Reading Rope
Vocabulary Comprehension
Genres/Quality Lit
Writing Instruction
Writing Rope
Smith Nuggets
200
This comprehension process involves taking what the author says and applying it to what you know to make meaning.
Making an inference
200
True or False
Background knowledge is not essential to reading comprehension.
False
knowledge helps you free up working memory
200
Name that Genre:
A story that is not possible and may include talking animals or magical powers
Fantasy
200
What does TAP stand for?
Task, Audience, Purpose
200
What are transcription skills?
Handwriting, Word Processing, and Spelling
200
What side of the brain is the language processing side?
Left
400
What is the simple view of reading?
WR x LC = RC
400
Which vocabulary tier should we spend the majority of our instructional time on?
Tier 2
400
Name that Genre:
A story that uses fictional characters, but could happen
Realistic Fiction
400
What is the purpose of Orthographic Mapping?
Permanently store words in long-term memory
400
What are the stages of the writing process?
400
True or False
We learn to read from print to speech.
We learn to read from speech to print!
600
What are the two categories on the reading rope?
Language Comprehension
Word Recognition
600
What are the three categories of comprehension strategies on the SOSA wheel?
Within, Beyond, About the Text
600
Name that Genre:
Stories that are passed down from one group to another; include fairy tales, folk tales, myths, fables, and legends.
Traditional Literature
600
What are the essential components of a writing block?
600
What are the three types of writing genres studied through the elementary standards?
Narrative, Informative, Persuasive/Opinion
600
What is the academic vocabulary term that means spelling?
Encoding
800
True or False
Explicit and systematic instruction is critical component to every lesson.
True!
800
What three factors contribute to comprehension?
Reader, Text, Activity
800
What are the components of a genre study?
Collect, Immerse, Study, Define, Teach, Revise, Edit
800
Name one of the four recommendations provided in the WWC article on how to teach elementary students how to be effective writers.
●Provide daily time for students to write.
●Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes.
●Teach student to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing, and word processing.
Create an engaged community of writers.
800
What is it called when we help students apply knowledge of oral language to written language?
Syntax
Syntactic Awareness
800
What are the three phases of a writing conference?
Research, Decision, Teaching
1000
What is the relationship between fluency and comprehension?
The more fluent and automatic the reader becomes, the more energy is saved for strategic comprehension.
1000
What are two ways to build oral vocabulary?
Speaking and Listening
1000
Name 3 of the 5 text qualities we learned about in class.
Style, Setting, Character, Plot, Theme
1000
What are the stages of writing development?
Pre-Alphabetic
Emergent
Transitional
Fluent, Conventional
1000
What is the simple view of writing?
Foundational Writing Skills x Composition = Skilled Written Expression
1000
Orthographically map the world 'cupcake'.
c-u-p-c-a-ke