Gace Study Guide For La.db

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phonemic awareness

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acknoledgment of sounds and words. Onset and rhyme. Only done with sound, can do with eyes closed.

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Phonics

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connection between the sounds and letters on the page. Sounding things out. Patterns and rules found in language. Uses sight and sound.

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Fluency

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ability to read fluidly and smoothly.

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Phonological awareness

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the ability of the reader to recognize the sound of spoken language. Rhyming, blending, segmenting. Can do with eyes closed, does not involve print

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Logographical phase

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recognize whole words such as in brand names, restaurant signs, etc.

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Analytic phase

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connections between spelling patterns in words they know and new words

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orthographical phase

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recognize words almost automatically, rapidly identify increasing number of words

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What's the difference between phonological and phonemic awareness?

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Phnological awareness involves recognizing that spoken words are composed of a set of smaller units including syllables and sounds. Phonemic awareness is a specific type of phonological awareness that focuses on the ability to distinguish, manipulate, and blend specific sounds or phonemes in a given word.

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Semantic cues

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Does that make sense to you? Would you know what they meant if they said that? (meaning)

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Syntactic cues

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Does that sound right? Can we say it like that? (sound)

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Alphabetic principle.

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Sometimes called graphophonemic awareness. Understanding that written words are composed of patterns of letters that represent the sounds of spoken words.

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What does it mean to decode?

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Construct meaning

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What does it mean to encode?

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Changing the message into symbols.

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What is a base word?

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A word that cannot be deconstructed or broken into smaller words

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What is a root word?

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A word from which another word is developed

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Morphology

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the study of word structure. Ex: cat, cats, and caterpiller share similarities in structure

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Syntax

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phrases and sentences from words. The arrangement and relationship of words in a sentence or sentence structure.

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Semantics

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refers to the meaning expressed when words are arranged in a specific way

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What does effective reading comprehension require?

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encoding and decoding

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What is contextual redefinition? When should it be used?

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Strategy that encourages children to use the context more effectively by presenting them with sufficient vocabulary BEFORE reading the text.

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Automaticity

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Fast and accurate reading

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What makes fluency different than automaticity?

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Fluency incudes automaticity (fast and accurate), accuracy, and prosody (expression in your voice)

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Prosody

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Expression in your voice

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What should the teacher recommend if a student has poor vocabulary?

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Reading anything on a regular basis.

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Exposition

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When the characters and their situations are introduced.

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Denouement

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final resolution of the plot

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What is a fable?

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short story with animals, humans, gods, or inanimate objects as characters; has a moral and happy ending.

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Allegory

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Story in verse with virtues

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Epistle

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letter not meant to be addressed to public but later is

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Alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables

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When did children's literature become its own genre?

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Eighteenth century

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Metacognition

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thinking about thinking. used before, during, and after reading

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letter-name spelling

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spell things as they sound, don't use silent letters; 3rd stage

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transitinal spelling

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typically entered in late elementary school; Short vowel sounds mastered, are able to tell which words are spelled right or not; 4th stage

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Derivational spelling

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usually reached from high school to adulthood, spelling rules are mastered; 5th stage

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What is exposition writing?

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Only purpose is to inrform. May be directions to a place, directions to a toy, etc.

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Hyperbole

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literary version of exageration, irony, overemphasizing a point

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Metaphor

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any time one thing is used in place of something else in the text, signifying some sort of resemblance. Does not use "like" or "as".

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Similie

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comparison between two objects that uses like or as.

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Idiom

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phrases or words used only in specific locations or culture such as "break a leg"

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Recapitulation

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A brief, restatement of the main points (or thesis), which is the most commong form of effective conclusion writing.

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Antecedent

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the word or word group that a pronoun stands for (or refers to)