"Reading"
Rhythmic and tonal aspect of speech (music of spoken language)
What is Prosody?
The ability of a child to know and recognize the ways in which print "works" for the purpose of reading, particularly with regards to books.
What are the Concepts of print?
The meaning in language that assists in comprehending texts, including words, speech, signs and symbols.
What are Semantic Cues?
The initial phonological unit of any word
Example--> "c" in cat
What is Onset?
The understanding that letters represent sounds which form words.
What is the Alphabetic Principle?
The highest level at which a reader has adequate background knowledge for the topic, and can access text very quickly and with very few errors.
What is Independent Reading Level?
When a vowel is at the end of the syllable, resulting in the long vowel sound.
What is an Open Syllable?
Moving from the whole part to the smallest part of a word.
What is Implicit Phonics?
Our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or words we hear.
What is Visualization?
A way to assess a student's reading progress by systematically evaluating a student's oral reading and identifying error patterns.
What are Running Records?
The highest level at which a reader is not independent, but has adequate background knowledge for a topic, and can access text quickly and with no or few errors.
What is Instructional Reading Level?
When a group of two or three consonants in a word make a distinct consonant sound
Example--> "bl" or "spl"
What is a Consonant Blend?
Builds from part to whole; begins with instruction of associating graphemes to phonemes and moves on to blending and building, beginning with blending sounds into syllables then into words.
What is Explicit Phonics?
A process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks.
What is Scaffolding?
The repetition of the same sentence pattern multiple times with one or two changes in each sentence.
What are Patterned Texts?
Level that includes text for which a reader does not have adequate background level for a topic and/or cannot meet criteria for instructional levels of accuracy and rate.
What is Frustrational Reading Level?
A syllable that ends with a consonant resulting in a short vowel sound.
What is a Closed Syllable?
Involves the letter-sound or sound-symbol relationships of language in which readers identify unknown words by relating speech sounds to letters or letter patterns.
What are Graphophonic Cues?
Described as "eavesdropping" on someones thoughts; expressing ones thoughts as soon as they occur.
What is Think Aloud?
A reading comprehension activity in which words are omitted from a passage and students are required to fill in the blanks.
What is the Cloze Procedure?
The speed at which a person reads written text in a specific unit of time; usually measured by WPM
What is Reading Rate?
The string of letters that follow ,usually a vowel and final consonants
Example--> "at" in cat
What is Rime?
Text matched to the correspondence knowledge of readers; are carefully sequenced to progressively incorporate words that are consistent with letter/corresponding phonemes that have been taught to a new reader.
What are Decodable Texts?
Thinking about one's thinking.
What is Metacognition?
A broad term used to describe the planned and explicit actions that help readers translate print to meaning.
What are Reading Strategies?