Literacy Flashcards

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1
Q

Like speech, literacy involves ___ and ___

A

comprehension; expression

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2
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One indicator for future literacy skills is

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language/speech abilities in early years

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2
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Six factors influencing literacy skills

A

Genetics
Environment
Socio-economic status
Experience with language
Whether or not they went to preschool
Overall health

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2
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Two important aspects of reading

A

decoding and comprehension

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3
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IN LITERACY

This reading method broadly has to do with phonological awareness

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Decoding

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4
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IN LITERACY

This reading method broadly has to do with language knowledge

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Comprehension

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5
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Breaking up word into component sounds, blending them into a recognizable word, and word interpretation based on grammar, word meanings and context

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Decoding

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6
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knowledge of sounds, sound structure and syllables of given words

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Phonological Awareness

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7
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ability to manipulate sounds

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Phonemic awareness

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8
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creating word from individual sounds and syllables

A

Blending

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9
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dividing words into its parts

A

Segmentation

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10
Q

Factors that affect phonological awareness in preschool years

A

Socioec background
Speech sound accuracy
Vocab

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11
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organizing units for sounds

A

Syllables

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12
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two parts of a syllable

A

onset and rime

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13
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Two parts of a rime

A

nucleus and coda

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14
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two main types of reading processes

A

bottom-up
top-down

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15
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Readers tend to go from __ to __ processing

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bottom-up; top-down

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16
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Bottom-up reading starts from figuring out the __ and __ of the writing. Top-down reading starts from figuring out the ___

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morphemes; phonemes; meaning

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17
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ability to read quickly and precisely

A

Reading Fluency

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18
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Three factors that can influence reading comprehension

A

Speech skills
Cognition
Family struggles with language

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19
Q

Word identification __ get directly transferred to reading comprehension skills

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doesn’t

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20
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3 literacy levels from least to most advanced

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basic
critical
dynamic

21
Q

In this reading comprehension level, the reader is primarily concerned with decoding

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basic

22
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In this reading comprehension level, the reader actively interprets, analyzes and synthesizes

A

critical

23
Q

In this reading comprehension level, the reader relates content across multiple texts, compares and contrasts, integrates ideas for problem solving

A

dynamic

24
Q

smallest writing unit of a language; some say it’s a letter, some say it’s a letter that can mark the difference between words, some say corresponds to particular phonemes

A

Grapheme

25
Q

What is the first phase of literacy and how long does it last?

A

emerging, 0-6

26
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NAME THAT AGE - LITERACY

caregiver models reading, book is a thing like any other thing

A

1

27
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NAME THAT AGE - LITERACY

caregiver reads to child, child can begin to show sound awareness

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2

28
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NAME THAT AGE - LITERACY

most children can recognize their fav books, rudimentary print skills, knows the direction the letters go, etc

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3

29
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NAME THAT AGE - LITERACY

can recognize names, few memorized words, start to pay attention to internal structure of words, can detect syllables and rimes

A

4

30
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NAME THAT AGE - LITERACY

alphabet phase (learn the alphabet), know letter names, start to learn vowels and consonants, guessing to read. As they age, start learning phonics; a lot of cognition used for decoding

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Age 5-6 (K-1)

31
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NAME THAT GRADE - LITERACY

competent reader via graphemic, syllabic and word knowledge

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Age 7-8 (2nd)

32
Q

NAME THAT GRADE - LITERACY

reading is fluent, starting to read to learn instead of learning to read

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3rd-4th grade

33
Q

NAME THAT GRADE - LITERACY

emphasis on reading comprehension - scanning rate continues to increase

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4th-8th

34
Q

NAME THAT GRADE - LITERACY

focus on inference and recognition of point of view

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High school

35
Q

NAME THAT GRADE - LITERACY

able to integrate reading into current knowledge and make critical judgment about material

A

college

36
Q

What happens during the emergence phase of literacy?

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Awareness of print and sounds, gradually developing association between two

37
Q

Children first recognize words by

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the first and last letters of a word

38
Q

sound/letter relationship is known as

A

phonics

39
Q

Children become silent readers by __ grade

A

3rd

40
Q

What are five traits of mature reading?

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AUTO - Automatic processing of printed words
EXP - Use of language and experiences to understand text
SUPEROBJECTIVE - Automatic monitoring of comprehension
PREDICTING - Predicting what comes next
ACTIVE - Reading is active - concepts formed and modified, details memorized and recalled, info is verified

41
Q

representation of phonemes with letters

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Writing

42
Q

info stored in memory that tells us how to represent spoken language into written form

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Orthographic knowledge

43
Q

Two parts of orthographic knowledge

A

Mental graphemic representations
Orthographic patterns

44
Q

Part of orthographic knowledge - memories for spelling

A

mental graphemic representations

45
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Part of orthographic knowledge - rules of morphemes and phonics

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Orthographic patterns

46
Q

Mature writing happens by this age

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Sometimes never (ha, tricked you!)

47
Q

Originally speech and writing treated as separate systems. __ is more developed and complex at first, and eventually switches with __

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speech; writing

48
Q

of words explicitly taught in elementary school

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4K

49
Q

Caregivers can __ and __ to aid a child’s reading development

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model; give feedback

50
Q

knowledge letters and words, ability to ID some letters by name, knowledge way in which words progress through book

A

Print awareness

51
Q

Development of reading fluency depends on these six factors

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-Phonological awareness
-Visual perception
-Knowledge of orthographic representation
-Word recognition and speed of retrieval
-Access to language
-Higher language and conceptual knowledge