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NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221
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Second language acquisition
Ans: Make all instruction as easy to understand as
possible; Relate instruction to culture of ESL children;
Increase interactive activities use gestures when
modeling
Vocabulary
Ans: The more vocab a student knows the higher their
comprehension
Print and book awareness
Ans: 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
Ans: Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic
organizers (and display) use big books (to point out
print)
Oral and written language development
pg. 1
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Ans: 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
Ans: Before learning to read/write know that letters
have distinct appearance sound name
Language skill development
Ans: 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
Ans: Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by
providing many reading opportunities
Phonics
Ans: Learning to read by learning how spoken language
is represented by letters. Learn to read phonetically -
sound out phonemes
Decoding
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Ans: Method/strategy to make sense of printed words
and correctly pronounce them
Alphabetic principle
Ans: Use of letters and combos of letters to represent
speech sounds
Teaching phonological awareness
Ans: - 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
Ans: Sounds at beginning of words
Phonemes
Ans: Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
Phonological awareness
Ans: Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken
word syllables and individual phonemes within syllables
Literacy
pg. 3
NYSTCE Childhood Literacy 221
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
/Already Graded A+
Second language acquisition
Ans: Make all instruction as easy to understand as
possible; Relate instruction to culture of ESL children;
Increase interactive activities use gestures when
modeling
Vocabulary
Ans: The more vocab a student knows the higher their
comprehension
Print and book awareness
Ans: 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
Ans: Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic
organizers (and display) use big books (to point out
print)
Oral and written language development
pg. 1
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Ans: 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
Ans: Before learning to read/write know that letters
have distinct appearance sound name
Language skill development
Ans: 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
Ans: Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by
providing many reading opportunities
Phonics
Ans: Learning to read by learning how spoken language
is represented by letters. Learn to read phonetically -
sound out phonemes
Decoding
pg. 2
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Ans: Method/strategy to make sense of printed words
and correctly pronounce them
Alphabetic principle
Ans: Use of letters and combos of letters to represent
speech sounds
Teaching phonological awareness
Ans: - 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
Ans: Sounds at beginning of words
Phonemes
Ans: Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
Phonological awareness
Ans: Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken
word syllables and individual phonemes within syllables
Literacy
pg. 3
