WGU D677- Elementary Literacy
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language acquisition - correct answer ✔✔process in which students acquire the ability to
comprehend language, and have the skills necessary to use words and sentences to
communicate.
four-part processor - correct answer ✔✔a framework that describes how the brain processes
written language involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors
working together to facilitate reading.
Orthographic Processor - correct answer ✔✔the part of the brain that helps us recognize and
remember the visual patterns of written words and letters.
Phonological Processor - correct answer ✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us recognize,
remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language.
Meaning Processor - correct answer ✔✔the part of the brain that helps us understand and
interpret the meanings of words and sentences.
Context Processor - correct answer ✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us understand words
and sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation.
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases,
clauses, and sentences in a language.
, The 5 Pillars of Literacy - correct answer ✔✔phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab,
comprehension
Scarborough's Reading Rope - correct answer ✔✔Model of reading development that focuses
on the different elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main strands:
Language Comprehension and Word Recognition and each contain their own sub-strands.
Alphabetic Principle - correct answer ✔✔an understanding that letters and letter patterns
represent the sounds of spoken words.
Ehri's Phases of Word Development - correct answer ✔✔shows how children progress from
recognizing words as visual symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the
concept that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
The Tolman Hourglass Model - correct answer ✔✔shows how reading skills develop
sequentially, starting with general language abilities (phonological awareness) and focusing on
specific phonemic awareness before broadening again to fluent reading, spelling, and
understanding (orthography).
Phoneme - correct answer ✔✔smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - correct answer ✔✔the smallest part of written language that represents a
phoneme in the spelling of a word.
Prosody - correct answer ✔✔reading with appropriate expression, intonation, and phrasing.
Transcription - correct answer ✔✔the process of converting spoken sounds into written symbols
or letters.
Curriculum questions well answered
already passed
language acquisition - correct answer ✔✔process in which students acquire the ability to
comprehend language, and have the skills necessary to use words and sentences to
communicate.
four-part processor - correct answer ✔✔a framework that describes how the brain processes
written language involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors
working together to facilitate reading.
Orthographic Processor - correct answer ✔✔the part of the brain that helps us recognize and
remember the visual patterns of written words and letters.
Phonological Processor - correct answer ✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us recognize,
remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language.
Meaning Processor - correct answer ✔✔the part of the brain that helps us understand and
interpret the meanings of words and sentences.
Context Processor - correct answer ✔✔· the part of the brain that helps us understand words
and sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation.
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases,
clauses, and sentences in a language.
, The 5 Pillars of Literacy - correct answer ✔✔phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab,
comprehension
Scarborough's Reading Rope - correct answer ✔✔Model of reading development that focuses
on the different elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main strands:
Language Comprehension and Word Recognition and each contain their own sub-strands.
Alphabetic Principle - correct answer ✔✔an understanding that letters and letter patterns
represent the sounds of spoken words.
Ehri's Phases of Word Development - correct answer ✔✔shows how children progress from
recognizing words as visual symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the
concept that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
The Tolman Hourglass Model - correct answer ✔✔shows how reading skills develop
sequentially, starting with general language abilities (phonological awareness) and focusing on
specific phonemic awareness before broadening again to fluent reading, spelling, and
understanding (orthography).
Phoneme - correct answer ✔✔smallest unit of sound
Grapheme - correct answer ✔✔the smallest part of written language that represents a
phoneme in the spelling of a word.
Prosody - correct answer ✔✔reading with appropriate expression, intonation, and phrasing.
Transcription - correct answer ✔✔the process of converting spoken sounds into written symbols
or letters.
