Using this phonics children break down words into phonemes. They are then blended together to form a word.
What is synthetic phonics?
100
Children that struggle with breaking down bigger words struggle with these skills
What is word attack skills?
100
Dr. Samuel Orton came up with this term and it occurs in only 5% of dyslexics.
What is strephosymbolia?
100
I was famous for inventing the telephone, but had dyslexia.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
The area of oral language that relates to the ability to think about the sounds in a word rather than just the meaning of the word.
What is phonemic awareness?
200
Direct Instruction is teacher based while this type of instruction is more student based.
What is strategy instruction?
200
People with these can have average to above average intelligence.
What is learning disabilities?
200
This part of the brain plays a role in processing language.
What is the frontal cortex?
200
Agatha Christie was a known writer of novels in the 20th century, but she had this learning disability.
What is dysgraphia?
200
this is the action of finding the number of elements of a finite set of objects
What is counting?
300
SpellRead, Corrective Reading, and Wilson Reading all help with this type of phonics.
What is implicit phonics?
300
People with dysgraphia, have substantial difficulty with this type of language despite having formal instruction.
What is written language?
300
People with dyslexia don't always have the same of this structure.
What is the brain?
300
The only president to hold a Ph. D. and have dyslexia.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
This is a deficit in the skills of counting and calculating
What is quantitative dyscalculia?
400
Counting objects such as beans, chips, unifix cubes, and popsicle sticks fall into this category of materials for teaching math.
What are discrete materials?
400
Kindergarten students may not be able to connect phonemes to another part of a word called a
What is a grapheme?
400
Because of teacher bias more males than females are identified with this learning disability.
What is dyslexia?
400
The singer from this band has found success along with fellow band mate, Mark Sauders, despite her struggle with dyspraxia.
Who is Florence and the Machine?
400
This is the ability to make sense of what one sees.
What is visual perception?
500
This framework is set up that math instruction should follow a sequence beginning with concrete activities moving to representational activities and finishing with more abstract activities.
What is CRA Sequence?
500
If children are having trouble with figure-ground they may have this learning disability.
What is dyscalculia?
500
This type of deficit is less studied but relates to dyslexia the same as phonological processing deficit and naming speed deficit
What is orthographic deficit?
500
Mary Tyler Moore had her own show, but it wasn't easy for her in school because of this learning disability.
What is Dyscalcula?
500
This is a method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.