The Three P's
The smallest unit of sound
Phoneme
Words that students recognize immediately
Sight Words
This is a reading strategy where students read a dramatic skit aloud to practice voice inflection and fluency. They can perform by using costumes and/or props.
Reader's Theater
Every sentence should have a subject and a...
predicate.
Why is assessment important?
Possible responses:
To keep track of student progress and growth
To know if students are meeting learning standards
Awareness of sounds
Phonological Awareness
Words that are used frequently.
High-Frequency Words
The debate between Balanced Literacy and The Science of Reading is called...
Reading Wars
But, Or, And are examples of...
Conjunctions
What is one teaching tool to assess students' reading skills?
Possible response:
Running Records
DIBELS
Recognition of letter names/sounds
Awareness of phonemes
Phonemic Awareness
Matching the sounds at the ends of words
Rhyming
Understanding the organization of print
Print Concepts
What is the smallest unit of written language?
Grapheme
What is one misunderstanding of the following student artifact:
"I lik whit sharks because I lik how they swim."
silent "e"
What is it called when students start connecting phonemes with graphemes?
Phonics
Groups of words that begin with the same sound
Alliteration
A classroom that displays and uses print meaningfully during teaching and learning. Children get many opportunities to interact with different forms of print.
Print Rich Classroom Environment
Writer's Workshop
What is one understanding of the following student artifact:
"The haus wus bilt on the hil."
Possible responses:
phonological awareness
phonemic awareness
punctuation
capitalization
sh, ch, th, gh, and wh are examples of what?
digraphs
Breaking a word into the initial consonant sound and the rest of the word
Onset & Rime
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Fluency make up the...
Five Pillars of Reading
What is the difference between a simple sentence, a compound sentence, and a complex sentence?
Simple sentence - A sentence with one noun and one verb (one subject and one predicate)
Compound sentence - A sentence that combines two independent clauses (often with a conjunction)
Complex sentence - A sentence that combines an independent clause and a dependent clause
Specific research and/or evidence based strategies that are designed to address very specific issues and problems that children are experiencing with reading.
Reading Interventions