Fluency
Phonics
Instructional Strategies
Phonological Awareness
Assessments
Vocab/Background Knowledge
100
In fluency, this term reflects the level at which readers pronounce words correctly when reading orally.
Accuracy
100
Phonics is the study of the relationship of what two elements of the English language?
Phonemes and graphemes
(Sounds and letters)
100
Define Guided Reading
Homogeneous, small group work that focuses on 1-2 instructional subjects while students read an instructional level text.
100
How many syllables are in the word "chair?"
One.
100
Name two ways to assess a student's writing
Portfolio, rubric, observations
100
How many Tiers are there in Vocabulary categorization?
Three!
(Basic, Academic, and Technical)
200
In fluency, this word denotes an oral reader's ability to read with appropriate expression, emphasis, punctuation, and pitch.
Prosody
200
Give three examples of a consonant digraph.
ph, wh, gh, sh, ch, th
200
Give an example of a strategy to help students learn the conventions of print such as punctuation and capitalization.
Morning Message, Interactive Writing, Shared Writing, Shared Reading, peer editing, mini-lessons, conferences during Writing Workshop, etc.
200
Correctly count and segment out the phonemes in the word "think."
/th/ /I/ /n/ /k/
4 phonemes
200
What assessment can be given to determine what context clues students correctly or incorrectly use while reading unknown words?
Running records, Names Test, IRI, Cloze
200
Your fifth grade class is beginning a unit on the American Revolution. What are some ways you can support any possible gaps in background knowledge for your English Language learners?
Pre-teaching in small group with pictures, videos, or an introductory text
Bring in realia
Preview vocabulary paying attention to cognates
Etc.
300
Share two strategies to improve a 3rd grader's oral fluency
(May include modeled reading, reader's theater, paired reading, repeated reading, echo reads, hot reads, etc.)
300
How many phonemes are there in the English language?
44
300
Give two examples of routines or strategies that teach the alphabet and Alphabetic Principle
Alphabet books, alphabet chart, letter books, sorts, etc.
300
What are the onset and rime within the word "dog?"
Onset: d
Rime: og
300
What is the name of this assessment?
Running Record
300
This is the word for a phrase that has a meaning different from the phrase's literal meaning.
Idiom
400
What are the three components of fluent WRITING?
Rate, Automaticity, and CRAFT
400
Give an example of a word that can be made from this phonic pattern: CVVC
wait, foil, meat, etc.
400
Name three examples of possible literacy stations for standards based independent work during a guided reading block in a classroom.
Big books, independent reading, word work, writing station, listening center, poetry center, alphabet work, word sorts, etc.
400
Create a new word by changing the onset of the word "main."
plane, chain, cane, etc.
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
This student is being assessed for Concepts About Print. Name all four CAP.
1) Print carries meaning
2) Text directionality and return sweep
3) Discrimination between letter, word, and sentence
4) Book handling skills
400
Share three ways to expand a student's vocabulary.
Direct Teaching (semantic maps, semantic feature analysis)
Morphemic Analysis
Dictionary Use
Contextual Analysis (substitute definition into the sentence, synonym, antonym)
Reading widely
500
What is the name of the theory that connects fluency with comprehension?
The Automaticity Theory
500
Word families are technically known in phonics as ___________.
Phonograms
500
In an average daily Writing Workshop lesson, what is included in the lesson?
Mini-lesson
Draft, edit, proof, and publish
Conferences and small group lessons
Authors chair to share published work
500
Students in this video are blending. Once the alphabetic principle is introduced, how will this relate to phonics and spelling?
Students will be able to break a word into individual phonemes and then connect a grapheme with each phoneme, spelling the word.
500
What are the three stages of literacy development?
Emerging, beginning, and fluent stages
500
What is the Matthew Effect and how does it relate to vocabulary in the primary grades?
The Matthew Effect states that over time, the gap between high and low achieving students widens. Children who do not have a broad vocabulary, K-2, are likely to find reading frustrating and fall further behind his or her peers.