CSET SUBTEST 1 NEW EXAM REVIEW SOLUTION COMPLETE EXAM
Phoneme - smallest part of spoken language that makes difference in the meaning of words. if
has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the spelling of a
word
Phonemic awareness - ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds phoneme
in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make words. Helps in reading
Decoding - analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their meaning
blending - when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme - unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such as the word
"book"
semantics - the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax - examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning, the study of how
sentences are formed
Fast mapping - young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess of a words
meaning
Reading assessments - formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet knowledge, concepts
about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word recognition, oral reading
inventory, spelling inventory.
How to teach phonemic awareness - 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds in the word
jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
Phonological awareness - not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is
narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological awareness is broad-
includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as words, syllables,
onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
phonics - teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of written language
and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is the english spellings are
too irregular for phonics to help.
, Teaching phonics - Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and design resource
material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading, partner reading,
readers theatre
text comprehension actvities - monitoring comprehension, using graphic and semantic
organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores impotance of event,
descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a stand on issue, expository-
inform, explains a subject to reader
novels - like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper characters
short stories - condensed story, popular in elementary schools
folk tales - old as language. adapt from culture to culture enriched with customes and beliefs.
Usually narrative, author is never known, include fairy tales, legends, fables, tall tales and
humorous.
Study in book - pages 52-56
Four river valley civilizations (Near East) - Mesopotania, Egypt, India, Chins
Mesopotania - is in Southwest Asia, Tigiris and Euphrates river. Development- writing,
organized government, written law code, systematized religion, astronomy, Astrology.
Egypt - Northeastern Africa, Banks of Nile Ricer, Mediterranean and Reds Seas. Dev- complex
religion of gods, rituals, and governance, writing, engineering and building, mathematics
India - Southern Asia, Indus and Ganges Rivers, Arabian Sea. Dev- urban culture, planned cities,
city wide sanitation system, metallurgy(gold, bronze, copper,tin) Measurement (weight, time,
length, mass)
China - East Asia, yellow river. Dev- writing, commerce, government.
Greek- Organized warfare - Mycenae, Sparta, Phalanx
Greek- Literature - Epic poetry, plays (drama, tragedy, comedy)
Greek-History - Herdotous (the Persian Wars)
Thucydides (the Peloponnesian War)
Phoneme - smallest part of spoken language that makes difference in the meaning of words. if
has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the spelling of a
word
Phonemic awareness - ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds phoneme
in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make words. Helps in reading
Decoding - analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their meaning
blending - when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme - unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such as the word
"book"
semantics - the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax - examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning, the study of how
sentences are formed
Fast mapping - young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess of a words
meaning
Reading assessments - formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet knowledge, concepts
about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word recognition, oral reading
inventory, spelling inventory.
How to teach phonemic awareness - 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds in the word
jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
Phonological awareness - not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is
narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological awareness is broad-
includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as words, syllables,
onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
phonics - teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of written language
and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is the english spellings are
too irregular for phonics to help.
, Teaching phonics - Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and design resource
material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading, partner reading,
readers theatre
text comprehension actvities - monitoring comprehension, using graphic and semantic
organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores impotance of event,
descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a stand on issue, expository-
inform, explains a subject to reader
novels - like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper characters
short stories - condensed story, popular in elementary schools
folk tales - old as language. adapt from culture to culture enriched with customes and beliefs.
Usually narrative, author is never known, include fairy tales, legends, fables, tall tales and
humorous.
Study in book - pages 52-56
Four river valley civilizations (Near East) - Mesopotania, Egypt, India, Chins
Mesopotania - is in Southwest Asia, Tigiris and Euphrates river. Development- writing,
organized government, written law code, systematized religion, astronomy, Astrology.
Egypt - Northeastern Africa, Banks of Nile Ricer, Mediterranean and Reds Seas. Dev- complex
religion of gods, rituals, and governance, writing, engineering and building, mathematics
India - Southern Asia, Indus and Ganges Rivers, Arabian Sea. Dev- urban culture, planned cities,
city wide sanitation system, metallurgy(gold, bronze, copper,tin) Measurement (weight, time,
length, mass)
China - East Asia, yellow river. Dev- writing, commerce, government.
Greek- Organized warfare - Mycenae, Sparta, Phalanx
Greek- Literature - Epic poetry, plays (drama, tragedy, comedy)
Greek-History - Herdotous (the Persian Wars)
Thucydides (the Peloponnesian War)
