Early Literacy Methods

Question 1

Which method is a k teacher applying to develop foundational writing skill when having students write in a journal daily

Accepted Answer

Using invented spelling to encourage creativity

Question 2

What is the primary focus of the science of reading?

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Building comprehension skills

Question 3

How does teaching students who struggle with reading or writing contribute to understanding language?

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It shows how reading words and understanding language are linked together.

Question 4

What is an advanced phonemic awareness activity that involves the substitution of sounds?

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Students changing the first sound in a word to make a new word.

Question 5

In spelling bee, a participant asks for the word "knight" to be used in a sentence to understand its meaning & spelling.

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Semantics

Question 6

A student tells a story using appropriate gestures, facial expressions, and tone to convey sarcasm.

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Pragmatics

Question 7

What are the two main components of reading comprehension according to the SVR?

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Word recognition and language comprehension

Question 8

Which part of the brain is recognizing the sounds of letters & blending them together to form words during reading?

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Phonological cortex

Question 9

learner sees "bicycle" in a text and, knowing the meaning of "cycle," concludes that the new word is related to cycling

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Lexical Semantics

Question 10

A student can decode unfamiliar words but struggles to grasp the meaning of the sentences they read.

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Insufficient language comprehension

Question 11

What is the benefit of the clarifying step during reciprocal teaching?

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To address and resolve any confusion about the text

Question 12

How does explicit instruction train the brain to read?

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By providing direct and systematic teaching of reading skills

Question 13

Mr. Costa has a read-aloud & would like to model an understanding of concepts of print. What should he do before reading

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Point out the front cover and the back cover of the book.

Question 14

Which part of the Four-Part Processing Model involves recognizing and understanding the meaning of words?

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Semantic processing

Question 15

A student learns to break down the word "unhappiness" into "un," "happy," and "ness."

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Morphology

Question 16

What is the purpose of the summarizing strategy in reciprocal teaching?

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To condense the main ideas and details into a concise overview

Question 17

What does Scarborough's Reading Rope aim to connect?

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Word recognition and understanding language

Question 18

Why is developing foundational writing skills early in literacy instruction important?

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Because it lays the groundwork for more advanced writing abilities

Question 19

Which strategy helps students identify when they are not understanding a text?

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Rereading sections of the text

Question 20

What is important to keep in mind for literacy instruction to be effective and to build upon itself?

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Teachers take into account what students have previously learned.

Question 21

What is the role of fluency in skilled reading according to Scarborough's Reading Rope?

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Enhancing comprehension

Question 22

What does proficient reading comprehension rely on, according to the SVR?

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Accurate decoding of written words & understanding the meaning of language

Question 23

Which component of language deals with the study of the smallest units of meaning in words?

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Morphology

Question 24

What does proficient reading comprehension rely on, according to the Simple View of Reading?

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Accurate decoding of written words

Early Literacy Methods

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Early Literacy Methods

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