INS Content Instruction Flashcards
Transition Words
Words that link sentences, paragraphs, and ideas together.
Example: First, next, last, on the other hand.
Writing Conventions
Basic rules of written language and proper grammar.
Example: grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation.
Order of Importance
Organizational approach where ideas are arranged with the most important claim at the top or bottom.
Linguistic Supports
They are strategies used to aid in language acquisition.
Examples: Graphic organizers, illustrations, manipulatives.
Productive Skills
Are when learners actively create language. these include reading and writing. You produce something.
Predictive Brainstorming
Look at in advance. This helps to activate students’ prior knowledge and asking probing questions.
Sequential Order
Is an organizational approach following an orderly progression of events, ideas, or steps.
Scaffolding
Is gradually removing aids when teaching new concepts.
Examples: identify adjectives, explicit teaching, guided instruction, repeats or rephrases like “what kind” “which one”.
Receptive Skills
Takes in and process language like listening and reading.
Lexicon
The collective vocabulary of a person or language.
Spatial Order
Organizational approach where ideas are arranged related to physical space.
Mentor Text
Is literature revisited throughout the year for different purposes. These are stylistic or structural guides like Owl Moon by Jane Yolen.
Chronological Order
Organizational approach that follows an orderly progression of events based in time.
Word Families
Have same ending letter or sound.
Examples are back, black, slack.
Vocabulary Development
How to effectively know and use words.
Example: listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Signal Words
Are words or phrases that show the connection between ideas.
Claim and Refutation
Is an organizational approach where the author argues against a statement, fact, or claim.
Problem and Solution
Is an organizational approach where the author presents a problem and possible solution.
Semantics
Is the study of word or symbol meaning.
Organizational Structure
Include the following:
cause/effect
problem/solution
main idea/details
and/or sequence
Modal
Is a verb used to indicate possibility, capability, necessity, or willingness.
Examples are like, could, may, must and have to.
Visual Aids
Help students with visual impairments/blindness process visual information.
Articles
Are a part of language.
Examples are a, the, an.
Drilling
Is where students hear works & phrases and then repeat them.
Expository Writing
Informs the reader about a specific subject.
Homogenious
Is the same or similar.
Intonation
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Prepositions
They show direction, time, place, location & relationships.
Example: for, in, at, on, with.
Reason for Formative Assessment
It identifies identifies mastered skills & need for further development.
Misplaced Modifier
“In the afternoon, I often see birds and rabbits on the way home from school. It is really nice to watch the animals and listen to the sounds of nature walking on the trail. It is the most peaceful and relaxing time of my day.”
Examples are A rabbit are not on the way home from school. Or the sound of nature are not walking home
Narrative Writing
Has frequent elements of intense, vivid description. No need to paraphrase.
Expository Writing
Informs the reader about a specific subject, such as an invention.
Drilling
A drill usually involves verbatim oral repetition of words and phrases.
Informational Writing
It’s good for students to practice paraphrasing an author’s idea, a skill necessary when writing informational texts that are heavy with sourced or referenced material.
Indefinite pronouns
A pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular.
Examples are anything, something, anyone, everyone.
Coordinating conjunctions
Are between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank.
Examples are and, but, or.
subordinating conjunctions.
A conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause.
Examples are although and because.
