Assessment
Series of short tests designed to evaluate literacy skills
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DIBELS
CVC abbreviated meaning
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Consonant-vowel-consonant
Words that describe or modify nouns, like blue or quick.
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Adjective
Students work in small groups, read the same text, practice 'roles' assigned to them, and talk about the text.
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Literature circle
SoR's Big 6 Skills & Competencies
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Comprehension, oral language, phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary
The three reading levels
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Independent Level, Instructional Level, and Frustration Level.
Example of a compound word
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(ex. sunflower, mailbox, catfish, etc.)
Read this sentence:
"The brown, fluffy dog eagerly awaited its owner to come home."
Which word in this sentence is an adverb?
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Eagerly
Students take notes while reading, draw a picture from the notes, and write a description of the picture.
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Induced Imagery Procedure
Monitoring your own thinking
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Metacognition
The assessment that determines reading level
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Running Records
too, to, and two, are examples of
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Homophone
Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses.
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Conjunction
Develops comprehension by having students take turns asking questions, summarizing, clarifies what was difficult, and predicting
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Reciprocal Teaching
Learn about reading & writing through everyday life activities
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Whole Language Approach
Three common types of running records
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F&P, QRI, and IRI
Understanding that there are predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds
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Alphabetic Principle
Ew, ow, and yikes are examples of this
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interjection
SQ3R abbreviated meaning
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Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review
The difference between skill and strategy
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Skill = automatic
Strategy = learned
DIBELS abbreviated meaning
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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
The most common vowel sound in the English language
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Schwa
'In', 'to', and 'of' are examples of what
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Prepositions
Students respond to true/false statement before reading. After reading, they check their responses and reflect.
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Anticipation Guide
Blending a phonics-based and whole language approach to teach literacy
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Balanced-life approach