Reading Process
The first stage of the reading process
What is prereading?
Words that appear on signs, labels, and logos
What is environmental print?
The smallest unit of sound
What is a phoneme?
The bridge from here to comprehension
What is decoding?
The length of a guided reading lesson
What is 15-20 minutes?
Alone, with a partner, in a group
What are ways to read a text?
The foundation of written language
What is oral language?
The smallest meaningful unit of language
What is a morpheme?
100 words per minute
What is fluent reading?
Four to six
What is number of children in a guided reading group?
Comprehension
What is the goal of reading?
Book handling, directionality, and one-to-one matching
What is concepts of print?
All words must have one
What is a vowel?
An engaging way to do repeated readings
What is reader's theater?
Discussion, strategy review, and maybe some writing
What is the last component of a guided reading lesson?
Prereading, Reading, Responding, Exploring, Applying
What are the five stages of the reading process?
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What is the number of characters in the American alphabet?
When children learn them they can read 500 words
What is a rime? (word family, phonogram)
Readers adjust it to match the purpose for reading
What is reading rate?
Reading Recovery
What was guided reading based on?
Thinking about what you know about the topic that you will read about
What is activating background knowledge?
A message dictated by the students about a class activity that become reading materials
What is a language experience story?
Songs, rhymes, and word play
What is the best way to teach phonemic awareness?
Reading with appropriate rhythm, stress, expression, and intonation
What is prosody?
Conduct one-to-one conferences with individual students
What does the teacher do while the students are reading?