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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. Which statement best describes the relative importance of oral reading fluency and verbal comprehension as factors in reading comprehension? a. As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral readi...

The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound symbol correspondences; also the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out. Decoding A letter or letter combination that spells a phoneme; can be one, two, three, or four letters in English (e.g., e, ei, igh, eigh). Graphemes Scarborough's Reading Ropes identify 3 major strands or sub skills that contribute to printed word recognition. What are they? - >>>>>Phonological aware...

Based on the grapheme representing /sh/, which word is probably from French? - >>>>>machine Which of the following words is most probably from the Anglo-Saxon layer of English? - >>>>>playground Because of arbitrary and historical conventions governing English orthography, some letters can never be used to end a word. Which word can be explained by that principle? -

Outcome assessments - >>>>>Outcome assessments assess the overall effectiveness of instruction given to a large student population—for example, all students within a state. These high-stakes, summative reading assessments are usually administered at the end of grade 3 or 4. Because they are often normed, they can show how an individual is doing relative to norms and help in comparing groups. Screening measures - >>>>>Screening measures help predict which stud...

academic language - - - written or spoken language that is more stylistically formal than spoken conversational language; language that is most often used in academic discourse or text. adjective - - - A part of speech that describes a noun or person (e.g., windy, blue). adverb - - - A part of speech that describes a verd, adjective, or adverb (e.g., sadly, crookedly). affricate - - - A speech sound with features of both a fricative and a stop; in English, /ch/ and /j/ are ________. alloph...

In the later stages of reading development (grades 5 and up) which strand of the "reading rope" takes on more and more importance in explaining reading comprehension? Verbal reasoning Phoneme awareness has the closest relationship with which aspect of literacy in an alphabetic writing system? decoding unknown words Which misspelling is an example of a students failure to recognize the difference between vowel sounds that are very similar in articulation? FEL/fill In which group of words ...

Which term relates to a students ability to use word meanings in both speaking and writing? - expressive vocabulary In teaching the antonyms and synonyms of a word such as generosity, a teacher would be emphasizing which aspect of language? - semantics Once students have learned to decode printed words, which strand of the Reading Rope model (Scarborough, 2001) is the best single predictor of reading comprehension? - vocabulary

phoneme - - - in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit Grapheme - - - the written or printed representation of a phoneme Phonics - - - The predictable relationship between phonemes and graphemes Phonemic Awareness - - - The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. phonological awareness - - - the ability to reflect on and manipulate the sound structure of spoken language

Based on the grapheme representing /sh/, which word is probably from French? - machine Which of the following words is most probably from the Anglo-Saxon layer of English? - playground Because of arbitrary and historical conventions governing English orthography, some letters can never be used to end a word. Which word can be explained by that principle? -

If a class is at grade level in reading achievement, what can the teacher expect of the class's writing achievement? - Significantly more students will be proficient in reading than in writing. What is the main reason why writing is learned slowly and with effort over a long time? - Writing depends on many different motor, language, memory, and cognitive abilities. Which of the following teaching practices was not recommended in the review of research published by the Institute for Educati...