SIX ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURED LITERACY
THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND MANIPULATE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS (PHONEMES) IN SPOKEN WORDS
WHAT IS PHONEMIC AWARENESS? (PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE)
THE ABILITY TO SOUND OUT A WORD, KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE, SPELLING-SOUND CORRESPONDENCES
WHAT IS DECODING?
THE SMALLEST UNIT OF MEANING
WHAT IS A MORPHEME?
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO BECOMING A SKILLED READER
WHAT ARE WORD RECOGNITION AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION (LISTENING COMPREHENSION)?
THIS TIER OF VOCABULARY INCLUDES TERMS YOUR STUDENTS WILL LEARN THROUGH EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT IS TIER 1?
TEACHING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOUNDS OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE, AND THE LETTERS OR GROUPS OF LETTERS OR SYLLABLES OF THAT WRITTEN LANGUAGE
STUDENTS HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING TO LEARN SOMETHING: FACTS, CONCEPTS, HISTORICAL PERIOD
WHAT IS BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE?
THESE COME BEFORE THE ROOT WORD AND CAN CHANGE THE WORD'S ENTIRE MEANING
WHAT IS A PREFIX?
THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE SPOKEN WORD
WHAT IS LISTENING COMPREHENSION?
5-10 TIER II WORDS
BREAKING WORDS INTO THESE WILL HELP STUDENTS DECODE LONGER WORDS
TEACHERS MUST EXPLICITLY PRE-TEACH THIS STRAND TO IMPROVE BREADTH/DEPTH OF STUDENT KNOWLEDGE
THESE COME AFTER THE ROOT WORD AND CAN CHANGE THE WORD'S PART OF SPEECH
WHAT IS A SUFFIX?
THE ABILITY TO CONNECT LETTER SOUNDS AND PRINT
WHAT IS PHONICS?
THE WORD "MITOSIS' IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TIER OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION
WHAT IS TIER 3?
THE STUDY OF WORDS AND THEIR PARTS, KNOWING ABOUT THE SMALLEST UNITS OF MEANING SUCH AS PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
WHAT IS MORPHOLOGY?
THIS STRAND HAS TO DO WITH UNDERSTANDING METAPHORS AND INFERENCES
WHAT IS VERBAL REASONING?
IT IS IMPORTANT TO TEACH THESE EXPLICITLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTENT AREAS, SO STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND THESE PARTS OF WORDS AND APPLY THEIR MEANING TO OTHER WORDS
WHAT ARE MORPHEMES?
THIS TARGETED INSTRUCTION HELPS STUDENTS WHO ARE LACKING IN EITHER CATEGORY OF THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF LEARNING TO READ.
WHAT IS INTERVENTION?
THIS TIER OF VOCABULARY INSTRUCTION INCLUDES HIGH-UTILITY WORDS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN STUDENTS' LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
KNOWING HOW WORDS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER, UNDERSTANDING MEANING IN LANGUAGE
WHAT IS SEMANTICS?
THESE ARE THE TWO PARTS OF THE ROPE THAT HAVE TO WEAVE TOGETHER TO MAKE A FLUENT, SKILLED READERS
WHAT IS WORD RECOGNITION AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION?
THESE WORD PARTS ARE TAUGHT IN THE UPPER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GRADES
WHAT ARE GREEK AND LATIN ROOTS?
THIS IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST VARIABLE
WHAT IS READING COMPREHENSION?
50-60% OF THE VARIANCE IN READING COMPREHENSION IS CONNECTED TO THIS
WHAT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIVIDUAL WORD MEANINGS?