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100
Words that appear to be recognized and pronounced on sight, without any conscious application of decoding or word analysis strategies.
What are sight words?
100
The smallest unit of meaning in a word.
What is a morpheme?
100

The reader will be able to determine clues from the passage to "infer" meaning.  The student will "read between the lines" and look deeper than the passage explicitly stated and wonder or predict what will happen.

What is inferential comprehension?

100

 This serves as a reference for confirming and studying meanings, pronunciations, and spellings of words.

What is a dictionary?

100

The student will display their thinking when comprehension breaks down and a strategy is needed.  They may use visualization or synthesizing to better understand the text.  For example, "I'm not sure what this word means..." 

What is self-monitoring?

200
Word walls, and other words students encounter throughout the day.
What is environmental print?
200
A single morpheme that can stand alone.
What is a free morpheme?
200

A word divided up after the first vowel consonant and before the second consonant vowel combination.

What is the VC/CV syllabication generalization?

200
This mark indicates a long or short vowel sound or indicates stress or accent.
What is a diacritical mark?
200

The process of recognizing unknown words by using knowledge of word structure.  

What is structural analysis?

300

The 400 words that make up about 70% of writing?

What are "high frequency words"?

300
A morpheme that is meaning bearing, but cannot stand alone. Example: "s" in cats. (Has a meaning - plural, but can't stand alone)
What is a bound morpheme?
300

A word that is divided up after the first vowel and before the first consonant vowel combination.

What is the V/CV syllabication generalization?

300
Syllables in a word that are emphasized.
What is accented?
300
Two words that have the opposite meaning. Example: female; male hot; cold
What are an antonyms?
400
The most well-known list of sight words?
What is the Dolch list?
400
Often changes the grammatical function, but not the core meaning of the root word to which it is added. Example: cat to cats or walk to walked
What are inflectional endings?
400
A word that is divided up after the first vowel consonant and before the second vowel.
What is the VC/V syllabication generalization?
400
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning. Example: Bliss - Happiness Mad - Angry
What is a synonym?
400

Two words having the same sounds but different spellings and meanings. Example: Too; two Their, there

What is a homophone?

500

The reader will be able to retell events in the story in sequential fashion and provide information that is explicitly stated in the text.  

What is literal comprehension ?

500

The new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part of speech. god - goddess self - selfless

What are derivational endings?

500
A prefix or suffix.
What is an affix?
500
When a vowel is followed by an r, it makes a special sound. Example: ar, ir, or, er car, guitar, care, pier, manor, butter
What is r-controlled?
500

The student will activate background knowledge, use connections, display understanding of difficult vocabulary words, and showcase prior knowledge.

What is engagement of schema?

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