D668- Elementary Literacy Curriculum

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Teacher mui Practice questions for this set Learn1 / 7Study using Learn a type of figurative language that directly compares two different things by stating that one is the other literacythe ability to read, write, and understand information, enabling effective communication and comprehension the reading brainthe network of brain regions that work together to decode, comprehend, and interpret written language Choose an answer 1Simile2Metaphors 3Rituals4Idiom Don't know?

systematic instructioninstruction that presents concepts in order, beginning with the easiest concepts and increasing in difficulty, with new concepts being built on prior knowledge explicit Instructiona systematic and direct teaching approach where educators clearly and directly teach specific concepts, skills, or strategies involving providing clear explanations, modeling, guided practice, and feedback to facilitate understanding and mastery of the material multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)a framework that provides varying levels of academic and behavioral interventions to support the diverse needs of all students phonologythe study of the sound patterns of language, including the organization and systematic relationships of speech sounds (phonemes) within a particular language or dialect sound-symbolthe understanding that letters and letter combinations (symbols) make different sounds syllablesunits of sound within words that contain a single vowel sound and may or may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds morphologythe study of how words are put together with smaller parts called morphemes, which can be prefixes, suffixes, root words, or other word parts syntaxthe structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language semanticsthe meaning of words/phrases and how they relate to each other; it helps us understand the meanings of sentences and how words/phrases connect to form clear and meaningful communication systematic and cumulativeinstruction that presents concepts in order, beginning with the easiest concepts and increasing in difficulty, with new concepts being built on prior knowledge explicita systematic and direct teaching approach where educators clearly and directly teach specific concepts, skills, or strategies involving providing clear explanations, modeling, guided practice, and feedback to facilitate understanding and mastery of the material diagnosticinstruction that includes ongoing formal and informal assessment and focuses on student strengths and needs content standardsthe guidelines that outline the knowledge, skills, and concepts students are expected to master at each grade level in a particular subject area; typically defined at the state level performance standardsstandards that describe the level of proficiency or achievement students should demonstrate in relation to the content standards

Blooms Taxonomya hierarchical framework that categorizes cognitive processes into six levels, ranging from lower-order thinking skills, such as remembering and understanding, to higher-order thinking skills, such as analyzing and creating multisensoryeducation that involves engaging multiple senses, such as sight, hearing, touch, and movement, to enhance learning and reinforce concepts literacy-rich environmenta setting that immerses students in a variety of reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities and materials, promoting the development of strong literacy skills auditory (sound)the sense of hearing or learning through sound visual (sight)the sense of sight or learning through images, graphics, and spatial representations kinesthetic/tactile (touch)learning through physical movement and touch, respectively, engaging the senses of body movement and physical sensation phonemic awarenessa subset of phonological awareness and specifically refers to the ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) in spoken words phonicsthe study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent, essential for students to know in order to decode words fluencythe ability to read text accurately, automatically, smoothly, and with expression vocabularya deep understanding of a words' meaning, once achieved, the word will be stored the brain's mental lexicon (storehouse of words) comprehensionunderstanding and interpreting the meaning of text science of readinga body of research that investigates how individuals learn to read, encompassing the cognitive, linguistic, and instructional processes involved in literacy development simple view of readingstudents having both the ability to recognize words and the ability to comprehend language, to become a skilled reader (reading comprehension = decoding × understanding language) decodingthe process of using knowledge of letter sound relationships (grapheme phoneme correspondence) to translate written symbols (graphemes) into spoken language (phonemes) and recognize words dyslexiaa learning disorder characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities language acquisitionprocess in which students acquire the ability to comprehend language and to have the skills necessary to use words and sentences to communicate

four-part processora framework that describes how the brain processes written language, involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context processors working together to facilitate reading and comprehension orthographic processorthe part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the visual patterns of written words and letters phonological processorthe part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language meaning processorthe part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the meanings of words and sentences context processorthe part of the brain that helps us understand words and sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation syntaxthe structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language alphabetic principlethe understanding that written language is based on a system of letters (graphemes) that represent sounds (phonemes) in spoken language prosodyreading with appropriate expression, intonation, and phrasing Scarborough’s reading ropean illustration of the simple view of reading broken down into the different areas of skill needed to be developed to become a skilled reader.skilled readersomeone who has interleaved the language comprehension strategies with structured literacy lessons to be able to not only read text but gain a deep understanding of it.orthographythe conventional system of spelling and writing in a language print awarenessthe understanding that print has meaning and is organized in a particular way, understanding that we read from left to right/ top to bottom. It is knowing that words are made up of letters and have spaces in between them. It is also called print concepts or concepts of print.Ehri’s phases of word developmentPre alphabetic (pre-k); partial alphabetic (end of K); full alphabetic (end of grade 1); consolidated alphabetic (end of grade 2), describing the way students learn words Tolman’s hourglass figurea conceptual model that illustrates how broad, general knowledge is progressively filtered and refined into specific, goal-directed behavior through the stages of learning and decision-making phonological awarenessthe ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds of spoken language, including words, syllables, and phonemes (individual speech sounds), without necessarily understanding the meaning of the words