ALTA Competency | Questions and Answers with complete solution

affix - prefix or suffix added to a base word. ex. unhelpful active learning - learning in which the learner mentally searches for connections between new and already known information allophone - a variation of a speech sound (/t/ in top, stop, spits, swift) analytic - pertaining to instruction or a process that separates WHOLE into its PARTS. Analytic phonics separates a whole word into its parts so students can deduce the phonics relationships of the separate orthographic patterns angular gyrus - an area of the brain for visual-verbal associations anomaly - irregularity; deviation from the common notion of fitness or order ARD - advanced reading deck; shows only the letter auditory discrimination - Necessary to "break the code" for reading. It involves being able to perceive the differences between speech sounds and to sequence these sounds into meaningful words. base word - the simplest form of an English word; a word without affixes, such as spell benchmark measures - progress measurement administered at the end of each schedule, when students have had enough practice breve - a diacritical marking that indicates a short vowel sound