English no2

Question 1

What are letter strings?

Answer 1

Letters appear in repeating pattern, first letters mastered are usually child’s name. No concepts of word indicated by lack of spacing. Letters do not represent sounds followed by groups of letters to look like words.

Question 2

What are invented spellings?

Answer 2

Letters represent sounds, becoming aware of concepts of words. Becoming aware of print conventions. Correct letter formation will developing - letters may be reversed or have extra lines. Child may/not able to read/remember what is written.

Question 3

What are letter/word representation?

Answer 3

First letter of the word used to represent the entire word. Remember onset and rhyme? First and last letters are used to represent the whole word.

Question 4

What are medial letter sounds?

Answer 4

Writes words with beginning, middle and ending letter sounds. Demonstrates increased phonemic awareness.

Question 5

What are long ladder word?

Answer 5

Down and off in another direction (I j l t u v and w with rounded bases).

Question 6

What are one armed robot?

Answer 6

Down and retrace upwards (b h k m n p r)

Question 7

What are curly caterpillar (C)?

Answer 7

c a d e g p q f s

Question 8

What are Zig Zag monsters?

Answer 8

What are V W X Z

Question 9

What are the different types of grasp?

Answer 9

1. Cylinderical grasp - 1-1/2 years
2. Digital grasp - 2-3 years
3. Modified tripod grasp - 1/2 - 4 years
4. Tripod grasp - 2-7 years

Question 10

How can we help scribbers?

Answer 10

Exposure to print, alphabet knowledge, alphabet knowledge, word/sound play, storytelling about their work, fine motor practice, puzzles, play dough) exploration with writing/drawing materials, modelled/shared writing experiences, concept/volcabulary development.

Question 11

What are mock letter writers?

Answer 11

All the above, plus, name writing, learn to write the word “I” shared reading with reader tracking print to show spacing between words.

Question 12

What are letter stringers?

Answer 12

All the above, plus letter sound knowledge, focus on beginning sounds, letter sound knowledge, focus on beginning sounds, letter formation induction, a few aight words, names of friends.

Question 13

What are invented spellers?

Answer 13

All the above plus, begin with long vowels, more sight words, end punctuation, practice with sound stretching to hear medial and final sounds, concept of word spacing.

Question 14

What are letter formation?

Answer 14

Model - gross then fine, pattern practice - continuous and grouped across the body, the body, patter and sounds to accompany formation of each letter, supervise until secure, consistency - see “patter,” cultural differences and phonics.

Question 15

What is a simple sentence?

Answer 15

A simple sentence consist of a single clause. 
Every clause has a subject and a verb. 
The dog eats. 
Subject - dog
Verb - eats  
Other elements in the sentence can be objects. 
The dog eats a bone
The object will be bone.

Question 16

What do compound sentences include?

Answer 16

Has two or more clauses joined often by - and, or, but, or and so. The clauses are of equal weight - they, are both main clauses.
It was late BUT I wasn’t tired.
The night was dark AND the wind howled.
We could have chips OR we could have pizza.

Question 17

What are complex sentences?

Answer 17

This consists of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses joined by a conjunction.
I WASN’T TIRED although IT WAS LATE.
These sentences use subordinating conjunction. A complex sentence the order of the clauses can be changed but the main clause remains the main clause etc.
I WASN’T TIRED although IT WAS LATE
Although IT WAS LATE, I WASN’T tired.

Question 18

What are subordinating conjunctions?

Answer 18

They are used to link causes within a complex sentence. Modelling writing id important as a teacher. You are the example to children, you show how to write letters, you let children know it’s ok to make mistakes you model the process and celebrate the act of writing.

Question 19

What are the seven co-ordinating conjunction?

Answer 19

They give the importance to the words or sentence they connect FAN BOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Question 20

How do colourful semantics help children?

Answer 20

Visual support to help children understand word classes and sentence structure. Colourful semantics is a support structure for writing sentences. Children can use words or images under the colours to form sentences.