Exam 1 Flashcards
How is grammar a bridge between reading comprehension and writing comprehension?
Help students to understand sentences and then being able to understand what they are writing
Subject
Thing doing something (the who)
Predicate
Thing being done (did what)
Object
Thing being acted upon (to whom or what)
Noun
Who or what did it
What is biologically primary knowledge?
Evolutionary skills we acquire naturally (ex: being able to speak a language)
What is biologically secondary knowledge?
Cultural knowledge we don’t acquire naturally (ex: reading, writing)
🧠 Frontal lobe
Responsible for planning and executing motor movements for writing ✍️
Broca’s area is located in the frontal lobe, what does it do?
Where we think about grammar
🧠 Parietal Lobe
Responsible for integrating information from the other lobes ⛓️
🧠 Occipital Lobe
Visual processing 👁️
What does wernicke’s area do?
It recognizes individual sounds and remembers where they’ve heard it before (recall) 🤔
What does the word form area do?
Stores sight words 👀
🧠 Temporal lobe
Stores sounds (individual sounds) 👂
What does the four part processing model for word recognition consist of?
(Context)
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(Meaning)
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(Phonological) {phonics} (orthographic)
Prealphabetic
Know general print concepts
Recognize incidental visual features of words
Early Alphabetic
Know some letter/sound correspondence
Early phonological phonemic awareness skill
Later Alphabetic
Begin to recognize sight words with automaticity
Uses grapheme-phoneme correspondence
Segment and blend 3-4 phonemes
Consolidated Alphabetic
Developing sight words
Orthographic mapping links, word families, syllables, and morphemes
Deletes, substitutes, and reverses phonemes
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is ___________ in origin
Neurobiological
Characteristics of Dyslexia
Difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition
Poor spelling and decoding skills
Dyslexia often occurs because of deficiencies in the ____________________ component of language processing
Phonological
In the dyslexic brain, the _______ and ________ areas of the brain don’t light up
WFA … Wernicke’s area
In the dyslexic brain, _______________ is advanced in their language (very verbal)
Broca’s area
What is kinetic reversal
When the full order of a word is flipped
What is static reversal
When one letter is flipped in a word
Instructional planning for Explixit instruction (how will you design the lesson for the subject knowledge to be attainable for students?)
Focus on critical content
Sequence skills logically
Break down complex ideas
Explicit Instruction is… (what are its components?)
Clear about the purpose and rationale for learning
Clear expectations
Modeling
Supported practice
Feedback
Less support till student achieves independent mastery
Strategy for helping students with dyslexia
Having them repeat the directions in their own words
Multi sensory approach to teaching reading involves…
Integrating visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic learning elements
What does Dyslexia affect?
It affects reading and writing
What is orthographic processing
Ability to recognize written words
What is language comprehension
The ability to understand and use language in oral form
Purpose of content coverage
To ensure that students have a deep understanding of a specific topic
What is the recommended frequency of review?
Daily
What is the estimated increase in potential active engagement Time for students when routines are developed and instructional session start on time
10 minutes a day
What is decodable text
Text that is designed to match the phonics skills that students are learning
What is the importance of assessment in Structural Literature
To ensure that students are retaining previously learned skills over time