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Reading Terms A-D
Reading Terms F-I
Reading Terms L-P
Reading Terms S-W
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Understanding that the sequence of letters in a written word represent phonemes in a spoken word and can be recombined to form other words
What is Alphabetic principle?
100
The ability to read with speed, accuracy, appropriate phrasing, and expression
What is Fluency?
100
The relationship between letters or letter combinations and the sounds they represent
What is Letter-sound correspondence?
100
Brief assessments that focus on the critical skills of reading fo rht epurpose of identifying students who may need additional support
What is a Screening measure?
200
Quick notes taken by teachers during or immediately after instructional time to record students' responses to instruction, particularly evidence of students' strengths and needs to guide future instructional planning
What are Anecdotal records?
200
Text that is too difficult for students; when students repeatedly read text at this level, they may develop counterproductive habits
What is Frustration reading level?
200
An assessment of reading comprehension in which students read a passage with words systematically deleted. For each deleted word, students select the appropriate word from three possible words so that the passage makes sense; a multiple-choice cloze test.
What is a Maze test?
200
A word that is recognize immediately as a whole, without applying word analysis or decoding strategies
What is a Sight word?
300
An assessment of reading comprehension in which students read a passage with words systematically deleted. Students must supply the deleted words.
What is a Cloze test?
300
Text that the student can read on his or her own, without support (also called the "homework level")
What is Independent reading level?
300
The smallest unit of sound in a language. English has about 40 of these, which are represented by about 250 letters or letter combinations. For example, the long a sound can be represented by silent e, ai, ay, a, eigh, ey, ea, ei, aigh
What is a Phoneme?
300
The accurate reading of words
What is Word recognition?
400
The ability to understand what is read - the ultimate goal of reading.
What is Comprehension?
400
Text that students can read with assistance, or instruction; this level is best for teaching students how to become better readers
What is Instructional reading level?
400
One kind of phonological awareness; the ability to hear and manipulate sounds within words, usually demonstrated by segmenting words into their individual sounds and blending sounds to form words; an auditory skill, but should be linked with instruction in letters or letter sounds (phonics)
What is Phonemic awareness?
500
Assessments designed to refine a teacher's understanding of student strengths and weaknesses to inform instructional decisions
What are Diagnostic (Formative) assessments?
500
An assessment consisting of text passages at increasing levels of difficulty, used to determine student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels to measure comprehension (and sometimes fluency) in increasingly difficult text. Students read passages at different reading levels and answer questions while teachers take notes regarding the students' reading behaviors.
What is an Informal Reading Inventory?
500
Awareness of components of spoken language, demonstrated through auditory skills, including the ability to identify words in spoken sentences, to segment words into onset-rime units and syllables, and the ability to manipulate discrete sounds in words
What is Phonological awareness?