Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
The syllable type that consistently makes a short vowel sound
What is a closed syllable?
The two types of oral language: understanding others and sharing our thoughts
What are expressive and receptive language?
This tier of vocabulary words contains words with high content value and utility across academic contexts and subject areas.
What is Tier 2 vocabulary?
This model captures all aspects of the writing process.
What is the Writing Rope?
Fluency bridges these two aspects of reading
What are decoding and comprehension?
I am the smallest unit of sound.
What is a phoneme?
Any of these teacher practices increases both the quantity and quality of student language.
What are intentional prompts, modeling, scaffolds, and repeated exposure?
Words that are similar in spelling, meaning, and origin across languages
What are cognates?
The structured literacy principle that incorporates spelling and reading
What is multisensory?
An option for repeated reading
What are whisper read, choral read, partner read, echo read, and read/read back/read again?
Rhyming and syllable segmentation are examples of this
What is Phonological Awareness?
This practice allows multilingual learners to use their full linguistic repertoire to make meaning
What is translanguaging?
The most important factor differentiating who understood a passage best in a famous 1988 study
What is background knowledge?
A reason why sentence dictation is important
What is modeling proper syntax, building metacognition, supports auditory memory, etc?
You can scoop a sentence using these 3 questions
What is: who, did what, where?
I am the most common vowel sound in English.
What is schwa?
This practice involves pairing emerging bilingual students with varying proficiency levels to support peer language modeling.
What is strategic grouping?
These cognitive and cultural resources acquired in students' homes and communities support learning new material
What are funds of knowledge?
I govern the rules of sentence composition
What is syntax?
Fluency includes these 3 elements
What are accuracy, rate, and expression?
The syllable type that always makes a long vowel sound.
What is an open syllable?
Think-Pair-Share and structured academic conversations are examples of these.
What are partner talk protocols?
These are the three steps required to strengthen students’ background knowledge.
What are assess/activate, build, and connect?
A writing strategy to expand sentences that also builds comprehension and fluency
What is using question words?
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Norms start here
What is mid-year first grade?