Comp 2: Word Analysis & Identification Skills

Question 1

Students identify/recognize words in 4 major ways:

Answer 1

1. sight vocabulary
2. phonics analysis
3. words parts or structural analysis
4. context clues

Question 2

Sight Vocabulary

Answer 2

words that are immediately recognized on the basis of familiarity with their overall shapes, rather than decoded

Question 3

Dolch Words

Answer 3

220 of the most frequently used words and believed that if children were exposed to these words, they would become fluent readers.

EX: a, an, am, at, can, had, has, ran

Introduction of these words can expedite decoding and develop fluency

Question 4

Phonic Generalizations

Answer 4

strategies used to introduce word recognition and decoding skills for emerging readers

Question 5

phonic generalizations

Answer 5

Not 100% applicable.
1. Double ee = long sound (beet).
2. Final position y = vowel sound (by /ay/).
3. C followed by vowels e or i = /s/ (city).
4. C followed by world o, u, or a = /k/ (car).
5. Cluster ght = gh silent (thought).
6. Double consonant = only one pronounced (call).
7. Two-syllable words = first is accented (carton).
8. Two adjacent vowels = first vowel does the talking, long sound (beach).
9. Two vowels in a word, with one being a final e = first vowel a long sound and e is silent (cape).
10. CVC = short vowel (cat).

Question 6

derivational morphemes

Answer 6

are in the form of prefixes, suffixes, and inflectional endings., represent relatively consistent meanings, they change the syntactic classification of a word. examples pre, anti and sub. Change drive to driver goes from verb to noun.

Question 7

inflectional morphemes

Answer 7

only happen in the final position of a word. They typically follow derivational morphemes in a word, and do not change the syntactic classification of a word. English has the following eight inflectional morphemes:
1. Short and long plural
2. Third person singular
3. Possessive
4. Progressive
5. Regular Past tense
6. Past Participle
7. Comparative
8. Superlative

Question 8

What is the best way to help students gain skills in word recognition?

Answer 8

Reading and writing activities

Question 9

Contextual Clues

Answer 9

Help students identify unknown words and information.

Use pictorial information, knowledge, and experience as well as information about the type speech

Question 10

Semantic Cues

Answer 10

the prior knowledge and experience that readers bring to a reading situation

EX: about to read about Hawks, teacher can activate prior knowledge to prepares students for vocab they might encounter.

EX: For ELLs, teacher should identify equivalent species from their geographical area.

Question 11

Homonyms

Answer 11

words that have same sound and same spelling but different meaning

Question 12

Homophones

Answer 12

sound the same but spelled different and have different meanings

EX: blew and blue

Question 13

Homographs

Answer 13

spelled same but have one or more pronunciation and different meaning.

EX: bow and bow

Question 14

Compound Words

Answer 14

Two or more words combined to create a new word.

Question 15

Deceptive compound words

Answer 15

butterfly, nightmare, and brainstorm