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15 Cards in this Set
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Content-Area Literacy
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Ability to learn thru reading.
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Context clue
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Use of information surrounding an unknown word or group of words to identify the unknown word. This may include syntax, meanings of surrounding words, pictures.
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Conventional Spelling
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Students will follow the essential conventions of English spelling. They understand how to apply prefixes, suffixes, contrations, plurals, and verb markers to words. Etc.
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Curriculum-Based Assessment
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Use of measurement tools and tests that are directly related to the current classroom curriculum.
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Decoding
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Analyzing words by identifying sound units.
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Deletion
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Removal of a sound or phoneme from a word. Usually only initial or final sounds.
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Diagnosis
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Identification of a specific learning problem.
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Diagnostic Teaching
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Use of assessments about student problems and progress to design lesson plans.
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Diagnostic Test
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An assessment designed to measure a student's academic strengths and weaknesses.
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Diphthong
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A gliding vowel sound normally represented by two adjacent vowels.
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Direct instruction
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An instructional Strategy that includes modeling reading writing and speaking skills, the use of guided reading and the encouragement of independent reading and writing.
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Directed listening thinking activity DLTA
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Both assesses and instructs students. Listening, predicting, and confirming one's predictions are emphasized.
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Directionality
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The ability to process words in a text in the correct order. Left to right word progression and the return sweep
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Emergent Literacy
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Awakening of a student's reading ability. They have well developed oral language skill, understand the print concepts and are phonemically aware.
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Etymology
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Study of the origins and histories of words.
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