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Word Study & Writing
Fluency
Comprehension
Vignettes
This and That
100
The smallest unit of sound.
What is a phoneme?
100
The two goals of fluency.
What is Accurate Tracking and Print Awareness?
100
The types of books we should read aloud to children.
What is Narrative & Expository?
100
Mrs. Smith points to the nursery rhyme, word by word, as students "read" the rhyme with her. Pointing addresses this-
What is Concept of Word or COW?
100
These words have this in common: City, Circus, and Cycle
What is the Soft C sound?
200
A combination of letters, numbers, and/or other letter-like forms in a child's writing.
What is Symbol Salad?
200
This percentage of time should be spent on fluency instruction.
What is 40%?
200
A process facilitated by before, during, and after reading.
What is Comprehension?
200
Mr. Baker reads the story of the Three Little Pigs to his kindergarten class. After reading the story, he points out that "pig" begins with the /p/ sound. Mr. Baker then pulls out pictures. Students help decide if the pictures do or do not begin with the /p/ sound. Mr. Baker is demonstrating this type of activity-
What is a Letter Sound Sort?
200
The grade level that Emergent Readers are typically found.
What is Preschool and Kindergarten?
300
True or False: Parents should be alarmed that their emergent reader spell and write reversals.
What is False?
300
Knowledge of top/bottom and left/right
What is Concept of Print?
300
This is the top predictor of reading comprehension for young children.
What is Background Knowledge?
300
Mrs. Conner writes a daily "letter" to her students each day. She uses this as a springboard to locating rhyming words, beginning sounds, word families, etc. Using a pointer, Mrs. Conner demonstrates tracking while reading the letter aloud. Sometimes, the students practice reading the letter too. Name this activity.
What is a Morning Message?
300
Examples include egocentric, no or little COW, writing focussed on meaning, and pretend or memory reading
What are characteristics of Emergent Readers?
400
The goal of word study is to develop these two things.
What is Alphabet Knowledge and Phonological Awareness?
400
Signs and logos such as McDonald's, Kroger, and Crayola are all examples of this.
What is Environmental Print?
400
The process of looking through a book focussing on pictures before reading
What is a Book Walk?
400
Mr. Williams will sometimes write a familiar sentence onto index cards. He'll then pass the cards out to students. Students stand in a line with their cards. The class reads the sentence to make sure it makes sense. If not, the students will rearrange themselves until the sentence is correct. Name this activity.
What is "Be The Sentence"?
400
This is a screening that all students in Virginia from Pk-3 take 3 times a year. Their website also offers many resources for teachers to use.
What is PALS or Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening?
500
When teaching phonological awareness, initial focus should be placed on these.
What is Rhyme and Alliteration?
500
the ability to distinguish between individual speech sounds in language by hearing, reproducing and manipulating sounds
What is Phonemic Awareness?
500
This activity involves categorizing pictures under specific headers. Examples include work/play, hot/cold, and city/country.
What is a Concept Sort?
500
Mrs. Jackson reads an informational book on dogs. Before reading, she asks her students what they already know about dogs. She records their responses on a K-W-L chart. Name the goal of this activity-
What is Activating Background Knowledge?
500
An approach to language learning in which students' oral compositions are transcribed and used as materials of instruction for reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
What is Language Experience Approach or LEA?