Phonemic Awareness
What are some examples of phonemic awareness activities?
isolation, blending, segmenting, rhyming
What are some activities to teach phonics?
multi-sensory, word families, decodables, manipulatives
What are two components of fluency?
accuracy, speed, prosody
What comprehension strategy involves thinking of what will happen next in the story?
Prediction
What is the strategy of using other words within a text to define unknown words?
Context Clues
Explain the difference between phonics and phonemic awareness.
Phonics- what you see
Phonemic- What you hear
What phonics term refers to two consonants that appear together and make a distinct sound such as "sh", "ch", or "th"?
Digraphs
What are some types of classroom reading strategies to improve fluency?
choral reading, echo reading, repeated reading, fluency passages
Name two different connections students can make with the text.
Text to Text
Text to Self
Text to World
What strategies can be used to teach vocabulary?
Word maps, word walls, semantic mapping, word association
Define alliteration.
Words with the same sounds at the beginning
What is the difference between decoding and encoding?
Decoding is the reading and encoding is writing (spelling)
Why is fluency important?
It impacts overall comprehension.
What are two types of graphic organizers to aid in comprehension?
T-Chart
Venn Diagram
KWL
Story Map
How does a strong vocabulary contribute to comprehension?
Understanding text, identifying key information, making inferences
How does phonemic awareness relate to phonics?
Students need to know letter sounds and what letter symbol that relates to.
Silent e, vowel teams, digraphs, blends
Define prosody.
Reading accurately, quickly, and with expression
This type of comprehension question requires students to draw conclusions based on information that is not explicitly stated.
Inferential- Inferencing
Define morphological awareness in vocabulary development.
What types of sound should students learn first when practicing phonemic awareness?
consonant sounds and short vowels
What makes soft c and soft g?
e, i, y
By the end of fifth grade, how many words per minute should students be reading?
120-150 words per minute
What is a reader's schema?
Their background knowledge
How does semantic mapping benefit student vocabulary?
Understanding word relationships (word parts)