Definitions throughout the Semester
What is the Magic E?
What is... are words that have an 'e' at the end of them to signify that a short vowel sound can be changed into a long vowel sound.
What is a VC word?
What is... vowel, consonant
OR
A word that has a closed syllable and short vowel
What is shared demonstration?
What is...
Students working with a partner, in a small group, or as a whole class share their thinking with one another and the teacher gives feedback.
What is phonological awareness?
What is... the awareness of and ability to work with sounds in spoken language.
What are the three essential learning conditions that support writing workshop?
What is... Time, Choice, and Response!
What is the Concept of Print?
What is... refers to the awareness of 'how print works'. This includes the knowledge of the concept of what books, print, and written language are, and how they function.
What is a consonant blend?
What is... two consonants are next to each other and say each other’s names (two sounds)
What is Guided Practice?
What is...
(similar answers are accepted)
The teacher or mentor is on hand (or close by) to validate, support, teach, provide scaffolds, encourage, help, and give feedback as needed. The teacher may also talk through, think, and questions to show students how to read and interpret the text.
What is phonemic awareness?
What is... The ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken words, and the understanding that spoken words and syllables are made up of sequences of speech sounds.
What is the writing workshop structure?
What is... Minilesson -> Independent Writing Time -> and Share Time!
What is the difference between homophones and homographs?
What is... Homophones are words that sound the same but are different in meaning or spelling. Homographs are spelled the same, but differ in meaning or pronunciation
What is a consonant diagraph?
What is...
when two consonants are next to each other and make one sound (ch, sh, ph, th, wh)
Name one of the "TOP FIVE THINGS I DO TO ENSURE STUDENTS BECOME EXCELLENT READERS" (page 43)
What is...
-Demonstrate that I am a reader.
-Provide an excellent classroom library.
-Let students choose books they want to read and give them time
-to read them.
-Teach strategies students need to know to process and understand text.
Evaluate students regularly, giving them feedback and helpingthem set goals.
What are high frequency words?
What is... words that are seen and heard in everything that we read and write.
Name one of the types of projects that occur across Time in Writing Workshop.
What is....
Independent Writing Projects
Digital Projects
Collaborative Writing Projects
Writing Projects Connected by Genre Study
What are the four parts of phonemic awareness?
What is... Blending, Substitution, Manipulation, and Segmentation.
What is a vowel diagraph?
What is... when two vowels are next to each other and make one sound
Demonstration teaching is.... (page 45)
What is... always explicit and intentional.
What are concrete words?
What is... important words to that kid that they already know before arriving to school.
What is a mentor text? (Page 65 Choice)
What is... good example of a kind of writing students are learning how to make.
What is Elision/ Deletion?
What is... omission of sounds, syllables, or words in speech.
What is a diphthong?
What is... two vowels work together to form a new sound
What is independent practice?
What is...
The teacher or expert is available to offer limited assistance if necessary but mostly to affirm, appreciate, and celebrate the learners’ efforts. Primarily, the learners are using what they have already learned and practiced to problem solve successfully on their own.
What is Fluency?
What is...
the ability to read most words in context quickly, accurately, automatically, and with appropriate expression.
What do writers do with response? (Page 100 Response)
What is... When students can read their work and they know that their writing will get better with feedback.