Chapter 4

Advanced Word Reading

100

• -A morpheme added to the end of a root or base word; also called an affix.  -s, -ed, -ing, influence the grammar of a sentence

What is Suffix

200

• A morpheme that precedes a root or base word and modifies its meaning; also called an affix. In the word submarine, sub is vocabulary word.

What is Prefix

300

• The ability to consciously plan, monitor, and select effective strategies when reading for comprehension. Examples of this skill include: assessing what one already knows about a given topic before reading, assessing the nature of the learning task, planning specific reading/thinking strategies, determining what needs to be learned, assessing what is comprehended or not comprehended during reading, thinking about what is important and unimportant, evaluating the effectiveness of the reading/thinking strategy, revising what is known, and revising the strategy.

what is metacognitive skills

400

- An r after a vowel always changes the sound of the vowel. Examples are or as in portrait or ar as in partial.

what is r-controlled syllables

500

• Any of a wide variety of technology applications designed to help students with disabilities learn, communicate, enjoy recreation, and otherwise function more independently by bypassing their disabilities. Also called adaptive technology.

what is assistive technology

Vocabulary

100

• The smallest parts of words that have a distinctive meaning. 

what is Morphemes

200

• An instructional activity that provides students with extra practice using past-tense verbs.

what is Yesterday Game

300

• The part of the word that contains the basic meaning of the word. The words diction, dictate, predict, and contradict all have the common Latin root dict, which means to say.

what is root

400

-Suffixes added to the end of words, such as -ed, -es, -ing, and -s, that indicate tense, number, possession, or gender when added to the base word. These words can present unique spelling or reading difficulties because this vocabulary word can have more than one sound or the ending can change the spelling of the base word.

what is Inflectional ENDINGS

500

• Words having the vowel–consonant–silent e pattern. Examples include cake, mine, and pole.

what is VCe words

Reading Skills

100

• Vowel blends in which the first sound appears to glide into the second sound. Examples include /ou/ as in mouse and /oi/ as in boil.

what is Diphthongs

200

• Two successive letters articulated as a single phoneme. Examples include /ch/ as in chop, /th/ as in this, and /oo/ as in book.

what is Digraphs

300

Morphemes attached before or after a base or root word to modify its meaning.

Affixes

400

-A cluster in which two or more adjacent letters form one distinct sound. Examples of letter combinations include the digraphs sh, ar, and ee, and the diphthongs oi and ou.

what is Letter combinations

500

• unit of speech, formed around a vowel or group of vowels that has one or more consonants preceding or following it. The word bat consists of one syllable; the word spin ner consists of two syllables.

what is Syllable