FTCE Elementary Education K-6
Criterion-Referenced Test
These type of tests are assessment instruments that assess the point at which the
student has achieved mastery. (Ex. FCAT)
Phonological Awareness
Large parts of spoken language (words, syllables, onset-rime units) and others like
alliteration the repetition of a sound at the beginning of 2 or more neighboring words,
intonation and rhyming.
Narrative Writing
Includes: Plot, Structure, Conflict, Characterization, Setting, Theme, Point of View,
Sequencing, and Transitions.
Classroom Libraries
Should contain: Various Genres, Nonfiction Resource, and a Wide Variety of
Multicultural Children's Literature.
Buddy Reading
Takes place between 2 students of differing grade levels, usually primary and
intermediate students/classes.
Homogenous Groups
Consists of students with similar needs.
Heterogenous Groups
Groups mix students of varying needs.
Error Rate
Words divided by the number of errors.
Cloze Procedure
Omits words from a passage and offers students the opportunity to predict and use
context clues to fill in the correct answers.
Voice-to-Print
AKA One-to-one correspondence, shows that Gavin now understands the concept of a
word and word boundaries.
During a read aloud of an alphabet book, Emily comments that the word Elephant
has the same initial letter as her name. This understanding is called?
Letter Knowledge
Rate
The speed of reading and greatly influences whether or not a student can comprehend
the text.
Spelling Phase prior to Conventional Spelling
Temporary, Invented, or Phonetic
Pre-reading/Emergent Reading Phase
Young children are exposed to basic concepts of print and may approximate the text.
Early Reading Phase
Children have mastered basic concepts of print and are attempting to apply reading
strategies that they have been taught in the classroom.
Fluent Readers
, Proficient readers and employ the necessary reading strategies when needed to gain
meaning from text.
Cueing System
Graphophonemic, Syntactic, Semantic
_________ is the language art used most often, yet it is also the one most often
neglected.
Listening
Students using the internet
Should be provided with preselected sites to choose from in order to avoid exposure to
inappropriate web content.
Games, Rubric, Checklists, and Portfolios are all forms of _____________
assessment.
Informal
Terms related to language convections and clarity in order from simple to
complex
Literal, Figurative, Literary
Assessment
A vital component used to identify when it is appropriate to increase a student's reading
of more complex text.
Idiom
Expression or phrase whose meaning cannot be deciphered or inferred from the
meanings of words used. (Ex. His heart was beating out of his chest.)
Writing a paper of your favorite color and why that color is the best color in the
world is what type of paper?
Opinion-Argument piece
Concepts of Print Include
Meaning, directionality (left-right, top-down), concept of a word (word boundaries), letter
knowledge, phonemic awareness, and literacy language (author, illustrations, title, etc)
Simile
Is a comparison using like or as.
Word Correct Per Minute (WCPM)
(Total # - errors) x 60/ # of time
Group of 3rd graders are finishing up All about me stories as an introductory
assignment at the beginning of the year. To encourage them to revise their work
and include appropriate content the teacher provides what type of rubric?
Content based rubric
Literature circles
Small group of children reading a chosen text and discussing that text on a routine and
regular basis with a group of their peers.
Authors Purpose
Is not a narrative literary element
Automaticity
The ability to say the words quickly and easily.
Rate
Is defined as the speed of reading and greatly influences whether or not a student can
comprehend the text.
Criterion-Referenced Test
These type of tests are assessment instruments that assess the point at which the
student has achieved mastery. (Ex. FCAT)
Phonological Awareness
Large parts of spoken language (words, syllables, onset-rime units) and others like
alliteration the repetition of a sound at the beginning of 2 or more neighboring words,
intonation and rhyming.
Narrative Writing
Includes: Plot, Structure, Conflict, Characterization, Setting, Theme, Point of View,
Sequencing, and Transitions.
Classroom Libraries
Should contain: Various Genres, Nonfiction Resource, and a Wide Variety of
Multicultural Children's Literature.
Buddy Reading
Takes place between 2 students of differing grade levels, usually primary and
intermediate students/classes.
Homogenous Groups
Consists of students with similar needs.
Heterogenous Groups
Groups mix students of varying needs.
Error Rate
Words divided by the number of errors.
Cloze Procedure
Omits words from a passage and offers students the opportunity to predict and use
context clues to fill in the correct answers.
Voice-to-Print
AKA One-to-one correspondence, shows that Gavin now understands the concept of a
word and word boundaries.
During a read aloud of an alphabet book, Emily comments that the word Elephant
has the same initial letter as her name. This understanding is called?
Letter Knowledge
Rate
The speed of reading and greatly influences whether or not a student can comprehend
the text.
Spelling Phase prior to Conventional Spelling
Temporary, Invented, or Phonetic
Pre-reading/Emergent Reading Phase
Young children are exposed to basic concepts of print and may approximate the text.
Early Reading Phase
Children have mastered basic concepts of print and are attempting to apply reading
strategies that they have been taught in the classroom.
Fluent Readers
, Proficient readers and employ the necessary reading strategies when needed to gain
meaning from text.
Cueing System
Graphophonemic, Syntactic, Semantic
_________ is the language art used most often, yet it is also the one most often
neglected.
Listening
Students using the internet
Should be provided with preselected sites to choose from in order to avoid exposure to
inappropriate web content.
Games, Rubric, Checklists, and Portfolios are all forms of _____________
assessment.
Informal
Terms related to language convections and clarity in order from simple to
complex
Literal, Figurative, Literary
Assessment
A vital component used to identify when it is appropriate to increase a student's reading
of more complex text.
Idiom
Expression or phrase whose meaning cannot be deciphered or inferred from the
meanings of words used. (Ex. His heart was beating out of his chest.)
Writing a paper of your favorite color and why that color is the best color in the
world is what type of paper?
Opinion-Argument piece
Concepts of Print Include
Meaning, directionality (left-right, top-down), concept of a word (word boundaries), letter
knowledge, phonemic awareness, and literacy language (author, illustrations, title, etc)
Simile
Is a comparison using like or as.
Word Correct Per Minute (WCPM)
(Total # - errors) x 60/ # of time
Group of 3rd graders are finishing up All about me stories as an introductory
assignment at the beginning of the year. To encourage them to revise their work
and include appropriate content the teacher provides what type of rubric?
Content based rubric
Literature circles
Small group of children reading a chosen text and discussing that text on a routine and
regular basis with a group of their peers.
Authors Purpose
Is not a narrative literary element
Automaticity
The ability to say the words quickly and easily.
Rate
Is defined as the speed of reading and greatly influences whether or not a student can
comprehend the text.
