INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
MODES OF LANGUAGE
CONCEPTS OF PRINT
READING LEVELS
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ON CHILDREN'S LITERACY
100

Brief messages written by teachers at the start of the day to students are an example of.....

Morning Messages

100

How many modes of language are there?

There are 4 modes.

100

When children begin to notice menus in restaurants, food stores, and department stores, this is known as them being able to recognize...

Environmental Print

100

How many reading levels are there?

There are 3 reading levels.

100

What educational theorist focused on the cognitive domain in regards to how children develop?

Jean Piaget 

200

A practice by which teachers, parents, and caregivers read texts aloud to children.....

Read-Aloud

200

What is Phonology?

When young readers and writers manipulate language in playful ways and to produce sounds.

200

Children learn book orientation concepts such as....

How to hold a book and turn a page.

200

What is the name of the last stage of reading & writing?

The last stage of reading & writing is FLUENT.

200

List one example of a conservation task. 

Conservation of Mass, Liquid, Volume, etc.

300

Why are interactive books useful\beneficial?

They help to engage students or capture their interest thus motivating them to read.

300

What is Syntax?

When young readers and writers acquire the knowledge to combine words into different types of sentences.

300

How do children learn to read in a directional concept?

From left to right.

300

How many high frequency words can children recognize in the EMERGENT stage?

Children can recognize 20 high frequency words.

300

Which educational theorist believed that social interactional is essential to children's learning?

Lev Vygotsky

400

What are instructional practices?

The means by which students achieve learning outcomes.

400

What is Semantics?

When young readers and writers obtain an awareness of the meaning of words and begin adding new words to their vocabulary.

400

What is the name of the area where children learn the purpose of reading and writing in their play?

Literacy Play Centre

400

What is the process that children use in the FLUENT stage?

The Writing Process

400

How many levels of Bloom's Taxonomy are there? 

There are six levels.

500

Who provides or recommends the reading resources for booklists?

The teacher.

500

What are Pragmatics?

When young readers and writers learn to use the language in a social environment in which they can tell stories and carry on in conversations.

500

How do teachers provide opportunities for children to experiment with reading & writing?

Labeling classroom items, making a list of classroom rules and reading and writing stories.

500

What kind of reading is done in the FLEUNT stage?

INDEPENDENT READING

500

What is the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy? 

CREATE\CREATING