A strategy to improve fluency by reading the same text multiple times. Works best if there is a more knowledgeable person to coach and give feedback.
What is repeated readings?
100
Published set of books that includes anthologies of grade level literature used to teach reading.
What is a basal reading series?
200
closed, open, final stable, consonant vowel consonant -e,
r-controlled vowels, vowel teams
What are the 6 syllable types.
200
Child puts letters in boxes to represent the sounds in a word.
What is an Elkonan box?
200
Words that sound the same, are usually spelled differently, and mean different things. Example: rein and rain.
What is a homophone?
200
Using expression as you read. Making reading sound like talking.
What is prosody?
200
When a child demonstrates to others that he/she is thinking about thinking.
What is metacognition?
300
The smallest unit of sound in a word.
What is a phoneme?
300
"st" as in stop, best, guest.
What is a consonant blend?
300
Looking up words in a dictionary... writing the definition... using the word in a sentence.
What is a tired, old method of teaching vocabulary?
300
Being accurate, speedy, and automatic with your response. Using prosody as you read text.
What is fluency?
300
Time during the reading block when groups of children rotate between differentiated reading activities.
What are literacy centers?
400
blending, segmenting, and manipulating phonemes.
What is the last step in the Phonological Awareness continuum?
400
The most common vowel.
The "a" in about; the "e" in taken; the "i" in pencil; the "o" in eloquent; the "u" in supply; the "y" in sibyl.
What is the schwa sound?
400
Author of the book, Bringing Words to Life.
Who is Isabel Beck?
400
Teacher listens to a child read a passage for the first time. Teacher records errors and the time it takes to complete the reading.
What is a "cold" oral reading fluency measure?
400
Required by the K-12 Literacy Plan designed to allow children the freedom to self-select independent books. Should be leveled, grouped by genre, and should be accessible to all.
What is a classroom library?
500
Daily oral word games for 3-5 minutes.
What is a strategy for teaching Phonological Awareness?
500
"When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking."
What is a phonics "rule"?
500
A source teachers and students may use to find additional words that are synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
500
Author of the book, The Fluent Reader.
Who is Tim Rasinski?
500
No longer do we "do" dinosaurs because it's a fun unit. Now we match instruction to the state/natioinal objectives. Lesson plans and assessment are all in support of achieving specified learning goals.