Literacy Theory
The difference between what learners can do on their own versus what they can do with guidance from an adult.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
When a teacher helps students preview the pages of a read aloud book to help them predict what the story will be about.
What is a picture walk?
This is the phonics term used to describe /d/ in dog.
What is the onset?
A collection of classroom books organized in ranges of difficulty from the easy books that an emergent reader might begin to the longer, complex books that advanced readers will select.
What are leveled books?
According to Piaget, this is what learners do when they change their schema when presented with new information.
What is accommodation?
A literacy assessment during guided reading where a teacher marks down students' reading mistakes and makes a record for future analysis.
What is an informal reading inventory?
This is the phonics term used to describe /og/ in dog.
What is the rime?
When a teacher brings a small group of students on the same level together for a reading session.
What is guided reading?
Recognizing the importance of books, speaking and listening to communicate, and mimicking language are all examples of this literacy stage.
What is emergent literacy?
This kind of assessment involves the teacher's observations of the students during a class lesson.
What is formative assessment?
A combination of two letters (consonants) representing more than one sound, as in /sp/ and /bl/.
What is a blend?
FELS questions help students access this range of thinking, including remember, understand, apply, and analyze.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
The words that students should be able to recognize right away in a text are called this.
What are sight words, or high frequency words?
Story maps, character maps, and Venn diagrams are all examples of this kind of literacy tool.
What are graphic organizers?
A combination of two letters representing one sound, as in /ch/ and /th/.
What is a digraph?
A teacher might use this reading comprehension strategy if a student is having trouble identifying where to find the answers to questions about the text.
What is QAR?
This is the term used to describe when a reader is figuring out the meaning of written text by deciphering letters and words.
What is decoding?
A literacy program that takes into account skill building (like phonics) and student interests in texts.
What is balanced literacy?
The kind of vowel sound represented in the following words: pain, home, and flee.
What is a long vowel?
This reading comprehension strategy helps students preview the text, ask themselves questions, and then find answers to their questions in the text.
What is SQ3R?