Creating Written Texts
What step in the writing process involves checking for grammar and spelling errors?
What is editing?
What literary device involves comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
What is the term for the ease and flow of reading that allows for comprehension?
What is fluency
Which tool is most commonly used by students to practice handwriting?
What is a pencil?
What is the term for the combination of consonants and vowels that form a word?
What are phonemes?
What type of writing tells a story, often with a beginning, middle, and end?
What is narrative writing?
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
What is alliteration?
What practice involves reading aloud to model fluent reading for students?
What is a read aloud?
What is the term for the individual strokes used to form letters?
What are letter formations?
What is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning?
What is a prefix?
What type of text aims to convince the reader to adopt a particular viewpoint?
What is persuasive writing?
What literary device gives human characteristics to non-human objects or animals?
What is personification?
What method uses leveled books to assess reading fluency and comprehension?
What is a running record?
What term describes the style of writing where letters are connected?
What is cursive?
What is the group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning?
What is a suffix?
What type of writing involves creating a structured argument with a claim, evidence, and reasoning?
What is argumentative writing?
What is a comparison without using "like" or "as," often saying one thing is another?
What is a metaphor?
In a running record, instructional level is typically identified as what % accuracy?
What is 90%-94%
By the end of which grade should students be able to write legibly and fluently in print?
What is end of stage 1?
What technique involves saying a word out loud slowly to hear all the sounds?
What is phonetic spelling?
What is the term for the marks used to clarify meaning in sentences, such as periods and commas?
What is punctuation
What term describes an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?
What is hyperbole?
What do you call a word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling?
What is a homophone?
What term describes the consistent size and spacing of letters and words?
What is uniformity?
What is the smallest unit of meaning in a word?
What is a morpheme?