Comprehension
Before I read a book to my class, I look at the cover of the book and tell them what I think it will be about. What comprehension strategy am I modeling?
Predicting
True or False: A valid way to assess a student's spelling ability is to read his/her writing journal.
In what stage of spelling does the following error belong?
chrain (train)
Letter Name
How many syllables are in the word elementary?
Base word
The answer to these 2 types of questions cannot be found in the book. What are they?
Author and Me
On Your Own
What assessment would a teacher give to determine how well a child can read multisyllabic words?
Informal Decoding Inventory (IDI)
In what stage of spelling does the following error belong?
hideing (hiding)
Syllables and Affixes
Name the 6 syllable types
closed, open, r-controlled, VCe, c+le, vowel team
Teaching morphology helps with what 3 things?
decoding
encoding
comprehension
This assessment tells me what comprehension strategies a student uses while reading.
Think Aloud Assessment
You gave one of your 4th grade students an Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) and these were her results:
4th grade passage- 98% accuracy, 56% comprehension
What will you do next and why?
Have her read a 3rd grade passage because her comprehension is at the frustration level
In what stage of spelling does the following error belong?
drayn (drain)
Within Word Pattern
Label the syllable types in Thursday?
Thurs-r controlled
day- vowel team
DAILY DOUBLE
What are the 3 strands of the cognitive model that lead to reading comprehension?
automatic word recognition
language comprehension
strategic knowledge
The principal walks into my classroom and sees me working with a small group of students and they are reading and then stopping to discuss places they needed to clarify, making predictions, summarizing and asking questions about what they read. What type of teaching is the principal observing?
Reciprocal Teaching
DAILY DOUBLE
What are 3 things a teacher could tell about a student by having them read a passage aloud?
fluency
decoding
self correcting errors
In what stage of spelling does the following error belong?
fortunite (fortunate)
Derivational Relations
Label the syllable types in unbearable.
un-closed
bear-r controlled
a-open syllable exception (schwa)
ble- c +le
Which word would be best to use for an example when teaching the word part strategy:
cobweb
instruction
disobeyed
disobeyed
Name the 3 activities that happen while using Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS).
Partner Read with Retelling
Paragraph Shrinking
Prediction Relays
What is an evidence based practice for assessing English Language Learners that involves testing, teaching and re-testing?
Dynamic Assessment
Emergent
Letter Name/Alphabetic
Within Word Pattern
Syllables and Affixes
Derivational Relations
What does it mean to use structural analysis to decode unfamiliar words?
learning to read prefixes and suffixes
What are 2 benefits of teaching syntax and sentence combining?
It helps with reading comprehension.
It's a meaningful way to teach grammar and punctuation.
It makes their writing more readable and engaging.