Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Comprehension
Vocabulary / Instructional Practices
100

The most complex skill under the phonological umbrella; the ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words

What is phonemic awareness

100
A combination of 2 letters representing one sound. For example, ck and sh

What is a digraph

100

The number of words read correctly on a fluency assessment would be noted with what acronym? 

What is WCPM (words correct per minute)

100

This method of teaching comprehension requires the teacher to verbally express their internal thoughts while reading to make the process of understanding visible to students

What is a think-aloud

100

The process of providing students with support to be successful in a lesson. This might including providing background knowledge, clear explanations, graphic organizers, sentence starters, etc

What is scaffolding

200

Chanting/clapping students names in this format would foster which skill under the phonological umbrella? A/va; Lu/cy; Ev/e/lyn; Grace/ 

Answer: What are syllables?

200

The syllable type that ends in one vowel with a long vowel sound. 

Answer: What is Open syllable

200

What are the three components of reading fluency?

Accuracy, Rate, and expression/prosody

200

The purpose for reading, extracting and interpreting meaning in the author's words. 

Answer: What is comprehension?

200

A multitiered intervention system matches the intensity of evidence based interventions to the intensity of students' needs. 

What is MTSS (Multitiered systems of support) or RTI (Response to Intervention)

300

Every syllable has one ______ sound?

Answer: What is a vowel

300

What form of effective teaching for Phonics instruction includes direct modeling and corresponding feedback?

Answer: What is explicit instruction


300

What times of the year should teachers be assessing reading fluency with benchmark screening?

Answer: What is beginning, middle, and end

300

Which part of the CROWD acronym proves the students are able to identify real-world understandings to the text?

Answer: What is D - Distancing

300

What tier of vocabulary is specific to a content area or unit of study?

Answer: What is Tier 3

400

“Super, Sparkly, Smiling Students!” This is an element of phonological awareness that is identified as 

  • Answer: What is Alliteration?

400

The ability to translate a word from print to speech by using knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondence.

Answer: What is Decoding?

400

The type of reading that the teacher reads and the students follow along in unison 

Answer: What is choral reading?

400

KWL is a reading strategy used to check understanding. What do the K, W, and L stand for?

Answer: What is “Know, Wonder, Learned”?

400

This tier of vocabulary includes words students see in all content areas, also known as academic vocabulary.

Answer: What is Tier 2?

500

The two parts of a spoken syllable (the initial consonant/consonant blend,  the vowel and all of the following consonants) for example cl/ap/

onset rime

500

There are 26 letters in the alphabet, yet there are 44 sounds. What are these sounds known as? 

what are phonemes

500

Choral reading is an alternative to what harmful practice?

What is round robin reading

500

What is the acronym for the probing questions asked during read alouds?

CROWD:  Completion, Recall, Open-ended, Wh- questions, and Distancing

500

There are 5 types of context clues. Name one type of context clue.

Definition, synonym, antonym, examples, and inference