The Development of Literacy Flashcards
Fluency
The ability to read, write, or speak with minimal difficulty. Fluency in reading includes being able to read with little effort and does not require conscious attention to the mechanics of reading.
Dialogic Reading
a technique where a reader is asked to respond to questions about the topic during a reading assessment
Cohesion
The use of transitional expressions and other devices to guide readers and show how the parts of a text (written or spoken) relate to one other. Cohesion includes the grammatical and lexical links that hold together sentences, allowing them to be fluid and convey meaning.
Digraph
a pair of written letters that represent a single speech sound, like “ch”, and “sh”
Emergent Literacy
Skills and knowledge that a child acquires before learning to read. These skills can include learning to print and acknowledging that words on a page can create a story or convey information.
Myths
Traditional stories that consist of events that explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
Metalinguistic Knowledge
the ability to think about language consciously
Phonemic Awareness
phonological awareness that allows children to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes
Coherence
interpreting the meaning of a context or situation by considering all aspects of a situation, along with any previous knowledge that relates to an event
Decontextualized Language
Forms of communication that can be understood regardless of the circumstance or surrounding context. Decontextualized language consists of linguistic cues as meaning can ONLY be conveyed through these cues.
Onset
the initial phonological unit of a word
Phonics
describes the relationship between phonemes and written language
- ability to understand that sounds correspond to specific symbols that can be distinguished from one another
Print Awareness
awareness that printed words carry meaning/a message
Rime
the second half of a monosyllabic word (onset-rime)
-ad in sad
-it in sit
The rime is the vowel and any following consonants in the word
Expository
A form of writing where the purpose of it is to describe and identify the subject of a story.
Text Structure
how written text is organized, understanding this supports comprehension of text
Phonological Awareness
a child’s ability to notice and manipulate the sounds of a language separate from the meaning of the word
Narrative
a verbal description of events that is longer than a single utterance and possesses a structure that helps to aid understanding of stories
figurative language
Nonliteral phrases consisting of idioms, metaphors, similes, and proverbs; The budding ability to understand idioms and early figurative language appear in early attempts to include humor/sarcasm in writing
