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Literacy Education Vocabulary
Study Aide for EDUC 304
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Education
Undergraduate 3
11/01/2017

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Buddy Reading
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An older student is paired with a  younger student and reads with them. The older student should practice the reading beforehand so that they are fluent.

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Onset
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initial phonological unit of any word 

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Guided Reading
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Small group reading instruction to provide differentiation helping students develop proficiency 

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Decodable text
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A type of text often used for beginner readers which allows students to decode words using the phonics instruction they have received 

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Phoneme
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The perpetually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another [image]
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Digraph
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A combination of two letters representing one sound 

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Choral Reading
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The teacher reads aloud with the whole class, while omitting words from time to time. The students fill in the omitted words. 

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Grapheme
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Individual letters/groups of letters that represent one sound, "oo" 

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Echo Reading
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Teacher reads and the students read it back[image]
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Syntax
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Set of rules for combining words into sentences [image]
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Shared Reading
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Teacher reads aloud while students follow along[image]
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Rime
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The string of letters that follow the onset[image]
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Prosody
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The inflection of one's voice[image]
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Morpheme
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A word that cannot be further divided[image]
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Independent Reading Level
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Reader has enough knowledge to be able to read quickly with few errors, 95% accuracy 

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Frustrational Reading Level
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Requires extensive assistance from the teacher to handle things like accuracy and rate, recognizes less than 90% of the words  

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Closed Syllable
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Summarizing
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This teaches students to focus on the important details of a text, this helps with their memory of what they read [image]
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Inferential Comprehension
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Processing information that we have read and understanding its meaning. Students use clues in the text to draw inferences. 

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Story Grammar
Definition

Elements of a story or selection; setting, theme, characters, conflict, plot 

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Comparing
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"How are these things the same?"

 

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Explicit/Synthetic Phonics
Definition

Scientifically proven, research based

Students look at the letter-sounds in isolation 

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Consonant Blend
Definition

Groups of two or three consonants in words that make distinct sounds 

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Retelling
Definition

Comprehension strategy where students tell about that they have read 

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Graphophonic Cues
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letter-sound or sound-symbol relationships of language, Students may mistake one word for another because of its similarities 

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Contrasting
Definition

"How are these two things different?"

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Patterned Text
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Predictable text for early readers 

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Cloze Procedure
Definition

Requires students to restore words that have been removed from otherwise normal text

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Implicit/Analytic Phonics
Definition

"Whole language approach" to teaching phonics, Starts with the whole word

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Literacy Comprehension
Definition
Ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning[image]
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Instructional Reading Level
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The student can recognize words with 90% accuracy 

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Running Records
Definition

A tool that helps teachers to identify patterns in student reading behaviors, keeps track of errors

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Scanning
Definition

Selective reading process to locate information that answers specific questions 

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Open syllable
Definition

Syllable that ends in a vowel

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Semantic Cues
Definition

Using the words that are around unknown words as cues

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Visualization
Definition

Making mental pictures that change as you read/are being read to 

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Skimming
Definition

Fast reading that helps you get the main idea instead of details, as speed increases comprehension will decrease 

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Scaffolding
Definition

Temporary framework put up for support, taken away as the student gains control of the skill 

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Alphabetic Principle
Definition

Recognition that written letters represent the sound of spokane language 

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Print Concepts/concepts of print
Definition

Informal assessment, seeing if a student understands how to handle a book 

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Comprehension

 

Definition

ability to understand something 

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Automaticity
Definition

ability to quickly and accurately identify words 

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Think Aloud
Definition

Teachers verbalize while reading a selection. They may describe, predict, act out, and models what skilled readers do 

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Metacognition
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Thinking about thinking, proficient readers continually monitor their thoughts while reading 

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Reading Strategies
Definition

Mental operations involved when readers approach a text effectively to make sense of what they read 

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Reading rate
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Speed, rate at which person reads text in a given unit of time, "words read per minute" 

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Vocabulary
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Oral vocab: words we use in speaking, and recognize in listening 

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Phonological Awareness
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The child is able to manipulate/play with sounds and words 

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Phonics
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Teaching students the understanding that letters correspond with sounds 

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Phonemic Awareness
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Understanding of phonemes (the smallest unit of sounds), focus is on sounds that make up words 

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