Praxis 5019 Flashcards

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Digraph

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a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound (sh, th, etc)

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Dipthong

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Going from one vowel to another without discernible difference

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Onset

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the consonant sound that comes before the first vowel in a syllable (“sw” in “swim”)

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Rime

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the entire syllable excluding the onset (“im” in “swim”)

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5
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Blend

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weaving individual sounds together to produce a word

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Phonemes

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the smallest unit of sound

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Alphabetic Principle

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Each phoneme should have its own distinctive graphic representation

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Phonemic Awareness

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the awareness that individual letters have specific sounds associated with them.

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Phonics

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associating sounds with writing

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10
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Phonological Awareness

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the awareness that words are made up of sounds

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Emergent Literacy

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when a child uses books and writing materials to pretend to read/write, even though they don’t know how

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Guided reading

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The teacher gives the students a structure for and tells them the purpose of their reading, as well as a structure for how to respond to the text

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Round-Robin reading/Popcorn reading

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students take turns reading from the book

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Echo reading

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the teacher reads a line from a book and the students repeat it

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Choral reading

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students read aloud at the same time as the teacher

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All-in-the-gap reading

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teachers read from a book and pause occasionally to have the students chime in with the appropriate rhyming or predictable word

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17
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Shared reading

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echo, choral, or fill-in-the-gap

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big books

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books that are very large, with large print and pictures

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Decode

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look at written text and “translate” it into spoken sounds

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Sight words

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words that a student recognizes on sight, rather than having to first sound them out

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Fluency

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how well a student is able to read something

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Encode

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take spoken sounds and “encode” them as written words

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Narrative Writing

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writing that tells a story and has chronology

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Descriptive writing

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writing that describes something to the senses, designed to affect the readers emotions

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Persuasive writing

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Writing that tries to convince the reader of something

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Expository Writing

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Writing that tries to inform the reader of something, doesn’t matter if the reader uses the info or has their mind changes, it is just to give the information

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Cloze Procedure

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students fill in missing words based on context

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Rubric

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a method of scoring work using a numerical value where each value is associated with certain characteristics

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Formative Assessment

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assessing a studnets understanding as you teach (homework, in class, journals, etc)

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Cumulative Assessment

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Assessing a students understanding at the end (unit test)

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Criterion-Referenced Test

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students are tested to see how much of a subject they actually understand based on specific learning criteria not other students

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Norm-Referenced test

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students are tested to see how much of a subject they understood as compared to other students in their age group

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Reciprocal Teaching

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the teacher models a concept then the students form groups and take turns leading small-group discussion about the concpept

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Cooperative Teaching

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teachers join together to teach a concept

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Scaffolded Instruction

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teacher provide temporary support to a student who is not ready to perform the task independently

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Modeling

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teacher modeling how to do something then has the student do it.

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Inquiry Teaching

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students are encouraged to ask questions and the teacher simply asks more questions rather than answering

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Think-Pair-Share

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teacher asks a question, students think about it, then pair up to discuss and then they share their thoughts

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Jigsaw Method

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students are assigned to a group to become experts on their topic, then they leave their group and form another group where they teach their classmates about their topic

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Wait time

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by pausing after asking a question, the teacher generates longer and more thoughtful answers from their students

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Auditory learners

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learn best through verbal instruction

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Visual learners

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learn best by seeing

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Kinesthetic/tactile learners

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Learn best by doing

44
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Cooperative Learning

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students are put in groups to complete a task or learn a concept

45
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Blooms taxonomy

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learning is a process involving…

  1. knowledge
  2. comprehension
  3. application
  4. Analysis
  5. Synthesis
  6. Evaluation
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Blooms taxonomy level 1

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Knowledge: obtaining information

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Blooms taxonomy level 2

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Comprehension: understanding the information obtained

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Blooms taxonomy level 3

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Application: use the information in different situations

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Blooms taxonomy level 4

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Analysis: analyze the information so you can understand sub-parts, and see how it compares to other information

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Blooms taxonomy level 5

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Synthesis: combine the information with previously learned information to come up with new information/conclusions

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Blooms taxonomy level 6

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Evaluation: use the information to make the best judgment possible about something

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peer tutor

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a student who understand a certain concept helps those who are struggling

53
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Cross age tutor

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an older student helping a younger one

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divergent thinking

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students explore many possible solutions to a problem. often creative with no one right answer

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Grand conversation

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a conversation between all students in class directed by students with the teacher observing

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Constructivism

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students learn by taking experiences and seeing how they fit into their view of the world or by changing their view of the world to fit their experience

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Story Boards

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a comic-strip-like sequence of boxes where each box depicts a scene from a story, in order the boards represent the entire story

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Concept maps

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a diagram that shows relationships among concepts. it uses boxes for concepts and arrows to show how they connect to each other

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Venn diagram

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used to compare and contrast two or more things