The term coined by Sutherland-Smith to show learners ways to break down a complex topic into management sections or chunks.
What is chunking technique?
100
Louise Rosenblatt describes a response to literature, in which the intent is to focus on what can be learned, observed, and taken away from the reading. Focused on gaining information.
What is efferent response?
100
When readers are "familiar" with the patterns of word order or grammar that determine meaning in sentences, they can use this knowledge to predict unfamiliar words.
What is Syntactic Knowledge?
100
The various resources learners bring with them to school including cultural, intellectual, and physical resources.
What are funds of knowledge?
100
Consist of a vowel sound plus a consonant sound.
What are Rimes?
200
Gaining membership, formal and informal, including online communities centered around various forms of media
What are affiliations? Moving from traditional literacy to multi literacy classrooms open up student’s opportunity. Jenkins et al discussed affiliations.
200
Provides opportunities for educators to deliver learner-oriented as well as text-oriented teaching support and feedback to readers.
What are Literature response journals?
200
When readers have a personal experience related to the topic of the text they can use this knowledge to predict the unfamiliar word or phrase in the text.
What is Semantic Knowledge?
200
At Garneau, one student frequently attempted to spell new words based on the sounds of unfamiliar words. Example: wok for walk.
What is invented spelling?
200
The ability to segment spoken words into their distinct sounds, or phonemes.
What is Phonemic awareness?
300
Project assessment, performance assessment, group assessment, and portfolio assessment.
What are the four types of assessment that Kalantzis et al. use when teaching in a multi literacy rich classroom?
300
Teachers utilize inclass time reading and planning mini-lessons designed to respond to reading, opposed to lessons about reading.
What is Readers workshop? pg. 463
300
When readers understand that people use language differently in different contexts.
What is Pragmatic Knowledge?
300
At Garneau we noticed the classroom had posters, word walls, charts & calendars on the wall.
What is environmental print?
300
Adding this to your classroom environment helps immerse readers to print; they provide learners with a reference for reading and writing
What are Word Walls?
400
Integration of two or more modes of communication.
What is multimodal text?
400
Small, temporary discussion groups whose members have chosen to read the same literature.
What are literature circles pg. 464?
400
Readers can use their understanding of letter-sound relationships to predict what unfamiliar words might be.
What is Graphophonic Knowledge?
400
A tool that includes an examination of oral reading followed by a retelling
What is miscue analysis?
400
These are one of several sources of information learners have available to deal with unfamiliar words when reading for meaning
What are Context Cues?
500
Growth in responding to literature & growth as a strategic reader.
What are the two criteria a group of educators identified for guiding assessment of learner’s responses to literature?
500
Is it very clear? Does it have one central idea or an easy-to-follow story? Does it make 'movies' flow through the mind?
What are questions you should be asking when selecting books?
500
Useful for shared reading because of the repetitive and rhythmic structure.
What are predictable books?
500
This technique supports readers to deepen reading comprehension and encourage active learning when reading expository texts