Elements of Literacy and Reading

What are the 5 reading components?

Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary

Speaking, Writing, Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary

Match the following different types of assessments with its correct purpose.

Diagnostic Evaluation

To make decisions based upon data for instruction informed by testing results

Progress Monitoring

To identify learning strengths and weaknesses causing academic problems

Intervention Planning

To determine a student's risk for reading difficulty and the need for intervention

Universal Screening

To determine if progress is adequate and or if more/different intervention is needed

Students can have reading comprehension disorder if they show signs of... Select all correct answer(s).

Challenges with basic reading skills and word recognition

Difficulty understanding the themes in reading passages

Frustration with reading tasks

Difficulty reading aloud

Difficulty remembering key details in stories

Reading with little to no variance in tone

Dyslexia causes difficulty with spelling, rhyming, phonemic awareness and sequencing sounds in words.

True

False

The three groups of accommodations for students with dyslexia are… Select all correct answers

Accommodations involving materials

Accommodations involving interactive instruction

Accommodations involving student performance

Accommodations involving student grades

Material accommodations include audiobooks, tape recorders, note-taking apps, and text to speech tools.

True

False

A more effective strategy for memorizing sight words is….

Teaching words phonetically using multisensory methods, heart words routine.

Flashcards

Games such as wordplay and hangman

8. You can teach multiple new sounds/phonograms and spelling patterns at once to students with dyslexia.

True

False

How can you encourage parents to create a literacy-rich home environment. Select all correct answers.

Have students do all reading at school

Encourage parents to read together at home

Give parents helpful tips such as room placement for reading areas

Send home reading logs that parents must sign

Encourage students and families to visit libraries outside of school

There are many applications and websites that students can use at home, some of these are Scholastic, PBS Kids and Reading Rockets.

True

False

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