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Key Vocabulary: Emergent Literacy: The idea that a child’s knowledge of literacy emerges from their experiences at home. Environmental Print: Words and phrases written around us. For example, the exit sign in a building. Invented Spelling: The way children spell words that they do not know how to spell. How Writing Develops: Children learn thatContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 370, Chapter 4”

Key Vocabulary: Basal: a.k.a Commercial reading programs or basal readers. Guides on what to teach students and when. Components of a Basal: Selections in grade-level textbooks, instruction about decoding and comprehension strategies and skills, workbook assignments, and independent reading opportunities. Materials in Basal Reading Programs: Textbook, big books, supplemental books, workbooks, kits, teacher’s guide, home-schoolContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 10”

Key Vocabulary: Genres: Types of literary pieces. Text Structures: The way that the author formats their text. Text Features: Features of a text that have a desired effect on the readers. Narratives Genres: Fables: Short stories with a specific moral, such as The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Folktales: Stories where a hero overcome adversity usingContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 9”

Key Vocabulary: Word Wall: Important words that the teacher has written down and posted on a wall of the classroom. Academic Vocabulary: Words that are commonly used in academic contexts, but not necessarily in everyday conversation. Three Tiers of Words: Basic Words: Words used in everyday contexts. Academic Words: Words used in academic contexts. SpecializedContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 7”

Key Vocabulary: Reading Fluency: A student’s ability to read quickly and accurately while also comprehending the reading. Automaticity: A student’s ability to read a familiar word without sounding it out. Speed: Literally the speed at which a student reads. A.K.A Words per Minute Prosody: Expression and intonation while reading. High Frequency Words: Common words thatContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 6”

Key Vocabulary: Shared Reading: The teacher and students reading a passage together as a group. Interactive Reading: A passage is read to students with periodic breaks for discussion. Choral Reading: A small group of students who are at a similar reading level reading in unison. Guided Reading: Reading in small groups of students at similarContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 4”

Key Vocabulary: Running Records: Formal records documenting whether a specific book is in a student’s Independent Reading Level, Instructional Reading Level, or Frustrational Reading Level. Minilessons: A sort of “subplot” of the lesson plan. The teaching of processes, strategies, concepts, etc. that are all included within the main lesson. Book Talk: The process of aContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 3”

Key Vocabulary: The Reading Process: The process that readers go through in order to understand what they are reading. Stages of Reading/What Happens in Each Stage: Prereading, Reading, Responding, Exploring, and Applying. Prereading: Becoming aware of the reading’s genre, purpose, and reading level while also preparing for new vocabulary. Reading: The stage of reading, orContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 2”

Key Vocabulary: Scaffolding: Teaching students by building upon the foundation set by previous lessons. Shared Reading: As the term implies, this is the process of the teacher and the students sharing in the process of reading a book or passage. Language Experience Approach: Teaching students how to read an write based on the vocabulary thatContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 1: Principle 5-9”

Key Vocabulary: Behaviorism: A teaching theory that believes that a student’s behavior can be learned through the use of consequences. It is also the belief that teachers serve the role of giving information to their students, rather than guiding their students to finding the information themselves. Constructivism: A teaching theory that believes that students constructContinue reading “Morgan Wyatt, ENGED 275, Chapter 1: Principle 1-4”