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Comprehension – A combination of extracting meaning from an author’s words while also interpreting the meaning of those words. Comprehension is the understanding of the author’s words and interpreting the meaning of those words. Comprehension is the purpose of reading. We wouldn’t just read a list of words in a book. Comprehension also doesn’t justContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 13: Comprehension Instruction: Grades K-3”

Polysemous Words – Words that have more than one meaning, such as rose the flower and rose the verb. Morphemes – Prefixes, suffixes, and root words. The smallest meaningful unit of a word. For example, the word unhappy has two morphemes. The first is “un” meaning not and the second is “happy” meaning joyful. *OtherContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 12: A Comprehensive Approach to Vocabulary Development”

Fluency – The ability to read accurately at a rate that mirrors speech, with expression and comprehension. Fluency is reading with reasonable accuracy, appropriate rate, and suitable expression. *If students aren’t fluent in their reading, they can’t comprehend. Their brain is too busy decoding to comprehend. This is why it’s so important that students areContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 11: Fluency Instruction”

Phonics – The tool readers use to pronounce words by associating sounds (phonemes) with letters (graphemes). This process involves mediated word identification because readers must devote conscious attention to “unlocking” the alphabetic code. Phonics is decoding words and spelling them. *Phonics (Extended Version) – The relationship between phonology (which is the sounds in speech) andContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 8: Basic Phonics”

Phonological Awareness – *Textbook Definition (TD): A global awareness of large chunks of speech, such as syllables, onset, and rime, at the phoneme level. Typically includes the ability to manipulate (blend or segment) at different levels of the speech-sound system. Phonological awareness also includes rhyming and alliteration, the number of words in a sentence, syllablesContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 7 – Phonological Awareness: A Critical Foundation for Beginning Readers”

Summary Of What I’ve Learned About Running Records From Reading A-Z Stages of Development – There are 4 main stages of development within the Reading A-Z program that students will progress through. The four levels are Beginning Readers (Levels aa-C), Developing Readers (Levels D-J), Effective Readers (Levels K-P), and Automatic Readers (Levels Q-Z2). Reading A-ZContinue reading “Running Records Notes From Reading A-Z”

Data – Any information educators collect on individual students (or a group of students) over any period of time. Although we may in some cases be referring to general information (data), more often we are talking about specific test data, gathered throughout the school year, that help educators make decisions about how and what toContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 3: Assessment Basics”

Components of a Basal – Basal reading programs are popular materials used for reading instruction and are commercially published materials that are well-designed to offer a more thorough and explicit instruction than many teachers can provide on their own. A basal program also offers greater continuity from class to class and grade level to gradeContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 13: Instructional Materials”

Literature-Based Reading Program – A reading program that encourages students to select their own trade books, with the sessions followed by teacher-student conferences at which students may be asked to read aloud from their selections; used by teachers who want to provide for individual student differences in reading abilities while focusing on meaning, interests, andContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Chapter 12: Bringing Children and Text Together”