EBRI
meaning of EBRI
What is evidence-based reading instruction?
informs instruction
What are assessments.
Phonemic awareness and phonics
What is alphabetics?
the ability to read text accurately and smoothly
What is fluency?
the intentional thinking process that occurs as we read
What is comprehension?
studies show that students get stuck at this level
What is ABE?
teachers are knowledgeable about what their students are ready to learn and what they already know
What is using instructional time effectively?
smallest unit of sound in a word
What is a phoneme?
helps students move from decoding words to sight reading
What is fluency?
word recognition, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, understanding and background knowledge
What are the skills needed for reading comprehension?
opens the doors to student employment, training, higher education and life long learning.
What is reading?
purpose of reading assessments
What is helping students achieve in reading?
the knowledge that words are made up of a combination of individual sounds and these sounds can be manipulated
What is phonemic awareness?
oral reading
What is the best way for students to improve fluency?
interacting with text
What is an active reader?
strategies that have shown to be successful in improving reading acheivement.
What are best practices?
used to evaluate student learning and academic achievement at the conclusion of a defined instructional period
What are summative assessments?
relationship between a specific letter and sound as it relates to the written word
What is phonics?
book is too difficult for student to read
What hinders fluency?
frustration and pointless exercise in word calling
What is reading without comprehension?
Alphabetics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension
What are the components of reading?
Wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations during a lesson or unit as a tool to give feedback or to guide instruction?
What is formative assessment?
the number one reason that students have difficulty learning to read
What is a failure to master phonics?
practice, practice, practice
How does fluency improve?
sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text
What are comprehension strategies?