Literacy Concepts Flashcards
Semiphonetic Spelling
Students have some letter awareness, but are unable to use all letters in the word.
Spell “play” p-a
Passive Participants
students who let their minds wander elsewhere
Consolidated Alphabetic Stage
a stage of word recognition in which students read by using memorized letter chunks, affixes, and syllables to read words
Full Alphabetic Stage
a stage of word recognition in which students use their full working knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode unfamiliar words letter-by-letter
Receptive Language
the ability to understand meaning from language
Pre-Alphabetic Stage
a stage of word recognition in which students have no working knowledge of the alphabetic system and “read” words based on memorizing what they look like
a child says “Wal-Mart” when passing the store’s sign
Active Participants
students who pay attention with their whole bodies
Partial Alphabetic Stage
a stage of learning to read in which students use their limited knowledge of the alphabet and background clues to figure out what words mean.
Precommunicative Spelling
Students try to spell words by scribbling shapes that sometimes look like letters, but they can’t make the forms.
