Language Arts And Reading

Question 1

Explicit Instruction

Answer 1

Series of supports or scaffolds

Students are guided though the learning process with clear statements

Question 2

Explicit vs systematic instruction

Answer 2

Explicit- direct; have access to directions

Systematic- carefully planned sequence for instruction
Knowledge builds used when teaching emergent phonics

Question 3

Whole language

Answer 3

Overall meaning of words

Question 4

Phonics

Answer 4

Break up of words based on letters and sounds

Question 5

Shared Reading

Answer 5

Interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported by a teacher

Question 6

Differentiated instruction

Answer 6

Providing students with multiple ways to learn in the same classroom.

Teachers cannot teach one way and expect to reach all students

Question 7

Cooperative Learning

Answer 7

Literature circles

Workshops

Reading Centers

Discussion groups

*Kagan structures

Question 8

GOOD WORDS regarding reading and motivation

Answer 8

Choice
Interest
Relevance
Real-World

Question 9

Fable

Answer 9

Short story that convey a moral, typically with animals

The Three Little Pigs

Question 10

Legend

Answer 10

Narrative that features human actions that take place within human history and demonstrate human values

No proof they’re real

Passed on by word of mouth

EX: the legend of sleepy hollow

Question 11

Plot structure

Answer 11

Allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories that help the student unfold important parts of the story or plot

Question 12

Narrative poetry

Answer 12

Tells a story

Metered verse

Question 13

Fixed verse poetry

Answer 13

Set formula

Free verse has NO pre-established guidelines

Question 14

Haiku

Answer 14

Japanese consisting of 3 lines and 17 syllables

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7
5

Teaches syllabification

Question 15

phonological awareness

Answer 15

Ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken language, including how sounds can be blended together, segmented and manipulated

Question 16

Phonemic Awareness

Answer 16

Understanding the individual sounds (phonemes) in words

Question 17

Phonics

Answer 17

Understanding correspondence between these sounds and the spelling patterns

Question 18

Onset’s

Answer 18

Beginning consonant and consonant cluster

Question 19

Fluency

Answer 19

Reading without having to stop and decode words

Question 20

Prosody

Answer 20

Reading with expression while using the words and punctuation correctly

Question 21

Automaticity

Answer 21

How automatically the student reads

Can the student automatically say words as she moves down the passage?

Question 22

Critical thinking question

Answer 22

APPLY
CREATE
ANALYZE
EVALUATE

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Apply create analyze evaluate 
Apply create analyze evaluate 
Apply create analyze evaluate 
Apply create analyze evaluate
Apply create analyze evaluate

Question 23

Syntactic

Answer 23

Structure of the sentence

Question 24

Semantic

Answer 24

Meaning a student derives from text

Question 25

Graphophonic

Answer 25

Relationship between sounds and symbols

Question 26

Writing process

Answer 26

Prewriting

Drafting

Peer review

Revising

Editing

Rewriting

Publishing

Question 27

Receptive skills

Answer 27

Listening

Reading

Question 28

Productive skills

Answer 28

Speaking

Writing