Language and Literacy Flashcards
What are the five levels of language acquisition?
Babbling Holophrastic Two-word stage Telegraphic Transitional writing
Concepts of Print
Knowledge of words, letters, sentences
Knowledge of many uses of print
Knowledge of the structure of a book (title, beginning, middle, end)
Environmental print
Product names, street signs, business names
Home languages around the classroom. (English, Spanish, etc)
Which of the following will help gauge a students print awareness?
A) asking a student to recount story events
B) asking a student to point to a sentence
C) asking a student what sound P makes
B) asking a student to point to a sentence
What is Phonological awareness?
General ability to understand that within oral language there are subparts
What are the 4 parts of phonological awareness?
Individual words
Syllables
Onsets- beginning consonant sound
Rimes
Alphabetic Principal
Words are made up of written letters that represent spoken sounds
Phonemes
Distinct unit of sound
Small unit of language
Phonemic awareness
Knowledge & ability to use phonemes
*best to teach in small groups because levels will vary
Phoneme blending
Involves students putting sounds together to make words
Phoneme segmentation
Inverse of phoneme blending and involves students sounding out a word
Phoneme Deletion
Phoneme is removed to make a new word.
Ramp - /p/= ram
Phoneme substitution
One phoneme is changed to make a new word
Fla/t/ to fla/p/
Phonics
Connects written language to spoken language
Correlates certain sounds with certain letters or group of letters
letter-sound correspondence
identification of sounds that goes with corresponding letters & letter combinations
Decoding
ability to pronounce the sounds of written words orally and glean meaning.
Sight words
words that require no decoding and are simply memorized
Fluency
the rate, accuracy, and expression of a piece when read
reading rate
measure of speed
calculated in words per minute
Accuracy
correct decoding of words
generally entwined with rate when measuring fluency
prosody
the liveliness & expressiveness of reading
True or False: Fluency is not correlated with comprehension.
False: Fluency is correlated because students who struggle to read and decode will have a difficult time comprehending
What are texts about the world around us and do not use characters convey information? A) fiction B) Nonfiction C) Informational text D) Both B & C
D: Nonfiction & informational text
which two text usually have stories made up by the author? A) Literary B) Nonfiction C) Fiction D) Fairytale
A & C
While they may contain true elements or based on actual events they have plenty of elements designed to capture the readers interest
Fictions texts contain these three elements A) lines, stage, acts B) characters, plot, setting C) sidebars, acts, stanzas D) meters, drama, setting
B) Characters, plot, setting
What are characters in a fiction text?
real or imagined people, animals, or creatures
what is the plot of a literary or fiction text?
sequence of story events
What is the setting?
any time or place past, present, future, real or imagined.
What three elements does a drama have? A) acts, scenes, stage B) point of view, rhyme, plot C) lines, stage, characters D) plot, meter, lines
A) acts, scenes, stage
True or False: Dramas help students with expressive reading and reinforces social and emotional learning
True
True or False: Poetry with rhyme reinforces phonological awareness
True
What is Meter in a poem?
the rhythm or beat
* students can often clap, stomp or dance to the text
What are the structural elements of literature?
characters, setting, conflict, plot, resolution, point of view, theme
______ is the perspective from which the story is told.
Point of View
“what do you think character X will do next?” will help students ________
make predictions or predict
John’s teacher asks him to summarize the book they just read. What is the teacher asking John to do?
To condense the main elements of the story.
