Comprehensive Praxis Reading Specialist Q&A Mastery Bundle

# words in preschoolers vocabulary COMPONENTS OF ORAL LANGUAGE phonological semantic syntactic morphology pragmatic ORAL LANGUAGE complex system of sounds to meaning 3 Components ~phonological ~semantic ~syntatic PHONOLOGICAL SKILLS MOST BASIC word awareness rhyme/alliteration...

Which of the following concepts is best supported by the current research on emergent literacy? Reading and writing develop concurrently and in interrelated ways. Which of the following is the single best predictor of academic success for second-language learners? Vocabulary knowledge The most...

1. A fourth-grade student writes answers to comprehension questions after reading a chapter in a novel. For each of the questions, the student has to explain the strategic reading process necessary to determine the answer. Which of the following best matches the comprehension strategy described?...

QAR Question Answer Relationships helps students become strategic readers by understanding that answers to questions are related to the type of question that is being asked FOUR TYPES: Right there; think and search; Author and you; On My Own Single best predictor of academic success for sec...

Constructivism Jean Piaget's theory; children do not internalize knowledge directly from the outside, but create it inside their heads by interacting with the environment. Autobiographical narrative Helps you inquire into the past in order to better understand what you do in the present and what...

Phonological Awareness the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in spoken language. The sounds can be distinguished in three ways: by syllables, by onsets and rimes, and by phonemes; an oral activity Phonemic Awareness to hear, identify, and manipulate individual speech sounds (Phonemes-smallest...

Assessment of Print Awareness Concepts about Print (CAP) Assessment for Letter Knowledge (2 examples) DIBELS and ERDA (Early Reading Diagnostic Assessment) 6 Elements of Marie Clay's Observation Survey (assesses letter rec and alphabetic principle) 1. Letter identification 2. Concepts about ...

Assessment and Instructional Planning Young children should undergo an initial screening to determine literacy levels before teachers plan their instruction. phonological vs phonemic awareness _phonological awareness: simple awareness of the sound structure of words _phonemic awareness: the abil...

Stop Sounds Stop sounds are phonemes we can't hold. "C" is an example of a stop sound. We can't hold "C." "D" and "G" are stop sounds. Sometimes students (and teachers) forget to clip stop sounds. Instead of "d," they say "du." Instead of "g," they say "gu." This can cause confus...

Aesthetic reading reading for pleasure Analogy phonics teaching students to use parts of known words (such as onsets and rimes) to read unfamiliar print words Analytic phonics teaching students to analyze letter-sound relations in previously learned words in order to avoid pronouncing sounds i...

A sixth-grade teacher asks the reading specialist to attend a conference with the parents of a student who has reading difficulties. The reading specialist notes that during the meeting the teacher uses such terms as "semantics" and "metacognition" while describing the student's achievement. Fo...

Irregular word factors number of irregularities in sound/spelling correspondences & student use in oral vocabulary Reading specialist most useful contribution to committee help members understand the results Valid factor refers to data being identified and interpreted ina parallel manner Re...

A reading specialist and a special education teacher meet to plan a new unit of instruction. What is the best first step in the planning process? Identifying a set of common goals and objectives for the unit. A first-grade teacher shows students a book cover that includes the title but does not a...

Mrs. Cane plays a word sorting game with her second grade students. She asks them to sort the words on their spelling list and to put them into word families. She then pairs them and asks them to add other words which belong in each family. What is most likely her purpose with this word game? To ...