Phonics Instruction 2 Flashcards
Print awareness
Includes recognition of punctuation and other subtleties. For more advanced readers
What 5 conventions should students know about language as it appears in print?
1 printed words carry meaning like spoken words
2 print is always organized; I.e. Left to right, top to bottom
3 words are made up of letters
4. Words are separated by spaces
5 words are grouped into sentences
What is the Dolch list?
Popular list of sight words broken down by grade level. Can be used to assess students sight word abilities throughout the year.
What is characteristic of successful readers?
They consider pretty much every letter in a word when they decode.
What does continuous progress monitoring help the teacher do?
Verify mastery, identify students with continued need, isolate skills that require further practice, and assess effectiveness of instructional methods
What skill represents “phonological awareness”?
Segmentation of words into sounds.
What does larger arc of phonics instruction begin with?
Simple phonological awareness concepts such as segmenting and manipulating individual sounds within words
How should performance data be used?
Id students who need more practice, isolate specific objectives they need to work with, and determine the most effective reading instructional methods to use.
What is the difference between analytic phonics and synthetic phonics?
Analytic phonics is a whole-to-part approach and synthetic phonics is a parts-to-whole approach. Analytic starts with sight words. Synthetic starts with phonemes.
