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ABC books - answerAn important tool in teaching the alphabet to young learners. ABC books are
books presenting all the letters of the English alphabet.
Academic language - answerA key component for teaching vocabulary instruction, this is also called
the language of the classr...
ABC books - answer✔An important tool in teaching the alphabet to young learners. ABC books are
books presenting all the letters of the English alphabet.
Academic language - answer✔A key component for teaching vocabulary instruction, this is also called
the language of the classroom.
Accuracy - answer✔The ability to pronounce words correctly.
Advanced learners - answer✔Students who score above one grade level on a standardized test to the
actual grade that they're in.
Affix - answer✔A morpheme that, when alone, is not a word, and appears only as a part of a word.
There are two types: prefixes and suffixes.
Alphabetic principle - answer✔The speech sounds that are represented by letters.
Analytic phonics - answer✔Also called, Whole-to-part phonics instruction. In this approach, instruction
begins with the identification of a familiar word or sentence. The teacher then introduces a particular
sound/spelling relationship within that familiar word.
Antonym contextual clue - answer✔When a student seeks to understand the meaning of a word by
scouting around that word and finding an antonym (a word with the opposite meaning)
Antonyms - answer✔Two words with opposite meanings (big and small).
Auditorily similar letters - answer✔Two letters that sounds alike (p and d)
Author studies - answer✔Readers who read books by one author and the students discuss the author's
style of writing
Automaticity - answer✔This is the goal of all reading instruction, and it occurs when the reader does not
stop to decode word, instead, they read smoothly and fluently.
Automaticity theory - answer✔A reading theory that requires readers to be able to 1) decode words,
and 2) understand the meaning of the text
Background knowledge - answer✔All that a person knows about a topic
Balanced instructional program in reading - answer✔A reading program that provides a mixture of direct
reading instruction and strategies with opportunities for students to practice. This kind of instructional
reading program is one that has these three things: 1) instructional materials (texts and assessments), 2)
reading skills and strategies students are expected to masters, 3) instructional strategies to teach these
skills and strategies
Basal reading programs - answer✔A commercially produced package of instructional materials used to
teach children to read, using graduated sets of reading texts
Blends - answer✔Two- or three-letter combinations of consonants that are pronounced together to
make a sound. (bl in blend)
Book club - answer✔A group of students reading the same book at the same pace
Bound morpheme - answer✔An affix that only exists when attached to a word (pre in pretest)
Cause and effect - answer✔A text structure used in expository texts to show how one phenomenon
results from another phenomenon
Character - answer✔The who of the story- in children's books, characters can be people, but also
animals, plants, and inanimate objects
Closed syllable - answer✔A syllable that ends with a consonant
Cognates - answer✔Two words from different language that have similar spellings and meanings
Compare and contrast - answer✔An expository text structure frequently used to describe the
differences, and even similarities (using a Venn diagram) of a place, person, or thing
Complex sentence - answer✔A type of sentence that has one independent clause and one dependent
clause, and are linked with the words, because, since, after, although, when, that, who, or which (Fred
kicked the football to Sam, who kicked it over the fence.)
Compound sentence - answer✔A type of sentence that has two independent clauses and are joined by
words that include, and, nor, but, yet, and so (Fred kicked the football and Sally played on the swings.)
Comprehension - answer✔Having an understanding of what was just read
Comprehensive reading program - answer✔A reading program structured so that all grade-level
standards are covered
Concepts about print (CAP) - answer✔A key component to kindergartener's reading instruction, These
are the essential principals and formats of letters, words, and sentences in a written language. There are
four main areas of CAP. These include, 1) understanding that print carries meaning and that there is a
relationship between spoken and written English 2) the ability to recognize the differences between
letters 3) the directionality of print (left to right and top to bottom) 4) book handling skills
Concepts about print test - answer✔A test that measures a child's mastery of concepts about print
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