Components of Effective Literacy Instruction correct answers phonological and phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
The Big Five correct answers Nickname for the five essential components of effective literacy
instruction
National Reading Panel correct answers outlined the give essential components of effective
literacy instruction in report (year 2000)
What is the importance of the sound/symbol system? correct answers understanding
sounds/symbols enables students to sound out unfamiliar words, enables students to build
orthographic patterns, enables students to perceive larger chunks of words, and enables students
to use the context more efficiently
Sound/symbol foundation correct answers phonemic awareness and instant letter recognition
Alphabetic Principle correct answers a phoneme is represented by a grapheme
phoneme correct answers smallest unit of sound in a word which effects meaning
grapheme correct answers letter or group of letters used to represent one sound
Reading and Written Expressive Language correct answers the two components of Literacy
Instruction
Decoding and Comprehension correct answers the two components of reading
Mechanics and Composition/Creativity correct answers the two components of Written
Expressive Language
,Opportunities and Direct Instruction correct answers the two components of instruction
Decoding correct answers instant word recognition, phonemic awareness, sound/symbol
association (instant letter recognition), structural analysis, context
Listening Comprehension correct answers oral language (most important!), world knowledge,
strategic thinking, inference making
Fluency correct answers bridge between decoding and comprehension
Comprehension correct answers the ultimate goal of reading
Instant Word Recognition correct answers acquired through repeated exposure to the word and
from over learning the patterns of language
Mechanics correct answers sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, handwriting (writer
should be comfortable with spelling and handwriting)
composition/creativity correct answers oral language, world knowledge, strategic thinking,
inference making
Direct instruction components correct answers Multisensory teaching and discovery teaching
Domains of language correct answers phonology, pragmatics, orthography, semantics, syntax,
morphology
Interactive components of language correct answers Form, content (great ideas), use (spelling,
grammar, etc.)
, Which domains fall into form component of language? correct answers Phonology, Morphology,
Syntax, orthography
Which domain falls into the content component of language? correct answers semantics
Which domain falls into the use component of language? correct answers pragmatics
Orthography is the only domain correct answers not developed orally first-starts at the written
level with spelling
phonology correct answers refers to the SOUND STRUCTURE of a langauge; how sounds
operate. It is the unconscious set of rules that govern speech.
Euphony correct answers pleasant sound; when words are formed or combined to please the ear
phonological awareness correct answers knowledge of and sensitivity to the BROAD SOUND
STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
Examples of phonological awareness activities correct answers rhyming, alliteration, counting
words in sentences, counting syllables in words, omitting syllables, phonemic awareness
Examples of phonemic awareness activities correct answers identifying sounds in a word,
segmenting, blending, changing sounds in words, omitting sounds in words
morpheme correct answers smallest unit of language that carries meaning
morphology correct answers the study of meaningful units of language, refers to the way words
are formed and related to one another