Numbers
3-5%
What is the reading growth goal for all EN elementary students?
a, e, i, o, u
What are vowels?
un-, re-, dis-
What are prefixes?
The words a student needs to recognize and understand when reading
What is Vocabulary?
Skills taught in a logical progression
What is Systematic instruction?
44
What are the number of phonemes in the English language?
ee, oa, ai...
What are long vowel teams?
-es, -est, -ful
What are suffixes?
The study of the relationship between the sounds we hear in words and the letters that spell them
What is Phonics?
Skills taught directly
What is Explicit instruction?
5
What are the 5 Pillars of Reading Intruction?
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension
ar, er, ir, or, ur
What are "r-controlled" vowels?
ck, sh, ng
What are Digraphs?
The understanding and interpretation of what is read
What is Comprehension?
The ability to translate a word from print to speech by using your knowledge of sound–symbol (letter) correspondences
What is Decoding?
6
What is the number of syllable types?
closed, open, silent e, vowel pair, r-controlled, and consonant -le (stable)
VCe
What are words ending in a silent e with a long vowel?
kn, wr, mb
What are silent letters?
The ability to focus on and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words
What is Phonemic Awareness?
The process of hearing a sound and writing a symbol or symbols to represent that sound
What is Encoding?
95%
What is the percent of students in grade 3 who will demonstrate proficiency in foundational reading skills by 2027?
oi, oy, ou, ow
What are diphthongs?
- a vowel sound that glides, which means your mouth moves as you make the sound. A diphthong is made of two different vowel sounds.
tch, igh
What are trigraphs?
The ability to read with speed, accuracy, and proper expression
What is Fluency?
Texts that are written for readers that contain specific grapheme–phoneme correspondences students have learned
What are Decodable texts?