Exam 1 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Self-Knowledge
Knowledge about yourself, strengths/weaknesses
Autobiographical Narrative
Helps you look at the past as to why teach the way you do
Practical Knowledge
Knowledge gained from experience in and out of the classroom
Ex: Observation hours
Professional Knowledge
Knowledge acquired from teaching
Ex: Inservice days
Explicit Instruction (Definition)
Involves strategic learning, not habit formation
1) Creating awareness of the strategy
2) Modeling the strategy
3) Providing practice in the use of the strategy
4) Applying. Makes the student know why it works
Personal Knowledge
Things from personal background that lead to knowledge about the processes of reading and writing
Task Knowledge
Know how to analyze and reflect on the what they do or do not know in the text
Self-Monitoring
Knowing how to read what is being read, along with comprehending it
Characterize and At-Risk Student
1) Student were raised in poverty
2) Parents never read to them as children
3) These students have learning disabilities
4) English is not their first language
5) Premature baby
Systematic Instruction
1) Uses whole language plus phonics to sound out new words
2) Sound out words, not memorize
Reading Fluency
The ability to read text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Uses Pacing/Cadence
Phonic Instruction
Strategy used to teach relationship between written letters, graphemes, and speech sounds, phonemes. Pre-Alphabetic Stage Partial Full Consolidated Automatic
Bottom-Up Model
Phonics driven; start with the alphabet
Top-Down Model
Whole Language; concepts and sight words
Interactive
Uses top-down and bottom-up model
Basal
Learn to read by writing, reading, and talking about meaningful topics
Ex: Teacher edition with student edition
Language experience
Schema
Ex: Bring in someone from outside the school to engage students
Integrated Language Arts
: Immersing students in reading, writing, talking, etc.
Ex: Cross-cirriculum
Literature-Based
Accomodate individual student differences
Ex: Hunting student? Give him or her a magazine about hunting to help.
Instructional Scaffolding
well-timed questions and explanations
Ex: mini-lessons
Reading Instruction
Problem solving
Securing ideas
Achieving state standards
Making decisions
Characteristics of Literacy Coach
Make instruction explicit
Can mix literacy instruction with explicit
Instructional scaffolding!
