Emergent literacy Flashcards
Accommodations
Assistances or changes to the learning process to allow the student to learn the same material as other (Changes HOW they learn.)
EX: extended time on test
Retell
a comprehension strategy in which students retell or tell differently what they have read or listened to.
EX: when students retell a story, they are demonstrating their comprehension of most important parts
phoneme isolation
the ability to hear recognize the individual sounds in words.
EX: what is the first sound you hear in dog? /d/
syllable
a unit of pronuncation that contains one vowel sound with or without consonant sounds.
EX: the word motorcycle has 4 syllables mo/tor/cy/cle
modification
changes to the curriculum to allow a student to access material at their level ( changes WHAT they learn)
EX: student is only held accountable for capitalization and punctuation in their writing, rather than all standard English conventions
Guided Reading
reading done by students with teacher support. This reading will be done within the framework of a lesson and often in a small group setting with the teacher.
directionality
the direction in which a language is read
EX: the directionality of written English is from left to right
Phoneme Blending
the ability to blend 2 sound to make a word
blend together these sounds to make a word: /b/ /a/ /t/ to form bat
decoding
in reading out loud, being able to sound out words by breaking them into simple forms. In reading for comprehension, the understanding of how to read each letter or letter pattern in a word to determine the word’s meaning.
word wall
an on-going bulletin board with terms used frequently in the classroom; words are often added as they are introduced
phonemic awareness/sound awareness
the ability to hear, identify, and re-create individual sounds in spoken words
EX: a student can hear that /b/ makes first sound in the word “blue”
invented spelling
child’s attempt to spell based on best judgment
transitional spelling
students use some conventional spelling but still misspell many irregular words
Early Reader (Stage of Reading Development)
Early readers begin understanding that reading from the printed page needs to make sense-both from the pictures and from the print
phonological awareness
the understanding and ability to hear individuals words, syllables, and sounds in spoken language apart from print
print concepts
the general rules governing text
EX: text is reading from left to right and top to bottom
inclusion
ensuring students with disabilities are included in classroom activities as much as possible
alphabetic principle
the understanding that there is a logical/systematic relationship between the sound of spoken English and the letters and letter-pattern of written English