Literacy Strategies

Question 1

Literacy Strategy

Answer 1

systematic approaches good readers use to extract info from texts

Question 2

Elementary schools must provide reading instruction in a block of at least XX minutes a day

Answer 2

90

Question 3

FL’s Formula for Success, 6 + 4 + ii + iii: 6 means…

Answer 3

6 components of reading: oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comp

Question 4

FL’s Formula for Success, 6 + 4 + ii + iii: 4 means…

Answer 4

4 assessment types: screening, diagnostic, progress monitoring, outcome measures

Question 5

FL’s Formula for Success, 6 + 4 + ii + iii: ii means…

Answer 5

ii = initial instruction that is print rich, scaffolded, differentiated, etc.

Question 6

FL’s Formula for Success, 6 + 4 + ii + iii: iii means…

Answer 6

iii = immediate, intensive intervention (MTSSS)

Question 7

CCRP

Answer 7

Comprehensive Core Reading Program: elementary schools must base initial instruction (ii) on CCRP

Question 8

In elementary, scoring below a Level X on a statewide standardized test means you have…

Answer 8

a substantial reading deficiency and qualify for iii

Question 9

If a grade 3 student does not score Level X or higher they must be “retained”

Answer 9

Level 2! And parents must be notified

Question 10

Middle/high school students who score Level X must complete an intensive reading course

Answer 10

Level 1 (dummies)

Question 11

Middle/high school students who score Level X must complete an intensive reading course OR a “content area reading intervention course”

Answer 11

Level 2 (less dumb)

Question 12

Middle/high school students who score BELOW Level X must have their reading deficiencies diagnosed by district

Answer 12

Level 3 (middle dumbness)

Question 13

FCRR

Answer 13

FL Center for Reading Research (I’m guessing a corporate facility that gets govt cash to send out “reading coaches” to waste teachers’ time)

Question 14

FAIR

Answer 14

FL Assessments for Instruction in Reading (K-12 screening, diagnostic, and prgoress-monitoring data).

Question 15

FAIR is given X times a year

Answer 15

3, beginning middle and end

Question 16

PMRN

Answer 16

Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network. Database for student test scores

Question 17

Reading/literacy coaches

Answer 17

Lead PD, “report their time to PMRN on a biweekly basis,” NOT teachers but “model” shit IN teachers’ classrooms???

Question 18

Emergent Literacy

Answer 18

Precursors to conventional forms of reading and writing

Question 19

3 Most Important Emergent Literacy Skills

Answer 19

Oral language, concepts of print (knowing diff between cover and pages, reading goes left to right…smh), phonological sensitivity

Question 20

CVC words

Answer 20

consonant-vowel-consonant: kids should be able to distinguish the phonemes

Question 21

Alphabetic Principle

Answer 21

the concept that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language

Question 22

Shared Reading

Answer 22

Parent reads while child looks at text

Question 23

Phoneme

Answer 23

Smallest part of sound in a word

Question 24

Grapheme

Answer 24

Letters

Question 25

Phonics

Answer 25

relationship between letters and sounds

Question 26

Decoding

Answer 26

Sounding out words

Question 27

Phonemic Awareness

Answer 27

Ability to hear individual sounds in spoken words

Question 28

Fluency

Answer 28

ability to read text accurately, quickly, expressively

Question 29

Repeated reading

Answer 29

students read passages aloud multiple times

Question 30

Student-adult reading

Answer 30

Adult reads first, kid second

Question 31

Choral reading

Answer 31

students read along as a group with adult

Question 32

Tape-assisted reading

Answer 32

duh

Question 33

Partner reading

Answer 33

Kids take turns, give each other feedback: strong kid & weak preferably

Question 34

Reader's theater

Answer 34

students develop script and do dramatized reading

Question 35

Context word mapping

Answer 35

mapping key words in boxes, etc. shows relationship of parts to whole

Question 36

Word learning strategies

Answer 36

searching for context clues, modeling shit for kids, etc.

Question 37

Signal words

Answer 37

like, such as, etc.: words that indicate a definition is about to come

Question 38

Orthography

Answer 38

Knowledge of bases (an, ain) and affixes (re-, -ed)

Question 39

Morphology

Answer 39

study of how morphemes are connected to make words

Question 40

morpheme

Answer 40

smallest unit of meaning in the language (roots, I assume)

Question 41

XX of comprehension strategies is an important way for teachers to involve students in their own learning

Answer 41

Direct instruction

Question 42

Prereading

Answer 42

First stage of instruction: activating background knowledge

Question 43

During-reading stage

Answer 43

teachers observe as students use strategies

Question 44

Metacognition

Answer 44

monitoring yourself in your own head

Question 45

Reciprocal teaching

Answer 45

students are involved in summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting; responsibility SHARED w/ teacher

Question 46

After-reading stage

Answer 46

teacher conducts meaningful dialogue w/ students

Question 47

Evaluative Comprehension Skills

Answer 47

analyzing character development and use of language, etc. It's a complex skill compared to comp and inference

Question 48

Critical thinking skills

Answer 48

logical thinking skills

Question 49

Direct instruction is X than discovery methods

Answer 49

Better, apparently

Question 50

Active vocab

Answer 50

words one uses frequently

Question 51

Balanced reading

Answer 51

reading program w/ phonics and instruction on reading context

Question 52

blending

Answer 52

quickly combining sounds to make a word

Question 53

Cloze passage

Answer 53

blanks left in where words go

Question 54

Elkonin box

Answer 54

interconnected boxes that break down word parts, shows where sounds go

Question 55

High frequency words

Answer 55

small group from 300-500 words that occur frequently in text

Question 56

Onset and rime

Answer 56

consonant sound, ending vowel/consonant sounds