pinpoint an individual student's specific areas of
weakness and strength to use the results to inform
instruction
-primarily used to diagnose student difficulty and to
guide lesson and curriculum planning
-linking letter-name and sound instruction for each unknown
Strategy used to first
letter and have the student practice forming each target letter
promote student's
while saying its name and sound -have the student connect
development of letter
the name, sound, and have visual features of each target
knowledge?
letter
Definitive Solutions.
Terms in this set (106)
Transitional stage a student who has moved beyond phonetic spelling stage and
are familiar with sophisticated correct rules and conventions
being aware and self-regulating one's
own thinking as comprehension takes
place. Self-monitoring, or
Metacognition stopping to self-assess and check one's own understanding is most
related to metacognition
student sentences: correct the student recognizes that each syllable should contain a
sentence: the children knew vowel but does not alway add these letters correctly and is
familiar with consonant doubling
they would get in trouble.
The lessons were easy for
them incorrect sentence: the
children new they wood get
in truble. They lessens were
easy for the,
What is happening here?
Children begin to comprehend letter to Sam
correspondences. They frequently use simple logic to
semi-phonetic stage
symbolize words with single letters. A good example is using
"U" for "you".
,phonetic stage The child uses a letter or group of letters to represent every
speech sound that they hear in a word. Although some of
their choices do not conform to conventional English
spelling, they are systematic and easily understood.
Examples are KOM for come and EN for in.
5 essential components of an 1. phonemic awareness
effective reading instruction 2. phonics
program?
3. vocabulary development
4. reading fluency
5. Reading comprehension strategies
phonemic awareness The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual
sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
phonics -the understanding that there is a predictable relationship
between phonemes (sounds of spoken language) and
graphemes (the letter and spelling that represent those sounds
in written language)
-you use the relationships to recognize familiar words and
identify/decode unfamiliar ones
Vocabulary development -the knowledge of stored information about the meanings and
pronunciations of words necessary for communication
-important for sounding out words a student might be unfamiliar
with
reading fluency -the ability read words accurately and quickly
-reading with speed, accuracy, and proper expression
reading comprehension culmination of all the reading strategies and the ultimate goal
strategies is learning to read
, an entering-level ell student correct answer: the home language's writing system is
has acquired grade-level alphabetic as is english why:
literacy skills in the home
-english is an alphabetic language and reading english is
language. Which of the
following features of the based on the alphabetic principle
home language would be -letters and letter combinations represent the speech sounds of a
most likely to support the language
transfer of basic literacy skills
-there are systematic and predictable relationships between
from home language to
written letters and spoken words
english?
Ex: teachers begin teaching the letters and their corresponding
sounds in isolation
-M=/m/
-Moon= /m//oo//n/
Students have gained Independent level texts
decoding skills but need Why?
work on building
-It is best practice for teachers to expose students often
automaticity and improving
to a wide variety written at their independent level for
reading levels. Which text
the purpose of improving reading automaticity and rate
would be appropriate for
-rate= accuracy and speed
the students?
phonemic blending the ability to hear the individual sounds in a word, put the
words together, and say the word that is made
-what words am I trying to say: /f/ /i/ /s/ /h/
Diagnostic assessment -Used to pinpoint an individual student's specific areas of
weakness and strength to use the results to inform
instruction
-primarily used to diagnose student difficulty and to
guide lesson and curriculum planning
-linking letter-name and sound instruction for each unknown
Strategy used to first
letter and have the student practice forming each target letter
promote student's
while saying its name and sound -have the student connect
development of letter
the name, sound, and have visual features of each target
knowledge?
letter
