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Analytic Instruction - answer Instruction that separates
the whole into its constituent parts to reveal the
relationships of the parts.
Analytic Phonics - answer separates the whole word into
its constituent parts so students can deduce the phonic
relationships of the separate orthographic patterns
arbitrary learning - answer new learning that has no
logical connection to already acquired knowledge or
practical relationships
bottom-up processing - answer accurate sequential
reading of every word. comprehension is text driven
rather than concept
,concept-driven processing - answer reading uses own
experience. top down process.
Diagnostic Teaching - answer use of formal and informal
assessment to measure progress expected by
performance standars
Embedded Phonics - answer phonological awareness and
phonics taught implicitly through the reading of real
words in text
Explicit Instruction - answer direct instruction
Fernald Method - answer technique for learning words
that involves the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile
(VAKT) modalities. The student looks at a word while
saying and tracing it.
Implicit Instruction - answer Implied, indirect teaching, no
specific guidance
Synthetic Instruction - answer present the parts of the
language and then teaches how the parts work together
to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program
,whole language approach - answer An approach to
reading instruction based on the idea that instruction
should parallel children's natural language learning.
Reading materials should be whole and meaningful.
Allophone - answer slight and predictable variations in
production of vowels and consonants pop
flap - answer reduction of t and d
Fricatives - answer produced by a constant flow of air
through the vocal tract (f and v)
glide - answer vowel-like sound produced by gliding
movement of the articulators w y
onset - answer beginning
Phonemic Awareness - answer awareness of the
individual phonemes of a language
Phonetics - answer study of the linguistic speech sounds
and how they are produced and perceived
, Phonics - answer Instruction in the association of speech
sounds with printed symbols.
phonological awareness - answer knowledge of and
sensitivity to the phonological structure of the language
rime - answer written or spoken vowel and the final
consonant (cat)
rhyme and alliteration - answer the earliest developing
phonological processing skills - rhyme requires students
to become aware of the vowel sound in a word and the
sounds after it - alliteration requires students to become
aware of on-sets or initial letters
circumflex - answer a diacritical mark (^) placed above a
vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic
quality vowel-r combination
combining form - answer A word root with an added
vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or
suffixes to form a new word. Greek origin
Consonant Prefix-Chameleon Prefix - answer ends with a
consonant. euphony. ir-irresponsible
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Analytic Instruction - answer Instruction that separates
the whole into its constituent parts to reveal the
relationships of the parts.
Analytic Phonics - answer separates the whole word into
its constituent parts so students can deduce the phonic
relationships of the separate orthographic patterns
arbitrary learning - answer new learning that has no
logical connection to already acquired knowledge or
practical relationships
bottom-up processing - answer accurate sequential
reading of every word. comprehension is text driven
rather than concept
,concept-driven processing - answer reading uses own
experience. top down process.
Diagnostic Teaching - answer use of formal and informal
assessment to measure progress expected by
performance standars
Embedded Phonics - answer phonological awareness and
phonics taught implicitly through the reading of real
words in text
Explicit Instruction - answer direct instruction
Fernald Method - answer technique for learning words
that involves the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile
(VAKT) modalities. The student looks at a word while
saying and tracing it.
Implicit Instruction - answer Implied, indirect teaching, no
specific guidance
Synthetic Instruction - answer present the parts of the
language and then teaches how the parts work together
to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program
,whole language approach - answer An approach to
reading instruction based on the idea that instruction
should parallel children's natural language learning.
Reading materials should be whole and meaningful.
Allophone - answer slight and predictable variations in
production of vowels and consonants pop
flap - answer reduction of t and d
Fricatives - answer produced by a constant flow of air
through the vocal tract (f and v)
glide - answer vowel-like sound produced by gliding
movement of the articulators w y
onset - answer beginning
Phonemic Awareness - answer awareness of the
individual phonemes of a language
Phonetics - answer study of the linguistic speech sounds
and how they are produced and perceived
, Phonics - answer Instruction in the association of speech
sounds with printed symbols.
phonological awareness - answer knowledge of and
sensitivity to the phonological structure of the language
rime - answer written or spoken vowel and the final
consonant (cat)
rhyme and alliteration - answer the earliest developing
phonological processing skills - rhyme requires students
to become aware of the vowel sound in a word and the
sounds after it - alliteration requires students to become
aware of on-sets or initial letters
circumflex - answer a diacritical mark (^) placed above a
vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic
quality vowel-r combination
combining form - answer A word root with an added
vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or
suffixes to form a new word. Greek origin
Consonant Prefix-Chameleon Prefix - answer ends with a
consonant. euphony. ir-irresponsible
