Foundations of MSLE
What are the four key principles of MSLE instruction?
(MSCD-P)
Multisensory, Structured, Cumulative, Diagnostic-Prescriptive
This refers to starting with easier tasks and slowly introducing more complex ones.
What is scaffolding?
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a language?
What is a phoneme?
What is the purpose of keeping student error data?
To guide future instruction and determine mastery or reteaching needs.
True or False: A CALP can diagnose dyslexia.
False. Only licensed professionals can diagnose.
This educational law led to the increased use of evidence-based reading practices.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – IDEA?
In a lesson, this component provides direct teaching of a new skill or concept. Explicit or implicit?
What is the explicit instruction step?
How many phonemes are in the word “ship”?
What is 3?
When a student consistently confuses 'b' and 'd', the teacher should:
Provide direct instruction with multisensory strategies to address visual discrimination.
What does CALP stand for?
This term refers to the brain’s ability to change and adapt with instruction.
What is neuroplasticity?
The sequence of concepts taught is not random. It follows this type of order because it makes *sense and follows an *order.
What is a logical, cumulative sequence?
A grapheme is..
What is a letter or group of letters that represent a sound?
The term for adjusting your lesson plan based on student performance is:
What is prescriptive teaching?
With a CALP credential, which 2 sites can list you as a provider?
ALTA and IDA
This national landmark study from 2000 identified five essential components of effective reading instruction.
What is the National Reading Panel Report?
What are the three modalities typically engaged in multisensory instruction?
What are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile?
VAKT
The syllable in which a vowel is followed by an 'r' and has a distorted sound.
What is an r-controlled syllable?
What kind of data would you collect to inform pacing decisions? Name 3
Error analysis, mastery checks, and informal assessments.
One of your private students recently received outside testing from a psychologist and the parents have shared the testing. You would like to collaborate with a colleague to help plan instruction. What must you do first?
Get parent permission before sharing private testing.
MSLE instruction is aligned with this scientific framework of reading. (It's not so SIMPLE)
What is the Simple View of Reading?
This cognitive process helps students permanently store words in long-term memory by connecting sounds, spelling patterns, and meaning. (OM)
What is orthographic mapping?
This principle explains why we spell "cat" with a 'c' and not a 'k'.
What is the /k/ spelling rule — 'c' is used before a, o, u?
Name a benefit of teaching concepts to automaticity.
It improves fluency and frees up cognitive resources for comprehension.
True of false: As long as you're teaching with fidelity, you can give parents a timeline for when their child will be reading on grade level.
FALSE!!!!!