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Oral Language in Reading
Importance for ELL & Title 1 Students
Writing Across the Content Areas
Casual Writing
Literature Circles
100

Kindergarten students are expected to arrive to school with this basic skill.

Reading

100

Hart & Risley found a wide disparity in the quantity of words as well as the quality of language.

Amount of exposure

100

Written output is a great way to assess _______.

student knowledge

100

Brainstorming. Lists. Free Writing.

forms

100

Literature circles can be a place for ________.

cooperative learning

200

The organization or system of sounds within a language.

Phonology

200

Early exposure to this, will help students with familiarity of letters and sounds.

Exposure to print

200

Writing is the ______ students need as they enter adult life.

essential skill

200
Informal, like talking to close friends or to yourself.

style

200
Lit. circles allow students to make ____ about their learning.

choices

300

The development of vocabulary that focuses both on expressive and receptive vocabulary.

Semantics

300

Lack critical oral language skills such as vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics, and discourse.

English not spoken in the home

300

Helping students learn to express themselves with confidence in all subject areas can contribute to improvements in ____ and _____.

behavior, self-esteem

300

Who the writing is intended for.

audience

300

Lit. circles are fun, in part because they are __________.

social experiences

400

The set of structural rules that govern the combination of words and phrases into sentences.

Grammar (Syntax)

400

Children in low-SES homes often lack the opportunity to expand their ______.

Background experiences

400

Students who write clearly, think clearly.  And students who think clearly have a better chance of navigating their way through the obstacles of __________.

adolescence

400

Thinking through writing. The building blocks of more complicated thinking.

function

400

During a literature circle, students are expected to do a lot of this.

talk/discuss

500

Focuses on the smallest units of meaning within a word and the rules about how those words are formed.

Morphology

500

A child's oral language skills have a strong relationship to the parent's ______.

Level of education

500

Writing is _____.

power

500

To be reviewed or critiqued.

assessment

500

Lit. circles are powerful experiences for ______ readers.

struggling/reluctant