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Emergent literacy - Correct Answer-what children do to learn how to read and write, what a
child knows about reading and writing before learning, continues early and keeps going.
Authentic experiences exposes children to language and it is critical in his stage
Cues - Correct Answer-readers use these to construct meaning
Semantic cues - Correct Answer-"meaning cues". Help readers understand what language
means (symbols, sounds, pictures, word phrases, etc)
Syntactic cues - Correct Answer-This helps readers understand structure. Structure cues that
help readers understand how words are organized into patterns.
Graphophonic Cues - Correct Answer-Letter and sound cues that help readers identify
individual letters or patterns or clusters of letters such as root and whole words.
Conventions of print - Correct Answer-print cues that enable readers to follow print
Pragmatic cues - Correct Answer-Social and cultural functions of language for different
purposes. Different language based on who we are speaking to.
Strategies for applying cues - Correct Answer-Sampling; reading or listening
Predicting; making an educated guess
Confirming; using text into to confirm predictions
self-correcting; using text info to correct an initial prediction that was proven incorrect
Why is an assessment collected? - Correct Answer-To determine how well students are
progressing with respect to specific aspect of learning
to help students tale ownership of learning
to demonstrate the effectiveness of your job
Formative assessment - Correct Answer-ongoing and provides immediate feedback to
improve both teaching and learning. Authentic based on literacy activities children are
engaged in. Informs teachers and learners, identify skills that need review, monitor student
progress, guide teacher instruction, demonstrate effectiveness of instruction.
What are some types of formative assessments? - Correct Answer-Teacher observations,
anecdotal records, conferences and conference notes, checklists, running records and
retellings
summative assessment examples - Correct Answer-end-of-book tests, end-of-unit tests,
standardized tests, district assessments
Combination of assessment tools - Correct Answer-improve fairness and effectiveness of
classroom literacy assessment, and develop a deep understanding of learners
