RF

A

100

The parts of an RF plan in sequence are:

Drill ->Blend - Segment ->Decode -Read-> Spell

300

What are consonant diagraphs? Give 3 examples.

These are two consonants joined together

Eg: sh, ch, th, ph

500

What steps must a student follow to read the word "administration"?

a. Read a small part of the word.

b. Underline it and keep it in your mind. 

c. Read the next part of the word and try to join the parts together.

E

100

How many syllables does the word monogram have?

3 (mo-no-gram)

300

Define PPA.

 It is a child's ability to hear, identify and manipulate sound

500

The dog is playing with a ball

What steps must a student follow to read this sentence?

a. Underline your sight words

b. Segment the shorter words

c. Decode the longer words 

d. Read the complete sentence

I

100

Rajat has just reached a reading level of 4.0. What RAZ levels would be just right for him to read independently?

U

300

Define Syllabification.

 It is the process of chunking long words into smaller pieces. Also known as decoding.

500

Students in Meera Didi's class are in an RF lesson. She has written down some sounds and words on the board. They are listening to her say sounds and then they are joining them to make words. 

They are also looking at the different words and breaking them down into smaller chunks to identify separate sounds they know. 

1- Which part of the lesson is this?

2- What feedback will you give to the teacher to make this part stronger?

1. Blend-Segment

2. During blend segment, students will only hear the sound and not see them

O

100

A _______is related to symbols. It is the symbol or the letter in written form that represents a certain sound.

grapheme

300

What are three stages where I can assess my student’s learning in RF?

1. During every lesson I teach

2. At the end of every set of sounds (Eg after s blends)

3. At the end of every Unit (4-6 weeks)

500

Manish hears his teacher say the sounds m-a-n and says that it makes the word ‘man’. He gets excited when he realises that man can become pan if he replaces /m/ sound with /p/ sound

1. What has Manish acquired through his RF classes? 

In his paper, when he sees the word man, he gets stuck. What does Manish need to work on?

1. Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

2. Matching sounds with symbols, i.e. Phonics

U

100

Factors that determine a fluent reader are:

Speed, Accuracy and Prosody

300

State 3 criteria to make the ‘spell’ section of my RF plan strong.

1. Do my words here have a mix of new and old sounds?

2. Do my students know all the sounds they need for this?

3. Are as many students as possible getting to practice?

4. Are my instructions for this section clear so students know exactly what to do?

500

pant  away  fly  the  pin  this

room  for  one  class  come  by  play

1. Identify the sight words in the group.

2. What are sight words?

3. How do we teach sight words?

1. pant   away  fly  the  pin  this

room  for  one  class  come  by   play

2. Sight words; provide an excellent base for reading at an early age. They are called sight words because some of them can't be sounded out, and need to be learned by sight. It is a list of frequently used English words compiled by Edward William Dolch.

3. Some procedures/methods to teach sight words are:

Point and repeat
Listen and point
Listen and spell
Find from among words