Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Comprehension
Vocabulary
100

What are some examples of phonemic awareness activities? 

isolation, blending, segmenting, rhyming

100

What are some activities to teach phonics?

multi-sensory, word families, decodables, manipulatives

100

What are two components of fluency?

accuracy, speed, prosody

100

What comprehension strategy involves thinking of what will happen next in the story?

Prediction

100

What is the strategy of using other words within a text to define unknown words? 

Context Clues

200

Explain the difference between phonics and phonemic awareness. 

Phonics- what you see

Phonemic- What you hear

200

What phonics term refers to two consonants that appear together and make a distinct sound such as "sh", "ch", or "th"? 

Digraphs

200

What are some types of classroom reading strategies to improve fluency? 

choral reading, echo reading, repeated reading, fluency passages

200

Name two different connections students can make with the text.

Text to Text

Text to Self

Text to World

200

What strategies can be used to teach vocabulary?

Word maps, word walls, semantic mapping, word association

300

Define alliteration.

Words with the same sounds at the beginning

300

What is the difference between decoding and encoding? 

Decoding is the reading and encoding is writing (spelling)

300

Why is fluency important? 

It impacts overall comprehension. 

300

What are two types of graphic organizers to aid in comprehension?

T-Chart

Venn Diagram

KWL

Story Map

300

How does a strong vocabulary contribute to comprehension? 

Understanding text, identifying key information, making inferences

400

How does phonemic awareness relate to phonics?

Students need to know letter sounds and what letter symbol that relates to.

400
Tell us some phonics rules.

Silent e, vowel teams, digraphs, blends

400

Define prosody. 

Reading accurately, quickly, and with expression

400

This type of comprehension question requires students to draw conclusions based on information that is not explicitly stated. 

Inferential- Inferencing


400

Define morphological awareness in vocabulary development. 

Understanding the structure of words, students can decode unfamiliar words to determine meaning
500

What types of sound should students learn first when practicing phonemic awareness?

consonant sounds and short vowels

500

What makes soft c and soft g? 

e, i, y 

500

By the end of fifth grade, how many words per minute should students be reading? 

120-150 words per minute

500

What is a reader's schema? 

Their background knowledge

500

How does semantic mapping benefit student vocabulary?

Understanding word relationships (word parts)

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