ELA

Phonological Awareness involves:

• differentiating original ancient texts from recent copies.

• sudden dissatisfaction with the decaffeination of a hot beverage.

• identifying and manipulating units of oral language.

• heightened binary code decryption skills.

The "5 Components of Reading" are:

• phonemic Awareness

  fluency

  strategies for comprehending text

  new vocabulary

  phonics

• phonemic enlightenment

  speed reading

  strategies for skim reading

  interpretation of illegible handwriting

  TBD

• reading

  writing

  oral delivery

  handwriting

  inferencing

• assessing

  evaluating

  interpreting

  decoding

  comprehending

Which activity does NOT focus on phonological awareness?

• Recognizing words in sentences

• Segmenting words into syllables

• Rhyming

• Making the letters in your alphabet soup float simultaneously

Elkonin Boxes are used to:

• deliver powdered milk to new mothers.

• provide heavy work for sedentary staff members.

• break words into their constituent sounds.

• preserve antique figurines designed by Eustace Elkonin.

What is the "alphabetic principle"?

• All books must be placed in alphabetical order.

• Letters represent sounds and can be joined together to form words.

• Sentences that include all the letters of the alphabet are superior to others.

• Letters are infinite.

What is the "4 pronged approach" (in sequence) to teaching phonics?

• 1. Investigate

  2. Gather evidence

  3. Apprehend

  4. Imprison

• 1. Cover the wound

  2. Keep limb elevated

  3. Stay calm

  4. Seek help

• 1. Spell the word

  2. Write the word

  3. Read the word

  4. Recall the word

• 1. Assessment

  2. Direct Teaching

  3. Guided Practice

  4. Apply

Name the 2 programs will we be using for assessment and direct teaching of phonics skills?

• Tony Robinson’s Self-Motivation Seminar

  Words Their Way

• Words Their Way

  PhonicsQ

• Words Their Way

  8 Steps to Medieval Restoration

• 7 Habits of Highly Successful Readers

  PhonicsQ

In Words Their Way, the 5 developmental reading stages are:

• emergent

  letter name alphabetic

  hieroglyphics within words

  syllables and affixes

  derivational relations

• emergent

  first and last name recognition

  within word pattern

  syllables and affixes

  derivational relations

• emergent

  letter name alphabetic

  within word pattern

  syllables and affixes

  derivational relations

• emergent

  letter name alphabetic

  within word pattern

  syllables and affixes

  extended dysfunctional family relations

Why are the "Word Sorts" from Words Their Way more effective than most spelling programs?

• They are interactive and systematically decrease in difficulty according to student fatigue.

• They are interactive, allow for differentiation and systematically progress according to student reading development.

• They are electronic and systematically progress according to student height and weight.

• They are interactive and progress according to student population and daily attendance.

Words Their Way has a workbook for each developmental stage. These workbooks include:

• Word Sorts that can be photocopied if the staff member pays a maximum fine of $47.50 per color copy and 30 minutes of community service.

• Spelling lists compiled in 1955 and revised in 1961.

• Word Sorts that can be photocopied.

• Word Sorts that cannot be printed, scanned, photocopied, downloaded or uploaded without written a patent.