READING SKILLS
LITERACY HUB
READING PORTAL
TERMINOLOGY
BEST PRACTICE
100

Is the process of learning to read the same for all students? 

Yes

100

What is the Australian government funded literacy resource website called?

The Literacy Hub

100

Whose initiative is the Reading Portal?

Queensland Department of Education

100

What is the smallest unit of sound called?

A Phoneme

100

Where can I locate 12 free shared reading texts?

The Literacy Hub

200

What is the critical foundation skill for students learning to read?

Oral language

200

Name the resource that allows you to gauge Year 1 Phonic knowledge?

Phonics Check Year 1

200

How many self- paced modules are available for teachers to complete within the reading portal?

5

200

What is the study of the structure of words?

Morphology

200

What texts are used for students to practise their phonics and blending skills?

Decodable Texts

300

Name the system that has been removed from Version 9 of the Australian Curriculum.

The 3 Cuing System

300

Name the model that demonstrates the many strands that are woven into skilled reading.

Scarborough's Reading Rope

300

Should teachers complete the self-paced reading modules found in the reading portal?

well Yes!!!

300

What do we call 3 letters that represent a speech sound?

A Trigraph

300

What is the additional component of  shared reading called? Shared and .....

Dialogic

400

How many phonemes in the English Language?

44



400

Is the Literacy Hub a federal or state initiative?

Federal

400

What is the Department's policy for teaching reading through the Australian Curriculum called?

The Reading Position Statement

400

What is a letter or string of letters called that represent a speech sound?

A Grapheme

400

What is a great resource found in the back room of the library that you should use for shared and dialogic reading?

Boxes and boxes of levelled readers.

500

Name the 5 Pillars of Reading (Big 5)

Phonological Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension

500

What is the method for teaching beginning readers to learn the system of the alphabet and the sound that each letter makes?

Phonics

500

What tab will lead you to find advice to support the effective teaching of reading?

Advice for Teachers

500

What is the mental process we use to store words for automatic retrieval called? ? Mapping

Orthographic Mapping

500

What are the 3 critical elements of a sound literacy lesson?

Review, Teach and Application