Oral Language
Blending, segmenting, and manipulating words at the individual sound.
What is phonemic awareness?
The goal or aim of a piece of writing.
What is purpose?
Dividing the page into two parts; main ideas and supporting details.
What is using a split page?
The words a person actively uses when talking, writing, or communicating.
What is Expressive vocabulary?
An impairment in comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written, and /or other communication symbol system.
What is a language disorder?
Two root words that combine to make a new word.
What are compound words?
A more serious form of writing on a debatable topic.
What is persuasive writing?
Notes on the board to let students know when and what to write down.
What are note-taking cues?
The words that a student understands based on context and background experiences.
What is receptive vocabulary?
The ability to think about or reflect upon language.
What is metalinguistic awareness?
The study of how words are formed
A form of creative writing as in fiction or nonfiction, such as novels, plays, or poems.
What is literary work?
Teacher collects notes, reviews them, and makes suggestions for improvement
What are note-taking reviews?
The number of words a child can understand and use.
What is breadth of vocabulary?
Inferencing, comprehension monitoring, interpretation of complex language, and use of text structure knowledge.
What is higher order language skills?
40 individual sounds in the English language
What are phonemes?
Writing that expresses opinions, such as Facebook, Email, or other social networking sites.
What is expressive writing?
Basic outline provided by the teacher before a lecture with blanks for students to fill in.
What is skeletal notes?
A focus on multiple meaning of words, shades of meaning, figurative language, and relationships between words.
What is depth of vocabulary?
Small groups of students gathered together to discuss a piece of literature in depth.
What are literature circles?
The way in which words can be combined to form sentences in a language.
What is syntax?
Writing used to educate or explain something to the audience.
What is informational writing?
Encouraging students to relate their notes to previous knowledge or experience.
What is elaboration of notes?
Politicians use this type of language to mislead the public.
Requires the understanding of the social use of language.
What are pragmatics?