Accuracy
reading words without mistakes
Syllabic analysis
the process of dividing words into pronounceable units that contain a vowel-like sound.
... [Show More] Students recognize the word by putting together their knowledge of each of the word's syllables.
Miscue analysis
Examining a record of a student's oral reading to identify and classify errors.
Graphophonemic Errors
These errors are related to the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as reading feather or father.
Semantic Errors
meaning-related errors, such as reading dad for father.
Syntactic Errors
the error is the same part of speech as the correct word. Ex. reading into for through
Systematic Instruction
when the teacher knows what skills to teach (defined by content standards) and assessment drives the instruction.
Explicit Instruction
involves directing student attention toward specific learning in a highly structured environment. It is teaching that is focused on producing specific learning outcomes.
Automaticity
the ability to do things without having to think about them at a conscious level
Fluency
Fluent reading is reading at an appropriate pace with appropriate expression.
Morphology
the identification, analysis, and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, and implied context
Apposition
grammatical construction, in which two elements, usually noun phrases are placed side by side, with one element serving to identify the other
Opin Sentences
fill in the blank
Literal Comprehension
identifying facts directly from a passage/reading (e.g., main idea, stated facts, sequence of events, characters in the story). Answers are "in the book"
Inferential Comprehension
determining what the text means (e.g., generalizations, cause and effect relationships, future predictions, unstated main idea). Answers are "in your head"
Evaluative Comprehension
what the text tells us about the world outside the story. The reader makes judgements about what he or she has read. Ex. recognizing instances of bias, distinguishing facts and opinions, judging a texts content, analyzing themes, etc.
Types of sight words
1. High frequency
2. Irregular spelling
3. Content-area words (from social studies and science; larvae, pupa, 3-5th grade).
Independent reading level
Books and stories at this level can be read and understood by the child without assistance by the teacher. The student must read aloud 95% words correctly and 90% or more comprehension questions correctly.
Instructional reading level
Material at this level can be read and understood by the student with help from the teacher. Can read 90% or more of words correctly and answer 60% of the comprehension correctly.
Frustration reading level
Books at this level cannot be read and understood by the child, even with help. The child can listen to the teacher or someone else read material and understand it. For a passage at this level, the child correctly read aloud less than 90% of the words or did not answer 60% of comprehension questions correctly.
Affix
Either prefixes (before the root word: non, un, pre) or suffixes (after the root word: ment, er, ly)
Alphabetic Principle
speech sounds are represented by letters. English is an alphabetic language because symbols represents sounds. sounds are called phonemes.
Consonant blend
When two or more consonants appear together and you hear each sound that each consonant would normally make. Ex. Bl-blend
Concepts about print
1. The relationships between spoken and written English and that print carries meaning.
2. Sentence, word and letter representation
3. Directionality of English and tracking print
4. Book handling skills
Decoding
translating written words into the sounds and meanings of spoken words (often silently). An essential skill for reading. Decoding is not enough in itself to enable comprehension, but to be a good reader it is necessary to be a good decoder. To easily read the texts in their everyday lives, adults need to be able to decode unfamiliar words without having to think about it (that is, they need to develop the ability to decode automatically).
Digraph
2 letters that spell a single sound, or phoneme. The digraph is the two letters, not the sound.
Ex. Ph=F
Diphthong
one vowel sound formed by the combination of two vowel sounds. example: cow, oil, boy, out.
Encode
spelling, is the reverse process. The skills used are usually developed alongside decoding skills and reflect similar learning.
Expository Text
those that provide information about a topic. A social studies textbook, and information book on lions, a set of instructions, reference texts, newspapers, menus.
Homophone
2 words with the same sound. (Sunday and sundae, mail and male).
Homograph
two words with the same spelling but 2 different pronunciations (cool wind, wind the clock) or (bass fish, or bass voice) (bow tie or bow to the king).
Homonym
two or more distinct words with the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings: cans (n) vs. can's (n) vs. cans (v) -er/-or (comparative vs. agent)
sweet-er vs. act-or vs. report-er date (fruit vs. appointment)
Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
a collection of assessments administered [Show Less]