An assessment of early literacy concepts
Match the key concept to its definition by writing the letter in the correct blank:
1. Three Tier
Model
A. Screening inventory for K-3 used in Texas as a
benchmark assessment
2. Authentic
assessment
B. Analyzing mistakes to determine cueing systems
3. Benchmark
assessment
C. Given to determine the need for supplemental
instruction
4. Frustration
level
D. Strategy to identify normal, marginal, and
students most at-risk for reading difficulty and
intervene appropriately
5. Independent
level
E. Free-reading level, comprehension is 90% or
higher; word recognition is 99% or higher
6. Instructional
level
F. Frequent (2x/month) assessment to track progress
and inform instruction of at-risk students
7. Miscue
analysis
G. Students need assistance; comprehension is 75%
or better; word recognition is 95% or better
8. Progress
monitoring
H. Summarizing or describing a story; used to assess
comprehension
9. Retelling I. Too difficult to read; comprehension is 50/50;
word recognition is less than 90%
10. TPRI J. Using typical reading & writing tasks to evaluate
progress
11. Comprehension A. Ability to understand and get meaning from
spoken and written language
12. Culture B. Ideology, politics, religion, national origins,
language, ethnicity, social class, gender,
personal experiences, and individual abilities
13. Expository texts C. Plans that readers use and apply when hearing
texts read aloud or when reading independently
14. Strategic
readers
D. Readers who have a purpose for their reading
and use a variety of strategies as they construct
meaning
15. Strategies E. Tells about a topic
16. Aesthetic stance A. Engaging in effective communication
17. Efferent stance B. Grammar
18. Morphology C. Reading for enjoyment
19. Phonology D. Reading for information
20. Pragmatics E. Rhythm of speech: pitch, stress, and juncture
21. Prosody F. Smallest unit of meaning
22. Semantics G. Sounds of language
23. Syntax H. Vocabulary; meaning
