What would be the most appropriate scaffolding for an English learner who is having difficulty identifying objects and the initial sounds?
Teacher names
... [Show More] all the objects before having the students participate in the task; EL may be unfamiliar with names of objects, so naming tgem gives them an opportunity to articulate initial sounds
Heterogeneous grouping is most likely to benefit the students in what way?
Mixed groups allow students to help scaffold learning among peers
A teacher wants to use a variety of media tools to create a book report. The teacher use technology to
Communicate a message through language, medium, and presentation
A teacher uses cooperative groups as an approach to reading instruction primarily because Cooperative grouping
Allow for student choice in learning, and this is linked to increased reader motivation and comprehension
Word families are groups
Of words that contain similar spelling and same same rhyme. e.g. word family "at": sat, cat, rat, mat, pat, etc
What percentage of words in the English language are phonetically regular (meaning they can be decided using letter-sound correspondence)?
50%
The alphabetic arc helps students learn
New words through analogy with letter patters in familiar word. e.g. If student recognizes /ran/ he should be able to decode/spell /fan/
Diagraph
combination of 2 letters possessing a single sound (graph= ph/ swing=ng/chance=ch/head=ea)
Trigraph
three letters that make one sound
How many words correct per minute (WCPM) should a student at the third grade be able to read?
100-120 wcpm
How many words correct per minute (WCPM) should a student in second grade be able to read?
80-100 wcpm
How many words correct per minute (WCPM) should a student in first grade be able to read?
70-90 wcpm
When a sentence is grammatically correct, we call that
Syntactically (grammar) well-formed
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
RTI Tier One
General education setting, level of support is mild: about 80-90% of students are in this tier
RTI Tier 2
General education, small group instruction, individualized support; level of support is moderate; about 15-20% of students are in this tire
RTI Tier 3
special education is likely; level of support is intensive; about 1-5% of students are in this tire
Dual Language Immersion/ Two-Way
1/2 class know foreign language, 1/2 class know English language, and all students are encouraged to work together to learn each other's language
What is a INEFFECTIVE way to help students prepare for standardized exams?
Spending majority of time using practice tests (drills)
What activities help English Learners reinforce vocabulary, language structure and schemata (mental framework)
Discussing (oral activities) and writing
Younger foreign students typically develop
Oral language skill in a second language before developing reading and writing skills in the second language
Older foreign students can sometimes
Develop reading/writing skills in a second language before developing second language oral language skills
Alphabetic Principle
The concept that written letters or written letter combinations represent a sound in spoken language
When a student is using graphophonic cues, he is using
Hints based on sound-symbol correspondence that help student decode a work
What are multimodal texts?
Texts that include different forms of langua [Show Less]