Dyslexia/RTI/MTSS
You'll do this to make sure your students are making the progress you'd expect.
The ability to convert a word from print to speech
What is decoding?
This kind of instruction is important in teaching vocabulary, as well as phonics, because it is purposeful and prevents students from guessing
What is direct or explicit instruction?
This approach to reading tells us that reading comprehension can never be stronger than its component parts, which are language comprehension and decoding.
What is the simple view of reading?
This is a class-wide or school-wide preventative intervention for all students.
What is Tier 1 or universal instruction?
what is phonemic awareness?
These words are useful across different domains, and should be prioritized.
What are Tier 2 words?
Decades-long arguments in society about how to teach reading.
What are the reading wars?
This model compares a student's achievement with their IQ to gauge the need for extra help in school.
What is the Discrepancy Model?
These words are recognized instantly, and don't need to be decoded.
What are sight words?
What is receptive?
A specific learning disability in reading characterized by difficulties at the word level.
What is dyslexia?
This is not a full assessment, just a brief check to see if more evaluation is needed.
What is screening?
There is one of these types of sounds in EVERY word.
What is a vowel?
These visuals help students organize their thoughts both while they read and when the write.
What are graphic organizers?
These six categories revolve around the vowels, and tell us how to pronounce them in a word.
What are syllable types?
This is one of the main people responsible for screening.
Who is the classroom teacher.
It allows students to practice their new decoding skills in story form
What is decodable text?
We use this when we analyze the two parts of the word telescope (tele, scope).
What is morphology?
One of the five areas of reading, this is the bridge between decoding and comprehension.
What is fluency?