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Accent - correct answer- Stress or emphasis on
one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a
phrase or sentence.
Accommodations - correct answer- Changes
within the general classroom to enable students to keep
up with the education program, such as intensive
instruction, reduced assignments, adapted test
procedures, use of computers, calculators and tape
recorders.
Accuracy - correct answer- Freedom from
mistake or error
Achievement Tests - correct answer- A test of
the student's academic achievement.
,ADHD - correct answer- Short attention span,
hyperactive motor behavior, impulsive or poor impulse
control, inattentive, does not finish things, fails to heed
instructions, low frustration tolerance, difficulty
completing tasks, restless, talks excessively, immature
social behavior, fidget, etc.
Affix - correct answer- Letter or group of letters
added to the beginning or end of a base word to change
its meaning or its use in the sentence.
Alexia - correct answer- The loss of the ability
to read, as the result of a brain injury.
Alphabetic Language - correct answer- A
language in which letters are used systematically to
represent speech sounds.
Alphabetic Principle - correct answer- The use
of letters and letter clusters to represent phonemes in an
orthography. (spelling)
, Analytic Instruction - correct answer-
Instruction that separates the whole into its parts to
reveal its relationships. (Whole to Part) (Top Down)
(Concept driven)
Analytic Phonics - correct answer- Students
hear the whole word and segment into phonemes or
sounds in order to spell. (whole to part) Ex: Pit = (p) (i) (t)
Anecdotal Information - correct answer-
Information gathered related to observation of behavior
or characteristics. Ex: scratching eyes, shaking hands
Anglo Saxon - correct answer- The language of
the Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) who
settles in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. It was the
dominant language in Britain until the Norman Conquest
in 1066.
Antonyms - correct answer- Words that are
opposite in meaning. (semantics)