Language Arts And Reading Flashcards
Grapheme
A symbol, letter, or the combination of letters that represents a single sound. Such as d, k, m , sh, th, and ea
Graphophonemic
The relationship between symbols (letter in words) and sounds of a language
Summative assessment
Tests that are given at certain points in time in order to determine what students know and don’t know. Summative test are typically standardize ones and include state assessment district benchmarks semester or six weeks test and end of unit or chapter tests
Formative assessment
Screenings, tests, and questions that are considered part of instructional process since they are given throughout the learning of new instructional objectives. They can be in the form of:
Asking questions and or having students develop questions
Observations in the form of close monitoring and feedback while students are working
Self and peer assessment
Characteristics of a fluent reader
- Sound out words easily at grade level or above reading rates
- Utilize prior knowledge to understand new information
- Have extensive sight vocabularies
- can correct errors in reading words through a variety of strategies
- can sound out words or decode and comprehend at the same time
- can read smoothly and with prosody
- quickly adjust the rate they are reading based on the purpose for what they are reading
- can draw inferences from the text they are reading
- determine what is important in what they are reading
Metacognition
Thinking about your own thinking. And example might be to think about how to understand a certain chart with in the text. This says … right under the chart so that must mean…
Morphology
The way words are formed and are related to each other
Phonology
The study of speech and sounds used in language
Story elements
Setting, characters, theme, conflict, and resolution
Phonological awareness
Is the understanding and ability to hear individual words, syllables and sounds in spoken language apart from print.
It is an umbrella term that includes
- phonemic awareness
- syllabication
- rhyming
- understanding spoken word
Phonemic awareness
The ability to hear and use individual units of sounds, or phonemes in words and can be considered ear training
Syntax
Is a set of rules that govern the construction of words in order to make phrases, clauses, and sentences.
Prosody
The range of vocal expressions a reader uses when reading aloud including rhythm internation and stress patterns
Denotative meaning
The clear specific meaning of a word often derived from a dictionary
Morphology
The study of word formation in a language including inflections, derivation and compound formations
