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T/F: Some very smart people have dyslexia - ANSWER-True T/F: Dyslexia may be inherited - ANSWER-True T/F: Children who can't read by age 9 never will - ANSWER-False T/F: Around 10-15 of the population have dyslexia - ANSWER-True T/F: Dyslexia is seeing things backward - ANSWER-False T/F: You can't identify dyslexic children before they enter school - ANSWER-False T/F: School improvement requires long-term commitment - ANSWER-True

According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic" or "below basic" in reading? a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-American, and Hispanic students b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students ...

. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount - ANSWER-According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what percentage of fourth-grade students have scored "basic"; or "below basic"; in reading? a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, African-American, and Hispanic students b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount c. 50% nationally, with white ...

phonics - ANSWER-The study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent, also used as a descriptor for code based instruction phonemic awareness - ANSWER-a conscious awareness of individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken syllables and the ability to consciously manipulate sounds syllable - ANSWER-a unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel, it may or may not have a consonant after the vowel orthography - ANSWER-a writing system for rep...

How is the word pl ay divided in this example? - ANSWER-onset-rime How many spoken syllables are there in buttered? - ANSWER-2 How many spoken syllables are there in possible? - ANSWER-3 What ability would students have who had attained advanced levels of phonemic awareness? - ANSWER-They can read most grade-level words by sight. Which teaching strategy would be most helpful for students who confuse the sounds /f/ and /th/ in their own speech? - ANSWER-Have the student look in a mirr...

How is the word pl - ay divided in this example? - ANSWER-onset-rime How many spoken syllables are there in buttered? - ANSWER-2 How many spoken syllables are there in possible? - ANSWER-3 The use of nonsense words for phonemic awareness activities is: - ANSWER-useful only occasionally within sound chains. Which teaching strategy would be most helpful for students who confuse the sounds /f/ and /th/ in their own speech? - ANSWER-While showing each letter, ask the students to say a co...

early literacy - ANSWER-foundational skills learned from birth to 5-6 years of age. Big 5 Ideas in Reading - ANSWER-phonemic awareness phonics vocal fluency comprehension three areas used to predict of well kids read - ANSWER-oral language phonological processing print knowledge literacy factors with strongest impact - ANSWER-alphabet knowledge phonological awareness rapid naming of letters and numbers naming of objects or colors writing phonological memory listening le...

discourse - ANSWER-Written or spoken communication "or the exchange" of information and ideas, usually longer than a sentence, between individuals or between the writer and the reader. phonology - ANSWER-The rule system within a language by which phonemes can be sequenced, combined, and pronounced to make words. orthography - ANSWER-A writing system for representing language. morphology - ANSWER-The study of meaningful units in a language and how the units are combined in word formati...

Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language? a. It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences. b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized. c. It may use unusual or topic-specific vocabulary. d. Its sounds are coarticulated in words. - ANSWER-b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized. Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension? a. As children ...

According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which of the following is true? - ANSWER-Gaps persist between certain subgroups of students. Reading comprehension is not a single construct. Rather, the ability to understand what you read relies on multiple components. Once readers become more skilled in word recognition, which of the following components increase in their importance? - ANSWER-background knowledge and vocabulary Which statement most accurat...