Name the ELA strands of CCSS (Common Core Standards) - Answers Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What is the purpose of MTSS/RTI? - Answers Prevention based framework for improving
academic and behavioral outcomes for every student.
RTI= - Answers Response to Intervention
MTSS= - Answers Multi Tiered System of support- whole school.
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - Answers 100%
Tier 1 - Answers All Students are instructed, screening done to monitor progress to see if
greater intervention is needed. Gen edu class room. 80% of students are proficient. progress
monitored 4-6 weeks.
Tier 2 - Answers Supplemental, Targeted Intervention - Small Groups (5-6 students) - Provided
by Classroom Teacher or Interventionist. 20 - 30 minutes for 4 or 5 days a week. Monitored
every 2-4 weeks. 95%
Tier 3 - Answers Students who have not responded to tier 1/2 or have intensive needs. Smaller
group sizes/ individual instruction. Increased instruction more focused, explicit and use of
differentiated instruction. 40-60 mins daily. Progress monitored weekly at grade level.
What is the purpose of a basal series? - Answers Teaching students to read through vocabulary,
basic linguistic concepts and reading skills.
Describe the ZPD - Answers Zone of Proximal Development- a student's abilities, what can be
performed with assistance but not independently.
Name the 5 levels of phonological awareness - Answers Words in sentences - hear and identify
words in sentences
Rhyming - identify rhyming words
Syllables - pronouncing words by syllables, hearing and identifying syllable breaks
Onset-rime - onset: everything before the first vowel rime: the first vowel and the rest of the
letters in the word
Phonemic Awareness- the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes into spoken words.
, Isolating, blending, segmenting, manipulation ( substitution, addition, deletion)
Describe 'blending': - Answers Hear individual sounds and put them together to make a word
Describe 'segmenting': - Answers splitting a word into its individual phonemes
Describe 'deletion': - Answers taking out an individual phoneme
Ex. stop-s=top
What is the single most distinguishing feature about phonemic awareness? - Answers It's all
sound and images, no text
What are phonemes? - Answers The smallest unit of sound
Ex: spoon has 4 phonemes
What is a consonant blend? - Answers 2 or more consonants that make 2 sounds.
example: blend
What is a consonant digraph? - Answers 2 consonants that make 1 sound.
example: shoe
What is a diphthong? - Answers A diphthong is a sound that is formed by the combination of
two vowels in a single syllable, and the sound begins as one vowel and moves to another.
example: boy, coin, oil
What are decodable words? - Answers Non-sight words/high frequency words that can be
broken into parts to figure out what a word is
example: sub-sti-tute
What is onset-rime? - Answers onset is everything in a word before the first vowel
rime is the first vowel and everything that comes after it
example: the word scratch
onset = scr
rime = atch
What is morphemic analysis? - Answers Morphemic analysis is the strategy used to find the