Elementary Education K-6 FTCE
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
Analogy
a comparison between things that are alike in some ways
Antonyms
words that have opposite meanings
Argument
A statement put forth and supported by evidence
Automaticity
accurate, speedy word recognition; is necessary, but not sufficient, for fluency
development.
Blending
Mixing sounds in words smoothly while reading.
Buddy Reading
Students of different grade levels reading the same text together.
Chunking
Breaking words into smaller units
Clerihew
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a person.
Climax
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point.
Comprehension
The ability to understand what you have read, seen, or heard.
Concepts of Print
Examples of letters, words, directionality, punctuation.
Consonant Blend
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual sounds.
Creative Writing
Writing that uses the writer's imagination.
Decode
To sound out words; segmenting and blending phonemes.
Descriptive Writing
Writing that paints a picture of a person, place, thing, or idea.
Digraph
Two consonant letters used together to create a sound unlike their individual sounds.
Diamante
A poem with seven lines in a diamond shape.
Emergent Literacy
Earliest phase of literacy development.
Encode
The process of changing oral language into writing.
Evaluation
A judgment of the significance, worth, or value of a student's work.
, Expository Writing
Writing that explains, informs, or presents information.
Fable
A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters.
Figurative Language
Language that uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
Fluency
In reading, the ability read quickly, accurately, and with proper expression.
Genre
A set of principles or conditions and styles within a particular media.
Haiku
A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five
syllables.
High-Frequency Words
Words that appear most frequently in the printed text children read.
Hyperbole
An obvious exaggeration.
Idiom
An expression that can't be understood by the literal meaning. Ex. "My heart is beating
out of my chest."
Informative Writing
Writing that informs the reader in an attempt to create a new found knowledge.
Interactive Writing
Children and teachers create a written work together.
Irony
Using words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
Legend
A story passed down through many generations that is believed to be based on real
people and events.
Limerick
a humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.
Literal Language
language that means exactly what it says.
Literary Element
Essential parts of narratives; setting, character, plot, theme, and style.
Literary Language
A dialect of language used in literary writing.
Literature Circles
Small, temporary, and heterogeneous groups of students that gather together to discuss
a common book that each of them is reading with the goal of enhancing
comprehension.
Metonym
A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated
with. Ex. "the wagon" being used instead of "sobriety."
Metaphor
A figure of speech where something is described as though it were something else.
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
Analogy
a comparison between things that are alike in some ways
Antonyms
words that have opposite meanings
Argument
A statement put forth and supported by evidence
Automaticity
accurate, speedy word recognition; is necessary, but not sufficient, for fluency
development.
Blending
Mixing sounds in words smoothly while reading.
Buddy Reading
Students of different grade levels reading the same text together.
Chunking
Breaking words into smaller units
Clerihew
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a person.
Climax
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point.
Comprehension
The ability to understand what you have read, seen, or heard.
Concepts of Print
Examples of letters, words, directionality, punctuation.
Consonant Blend
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual sounds.
Creative Writing
Writing that uses the writer's imagination.
Decode
To sound out words; segmenting and blending phonemes.
Descriptive Writing
Writing that paints a picture of a person, place, thing, or idea.
Digraph
Two consonant letters used together to create a sound unlike their individual sounds.
Diamante
A poem with seven lines in a diamond shape.
Emergent Literacy
Earliest phase of literacy development.
Encode
The process of changing oral language into writing.
Evaluation
A judgment of the significance, worth, or value of a student's work.
, Expository Writing
Writing that explains, informs, or presents information.
Fable
A brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters.
Figurative Language
Language that uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
Fluency
In reading, the ability read quickly, accurately, and with proper expression.
Genre
A set of principles or conditions and styles within a particular media.
Haiku
A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five
syllables.
High-Frequency Words
Words that appear most frequently in the printed text children read.
Hyperbole
An obvious exaggeration.
Idiom
An expression that can't be understood by the literal meaning. Ex. "My heart is beating
out of my chest."
Informative Writing
Writing that informs the reader in an attempt to create a new found knowledge.
Interactive Writing
Children and teachers create a written work together.
Irony
Using words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
Legend
A story passed down through many generations that is believed to be based on real
people and events.
Limerick
a humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.
Literal Language
language that means exactly what it says.
Literary Element
Essential parts of narratives; setting, character, plot, theme, and style.
Literary Language
A dialect of language used in literary writing.
Literature Circles
Small, temporary, and heterogeneous groups of students that gather together to discuss
a common book that each of them is reading with the goal of enhancing
comprehension.
Metonym
A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated
with. Ex. "the wagon" being used instead of "sobriety."
Metaphor
A figure of speech where something is described as though it were something else.
