STR Prep

Question 1

Asset-Based Reading Approach

Answer 1

focuses on student strengths, what they know, and what they bring to the classroom instead of what they lack

Question 2

Phonology

Answer 2

Study of speech sounds and how they can change depending on context in syllables, words, and sentences

Question 3

Phonics

Answer 3

Letter and sound relationshipG

Question 4

Graphemes

Answer 4

Alphabetic letters that represent sounds

Question 5

Decode/Encode

Answer 5

Take apart/put together phonemes in words and blends

Question 6

Prosody

Answer 6

Timing, Phrasing, emphasis, and intonation

Question 7

Reciprocal

Answer 7

Corresponding to one another, mutual relationship

Question 8

Three Steps to Asset-Based Reading Approach

Answer 8

1. Diagnostic activities
2. Creating learning pathways
3. Instructor feedback

Question 9

Strategies for Involving Families in Literacy Instruction

Answer 9

1. Welcome families as partners
2. Promote family friendly practices
3. Share info and tools with families
4. Enhance family partnership for ELL’s

Question 10

Code-Based Reading Theory

Answer 10

Learning a “code” or set of letters and words. Phonemic Awareness

Question 11

Meaning-Based Reading Theory

Answer 11

Whole word reading. Large variety of words that appear often in different types of text

Question 12

Simple View of Reading Formula

Answer 12

Word Recongnition X Language Comprehension = Fluent word recognition and comprehension

Question 13

Orthographic Processor

Answer 13

Using the visual system to form, store, and recall words

Question 14

Four Part Processing Model for World Recognition

Answer 14

1. Phonological (sound recognition)
2. Orthgraphic (letter recognition in order)
3. Meaning
4. Context

Question 15

Ehri’s Phases of Word-Level Reading

Answer 15

1. Pre-alphabetic phase
2. Partial-alphabetic phase
3. Full-alphabetic phase
4. Consolidated-alphabetic phase

Question 16

Stages of Reading

Answer 16

1. Pre-Emergent
2. Early Readers
3. Progressive Readers
4. Transition Readers
5. Independent Readers

Question 17

Stages of Spelling

Answer 17

1. Pre-communicative
2. Semi-phonetic
3. Phonetic Spelling
4. Transitional Spelling
5. Conventional Spelling

Question 18

Equity in Assessment

Answer 18

Students are assessed using methods most appropriate to them

Question 19

Pragmatics

Answer 19

Understanding the social rules of communication

Question 20

Concepts of Print

Answer 20

Awareness of print in everyday life

Question 21

Directionality

Answer 21

The way written text is organized

Question 22

Digraph

Answer 22

Two letters that make one sound

Question 23

Dipthong

Answer 23

Two separate vowel sounds within the same syllable (boy, raw, out)

Question 24

Morphemic Analysis Teaching: Parts-to-Whole

Answer 24

Chunk words into meaningful parts (hypersensitive), then add affixes to “sensitive” to explore different words it makes

Question 25

Morphemic Analysis Teaching: Analogy

Answer 25

Create a word web with a common base word (meter) to create new words like perimeter, diameter, speedometer

Question 26

Morphemic Analysis Teaching: Whole-to-Part

Answer 26

Use words to define words in context (admiral). Root is admire, try to figure out meaning

Question 27

Morphemic Analysis Teaching: ELL

Answer 27

Use native language to draw connections, cognates

Question 28

Homographs

Answer 28

spelled the same, but different meanings and pronounciation

Question 29

Homophones

Answer 29

Sound the same, but spelled differently with different meaning

Question 30

Word Denotation

Answer 30

Dictionary Definition

Question 31

Connotation

Answer 31

implied meaning

Question 32

Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary

Answer 32

1. Student friendly definitions 2. Using context clues 3. Sketching the words 4. Using target words 5. Analyzing word parts (morphology) 6. Semantic mapping or graphic organizers 7. KIM Strategy (Key word, Info, Memory or clue 8. Word Consciousness

Question 33

Levels of Comprehension

Answer 33

Literal, inferential, evaluative