Definition
Synonym
Antonym
Sentence
Context
100

The distance between a student's abilities and what they can achieve with the guidance and collaboration of an adult

What is the Zone of Proximal Development?

100

High-Frequency Words

What are sight words?

100

Native English speakers

What are English Language Learners (ELLs)?

100
We must find what ______ students so they are excited about reading.

What is motivates?

100

Response-to-Intervention (RTI)

What is the process for identifying students with learning needs and providing instruction with support?

200
The process of gathering data to provide insight into student abilities and to inform instruction

What is assessment?

200

Mistakes (in oral reading tests)

Miscues

200

Prefix

What is a suffix?

200

Teachers perform ______ assessments regularly in the classroom setting.

What is informal?

200

Formal Assessments

What are standardized tests?

300

A student can read this level of text at an appropriate rate, with correct phrasing and expression, and with 95-100% accuracy.

What is independent reading level?

300

Above-Level Students

What are gifted students?

300
Summative Assessments

What are preassessments?

300

A child's ______ ______ is gained through conversations with caring adults.

What is language development?

300

Context Clues

What are the text structures/features used to determine the meaning of words?

400

An understanding of the ways that sounds function in words

What is phonemic awareness?
400

Reading (words)

What is decoding?
400

Segmenting

What is blending?

400

The teacher gave a _____ _____ to identify the word patterns his students already knew.

What is a spelling inventory?

400

Student Interest Inventory

What is an assessment given to identify what types of books a student will find interesting?
500

A small group composed of students who are at the same reading level and receive intentional instruction based on their instructional needs

What are differentiated reading groups?

500
New Literacies

What is technology?

500

Easy Reading Level

What is frustration reading level?

500

A student's ______ has strong correlations with their reading comprehension skills.

What is vocabulary?

500

Running Records

What is an assessment used to identify the strengths/weaknesses of a student's oral reading?

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