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Vocabulary of Literacy
Terms of Literacy
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English
Post-Graduate
11/27/2012

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Text Feature
Definition
the items on a page that guide a reader through the information
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Story Structure/Story Elements
Definition
the text's overall organizational pattern. In fiction: four elements = character, setting, problem, solution
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Summarizing
Definition
a succinct retelling of the key points in a text in the order that they are presented
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Synthesizing
Definition
summary with the inclusion of a reader's schema, beliefs, emotions, and values that are important to the overall meaning
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Onset
Definition
the beginning consonant or consonant blend of a syllable
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Rime
Definition
the vowel to the end of a syllable
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Phonemic Awareness
Definition
the ability to hear and manipulate the speech sounds of spoken language
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Phonics
Definition
the knowledge of the relationship of the graphemes and phonemes of language
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Enconding
Definition
breaking down a known word into its separate sounds and writing the corresponding grapheme
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Decoding
Definition
translating a grapheme into its corresponding sound then combining those sounds into meaningful spoken words in text
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Explicit Instrucitons
Definition
instruction where the what, when and how (or why) of learning is explained to the students
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Phoneme
Definition
the smallest unit of sound in spoken language
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Grapheme
Definition
the symbol or letter of spoken sound
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Prosody
Definition
the rhythm or cadence of spoken language
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Fluency
Definition
reading so it sounds like talking
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Etymology
Definition
the study of word origins
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
words that imitate the sound that is actually made
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Accuracy
Definition
the percentage of words read that match what is in print
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Context Clue
Definition
information in the immediate textual setting
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Coding Text
Definition
a shorthand symbol to capture thinking while reading
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Lexical Access
Definition
reaching one's internal dictionary in memory
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Round Robin Reading
Definition
unrehearsed oral reading
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Orthographic knowledge
Definition
correct understanding of spelling
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Modeling
Definition
guided oral reading
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Sight vocabulary
Definition
the words that a reader encounters in print which are instantly and effortlessly recognized
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Sight words
Definition
words that do not conform to traditional analysis methods, which must be learned by sigh
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Comprehension monitoring
Definition
being aware of when meaning is being attained or lost while reading
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Schema
Definition
the sum total of our background knowledge and experience
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Gradual Release of Responsibility
Definition
instruction that includes the following framework: explanation, modeling, guided practice (collaborative included), independent practice, application. "Handing over". 5 fingers = 5 methods.
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Retelling
Definition
a detailed oral or written recounting of what is read
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Phoneme Isolation
Definition
recognizing individual sounds in a word
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Phoneme Identification
Definition
recognizing the same sound in different words
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Phoneme Categorization
Definition
recognizing the word in a set of words that has the "odd" sound
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Phoneme Blending
Definition
Listening to a sequence of separately spoken phonemes and combining the phonemes to form a word
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Phoneme Segmentation
Definition
breaking a word into its separate sounds
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Phoneme addition
Definition
making a new word by adding a phoneme to an existing word
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Phoneme deletion
Definition
recognizing the word that remains when a phoneme is removed from another word
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Phoneme substitution
Definition
Replacing one phoneme in a spoken word to form a new word
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Dipthong
Definition
a sliding vowel sound
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Digraph
Definition
2 vowels or consonants that make a single word
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Morpheme
Definition
the smallest unit of meaning in a word
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Root
Definition
the part of a word that is derived from another language (often latin or Greek) that usually does not stand alone in English (a bound morpheme)
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Affix
Definition
any morpheme attached to the main meaning-bearing part of a word; includes prefixes, suffixes and inflectional endings
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Denotation
Definition
the dictionary or literal meaning of a word
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Connotation
Definition
a definition based on useage
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Miscue
Definition
any deviation by a reader from what is written in pring
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Reading Rate
Definition
the speed in which a reader orally reads a passage
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Instructional reading level
Definition
between 90-95% accuracy; a text that balances its challenges and successes for a reader, "just right level"
vs. independent (96-100%) and frustration (89% and below)
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Automaticity
Definition
the ability to identify words rapidly without decoding
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Grouping/Chunking
Definition
phrasing throught units while reading instead of focusing on word-by-word reading. Processing text in 3-4 word phrasal units
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Phrase Cued Text
Definition
reading passages that are marked in meaningful phrase boundaries with slash marks
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Strategy
Definition
  • a systematic plan 
  • consciously adapted and monitored 
  • to improve one's reading or learning
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Metacognition
Definition
thinking of one's thinking
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