Competency 1: Teaching Reading

Question 1

Beginning readers learn to recognize and manipulate sounds in speech.

Answer 1

Phonemic awareness

Question 2

Beginning readers learn alphabetic system- letters sound correspondences and spelling patterns, and learning how to apply this knowledge in their reading.

Answer 2

Phonics

Question 3

The student reads words accurately, quickly, and with ease.

Answer 3

Fluency

Question 4

Crucial to text comprehension. If a student does not have this, they will not understand the text’s meaning.

Answer 4

Vocabulary

Question 5

Complex process by which a student has the fluency and vocabulary to understand the text

Answer 5

Text Comprehension

Question 6

Knowledge builds from grade to grade

Answer 6

TEKS vertical alignment

Question 7

Knowledge and expectations travel from subject to subject

Answer 7

TEKS horizontal alignment

Question 8

5 critical aspects of language in order:

Answer 8

Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Thinking

Question 9

Recognizes sounds and syllables in spoken words. Hears and understands instructions.

Answer 9

Listening to

Question 10

Developing oral language, growing ability to ask and answer questions. Uses vocabulary expressively.

Answer 10

Speaking

Question 11

Reads and recognizes the letters of the English alphabet. Reads grade level appropriate text fluently

Answer 11

Reading

Question 12

Writes letters of the alphabet. Writes words and thoughts at a appropriate grade level

Answer 12

Writing

Question 13

Decodes words using a variety of strategies. Comprehends and evaluates grade- level appropriate texts

Answer 13

Thinking

Question 14

Reading to Learn Transition

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1. Recognizes different types of text
2. Understanding and using text features
3. Appreciating the various reasons for reading

Question 15

Print has meaning
Some directionality
Some initial sounds
Some patterns
Recognizes some high frequency words
Relies on pictures

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Emergent Reading Phase

Question 16

Recognizes high frequency words
Uses syntax for meaning
Starts to self monitor
Can retell
Uses patterns to determine new words

Answer 16

Early Reading Phase

Question 17

More sight word vocabulary
Multiple strategies for difficult words
Summary
Early chapter books

Answer 17

Transitional Reading Phase

Question 18

Reading to learn
Comprehending a texts meaning and reading for a variety of purposes

Answer 18

Intermediate reading phase

Question 19

High sight words
Long texts with deeper meaning
Interprets
Notes features of texts
Reads with a variety of purposes
Multiple view points
Construction

Answer 19

Advanced Reading Phase

Question 20

uses logos or symbols to identify objects and places

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Pre-Alphabetic phase

Question 21

Begins connecting letters with sounds

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Partial alphabetic stage

Question 22

Connects letters to sounds
Uses oral vocabulary to determine the meaning of written words

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Full alphabetic stage

Question 23

Uses existing knowledge to decode new words
Makes new words
Uses onsets and rimes, words families, and letter chunks

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Consolidated alphabetic phase

Question 24

Reading words in a text form:
- recognizes all the letters in the sentence
- understand the sound each letter makes
- understand how sounds work together to make each word
- blend the letter sounds together to read each word aloud

Answer 24

Decoding

Question 25

Using letter sound knowledge to write : - understand how sounds form words - separate the word into distinct sounds - remember the letter that corresponds with each sound - write the letters together to create words

Answer 25

Encoding

Question 26

Writes strings of letters Awareness of letters

Answer 26

Pre-communicative spelling stage

Question 27

Beginning to understand that letters represent sounds Writes letters to represent some words

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Semi-Phonetic Spelling stage

Question 28

Writes all obvious sounds in a word with letters Letter choices are only made on a basis of sounds the student can hear in the word

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Phonetic spelling stage

Question 29

Begins to spell based on how words look, not just how they sound Uses some conventional phonics patterns

Answer 29

Transitional Spelling Stage

Question 30

Understands spelling rules, semantics Knows when words don’t look right Understands word etymology

Answer 30

Conventional spelling stage

Question 31

Follows step-by-step, logical order of language development

Answer 31

Systematic

Question 32

Follows a specific sequence of increasing complexity

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Sequential

Question 33

Intentional, targeted instruction. Does not assume that students will understand basic concepts “naturally” . May include modeling and guided practice.

Answer 33

Explicit

Question 34

Instruction that follows intentional learning plan with specific goals

Answer 34

Strategic

Question 35

Integrates evidence based instruction ad interventions to address student needs

Answer 35

Multi-tiered system supports

Question 36

A multi-tiered approach intended to identify and support students with special needs

Answer 36

Response to intervention (RTI)

Question 37

Establishes a baseline and identifies students who need extra support

Answer 37

Universal Screener

Question 38

Curriculum based measurement that creates a beginning benchmark of a students ability and uses ongoing assessments to compare the starting point with later progress.

Answer 38

Progress monitoring

Question 39

Considers all available data to determine whether a problem is specific to an individual student, or is class wide.

Answer 39

Fidelity of implementation

Question 40

A neurological, language-based disorder that causes reading difficulties

Answer 40

Dyslexia

Question 41

Learning ability that affects a students handwriting

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Dysgraphia

Question 42

Individual sounds in a language

Answer 42

Phoneme

Question 43

The smallest unit of meaning in a language

Answer 43

Morpheme

Question 44

Adds onto the end of a word to create a new form of a word (-ed, -ing, - s)

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Inflectional suffix (Inflected ending)

Question 45

Adds onto the beginning of a word to create a new word (re- , de-, dis-)

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Derivational affix

Question 46

The rhythm, stress, and tone of spoken words, particularly of words of texts read aloud

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Prosody

Question 47

The study of sounds

Answer 47

Phonology

Question 48

The study of word formation and patterns

Answer 48

Morphology

Question 49

The rules of sentence structure and word order

Answer 49

Syntax

Question 50

The study of the meaning of language

Answer 50

Semantics

Question 51

Spoken and written communication

Answer 51

Discourse

Question 52

Studies the way context determines meaning in language

Answer 52

Pragmatics