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| What is receptive vocabulary? |
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| Words a person understands when hearing or reading them. |
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| What is expressive vocabulary? |
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| Words a person can use when speaking or writing. |
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| Common everyday words, such as dog, happy, and walk. |
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| High-utility academic words used across many subjects. |
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| Specialized words specific to a subject or content area. |
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| The study of meaningful word parts, such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes. |
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| The smallest unit of language that carries meaning. |
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| A morpheme that can stand alone as a word, such as play. |
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| What is a bound morpheme? |
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| A meaningful word part that cannot stand alone, such as re- or -ed. |
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| Information around an unknown word that helps determine its meaning. |
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| What is word consciousness? |
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| Awareness of and interest in words, their meanings, and how they are used. |
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| Listening and speaking skills used to communicate and understand language. |
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| What is academic language? |
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| Language used for learning, explaining, discussing, and understanding school content. |
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| What is literal comprehension? |
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| Understanding information that is directly stated in the text. |
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| What is inferential comprehension? |
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| Using text clues and background knowledge to understand unstated meaning. |
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| A conclusion made using text evidence plus what the reader already knows. |
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| What is background knowledge? |
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| What a reader already knows that helps them understand new information. |
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| Using clues and prior knowledge to anticipate what may happen or come next. |
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| Stating the most important ideas of a text briefly in your own words. |
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| What is comprehension monitoring? |
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| Noticing whether you understand a text and fixing confusion when needed. |
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| A teacher models the thinking a skilled reader uses while reading. |
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| Careful repeated reading to analyze meaning, details, and evidence. |
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| The most important point or central message of an informational text. |
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| What are supporting details? |
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| Facts or examples that explain and support the main idea. |
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| How are literal and inferential questions different? |
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| Literal answers are stated; inferential answers require clues plus reasoning. |
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