Reading Flashcards
What is SVOR
Simple View of Reading
What is the Matthew Effect?
Social phenomenon that describes how advantage begets further advantage
‘While good readers gain new skills very rapidly, and quickly move from learning to read to reading to learn, poor readers become increasingly frustrated with the fact of reading and try to avoid reading where possible’
What is Language Comprehension?
Understanding interpretation of what is read
What is Word Recognition?
The ability to identify and comprehend written words
What does language comprehension processes include?
-Background knowledge (facts, concepts)
-Vocabulary meaning
-Language structures (syntax, semantic)
-Verbal reasoning (inference, metaphors)
-Literacy knowledge (genres)
What is Inference?
Making an educated guess based on the clues and information you have- using what you already know or what you have read to figure something that might not be directly stated
What does word recognition include?
-Phonological awareness (syllables, phonemes)
-Decoding (alphabetic principle, spelling-sound correspondences)
-Sight recognition (familiar words)
What is cues to meaning?
Help to decode the sentence
What is ‘instructional level’?
90%-94% accuracy
Why is it important for guided reading to be at instructional level?
Though there will still be some words they struggle with, it is essential that they don’t give children books they can read fluently otherwise they won’t be able to learn new words
In guided reading, what are children grouped based on?
Grouped based on ability
List reading elements for guided reading assessment KS1
-Drawing on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts
-Identify and explain key aspects (fiction/non-fiction, characters, events, titles, information)
-Make inferences (clues in the text)
-Make predictions
What are the 4 steps to guided reading?
- Text introduction
- Strategy check
- Independent Reading
- Returning to Text
