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RVE Flash Cards
These 27 terms will aid students in preparing for the RVE test.
Term | Definition |
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Academic Words | Content or function words that are related to school subjects, tasks, and settings |
Aesthetic Stance | Approaching text by paying attention to feelings, images, and emotions that are evoked by the text |
Analogical Phonics | An approach to phonics instruction in which known word families are used to show letter/sound relationships |
Anecdotal Notes | A form of classroom assessment in which an observer records impressions for future reference |
BICS | Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills: the ability of second language learners to converse in casual conversation and carry out many functions of everyday life using simple oral language |
CALP | Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency: those language abilities required for second language learners to succeed with the demands of academic learning in schools |
CCSS | Common Core State Standards: expectations for English/ Language Arts learning that are similar in almost all US states |
Cueing Systems | Aspects of oral language development that relate to literacy development (phonics, semantics, and syntax) |
Explicit Instruction | A “tell and show” method of teaching in which the explanation is provided first, followed by examples, checking, and practice |
Frustration Reading Level | A student reads fewer than 90% of the words correctly and finds it difficult to understand the text |
Independent Reading Level | Ability to read the vast majority of the words accurately, comprehend the text, and independently solve problems while reading |
Instructional Reading Level | Ability to read 90-94 percent of the words accurately but may need assistance or guidance |
Interactive Theory | A theory of information processing that proposes the notion of parallel processing- multiple information sources uses simultaneously to create meaning |
LEA | AKA Language Experience Approach; a form of dictation in which students speak and the teachers writes, based on a shared/common experience |
Print Concepts | Basic features of written language such as identifying the front and back of a book, directionality, and spoken and written language |
RtI | AKA Response to Intervention; teachers make decisions based on data, including screening students to identify needs, organizing classrooms to allow for differentiated instruction, and monitoring progress |
SSR | AKA Sustained Silent Reading; a designated daily time when each student reads self-selected material without or with limited teacher improvement (AKA self-selected reading or independent reading) |
Summative Assessment | The process of evaluating (and grading) the learning of students at a specific point in time |
Steps of the Reading Process | Steps: Prereading, Reading, Responding, Exploring, and Applying |
Schema Theory | How people store, access, and retrieve information in their minds to make sense of what they experience; an attempt to understand our flexible and growing mental frameworks |
Sight Words (Both Definitions) | 1.) Words that are read automatically, whether or not they allow a phonics generalization or a pattern; 2.) words that don’t follow a single phonics generalization and don’t contain a common word family, and must be taught as individual whole words |
6+1 Traits | An analytical model for assessing and teaching specific aspects of writing |
Metacognition | Readers monitoring their understanding of what they read by thinking about their own thinking |
Synthetic Phonics | An approach to phonics instruction in which each sound in a word is segmented and then blended to pronounce the word |
Text Complexity | A 3-part model for examining texts proposed by the Common Core that includes quantitative data, qualitative information, and reader and task considerations |
Top-Down Theory | A linear model of reading that begins with meaning-making processes such as using semantic and syntactic information and only later employs visual information like association of letters and sounds |
Word Consciousness | Children’s awareness of and attention to the words |