* Exposes children to print/book conventions and increases print vocabulary * Introduces children to ideas and vocabulary beyond their own experiences * Great for school-readiness
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“Reading” to toddlers can look like what?
* Labeling objects and actions * answer what, what doing, and where questions
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“Reading” to preschoolers can look like what?
* Explanations (why), affective explanations * attributes- colors & shapes other descriptors * vocabulary/grammar * making predictions * sequencing * letter naming/print awareness * story grammars/story retelling
What is an example of a sample task for phoneme segmentation of words that have simple syllables with two or three phonemes (no blends)?
“Say the word as you move a chip for each sound”
* sh-e * m-a-n * l-e-g
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What is an example of a sample task for phoneme segmentation of words that have up to three or four phonemes (include blends)
“Say the word slowly while you tap the sounds”
* b-a-ck * ch-ee-se * c-l-ou-d
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What is an example of a sample task for phonemes substitution to build new words that have simple syllables (no blends)
“Change the /j/ in cage to /n/. Change the “a” in cane to “o”
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What is an example of a sample task for sound deletion (initial and final)
* “Say meat. Say it again, without the /m/” * “Say safe. Say it again, without the /f/”
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What is an example of a sample task for sound deletion (initial position, include blends)
“Say prank. Say it again, without the /p/”
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What is an example of a sample task for sound deletion (medial and final blend positions)
“Say snail. Say it again, without the /n/”
“Say fork. Say it again, without the /k/”
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Logographic
Instant recognition using big picture
ex. McDonald’s, Toyota
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Alphabetic
Sounding out words with sound-letter correspondenceO
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Orthographic
Automatic word recognition
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Letter-sound correspondence
Matching letter and sound
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What are the skills needed to decode?
* Visually perceive and recognize letters * Know sound-letter correspondences * Use short-term auditory memory to hold the phoneme sounds * Use phoneme blending skills * When children are learning to read they often have to say the word aloud and heard themselves say it to access the stored meaning of the word in their brain * A mental image of the printed word
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Alphabetic Principle
Understanding a relationship between written letters + spoken sound
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What are some examples of letters without the letter sound in the letter name?
w, h, y
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Typically developing children have a short term memory of what?
5 words
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Adults have a short term memory of what?
7-8 words
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Typically developing preschoolers can blend what?
Syllables
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Typically developing kindergarteners can blend what?
2 and 3 phonemes
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Early first graders can blend what?
4 phonemes
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Children with very strong visual memories may need to decode a word how many times?
10 times
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Typical children may need to decode a word how many times for a mental image to be stored?
20-40 times
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Children with weaker visual memories for print may need to decode a word how many times before it is stored?
80 times
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Multisensory Techniques
Techniques beyond just looking at a card with the written word may be helpful for children to establish the mental image of the sight word
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In reading, learning to decode takes place in what stages of childhood?
5-7 years old
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Learning to decode includes what?
* Stage is marked by the learning of phoneme-grapheme correspondence rules * Bottom-up processing during this stage-phonetic to visual route with repeated decodings * “Word callers,” often miss meaning * Difficulties- co articulation
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What are the reading stages?
* Learning to read * Transition * Reading to learn
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In reading, transition take place in what stages of childhood?
7-9 years old
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In the transition stage, children learn how to use what?
* Decoding skills with automaticity * The redundancies of the language * Knowledge of story structure to derive meaning more easily from text * Sight vocabulary based on orthographic structures is established
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In reading, Reading to learn establ
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Reading to learn includes what?
* Decoding skills should be automatic, thus freeing cognitive energy for text comprehension * Silent reading * This stage is focused on reading for facts, concepts or how to do things * Chapter books
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What are the 5 stages of spelling development?
* Emergent * Letter-name * Within word * Syllable juncture spelling patterns * Derivational consistency
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K-2 grade spelling is usually what?
Written sentences often shorter than spoken
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3-7 grade spelling is usually what?
Sentence length similar in oral production and writing
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8+ grade spelling is usually what?
Written becomes longer and more complex
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T-unit
One main clause with all the dependent clauses attached to it; basically a sentence
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Phonology
Rules governing the distribution and sequencing of sounds of the language
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Thematic
Personal experience/story
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Taxonomic
Catergorical
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Horizontal Development
Children add more features to the definition that are common to the adult definition
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What definitional skills do toddlers have?
Point, show you, sound effect
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What definitional skills do preschooler’s have?
Tells about personal experience, often includes function of the item or the action/function it performs
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What definitional skills do early school age children have?
Attributes, parts, action/function- sometimes will include category; sometimes includes personal experience (inclusion of person experiences should be decreasing)
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What definitional skills do later school age children (6th grade) have?
Conventional definitions- typically starting with the items category and matching this with its function and features to distinguish it from other items
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Five year old’s interpret most figurative language how?
Literally
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Idioms
Short phrases; don’t actually mean what is said
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Similes
Comparison using like/as
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Metaphors
Direct saying without like/as
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Proverbs
Words to live by
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Additive chains
* Sequences of sentences that can be arranged in any order * No temporal/causal dependencies * Some sense of unity
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What age does additive chains take place?
3 years
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Example of an additive chain?
I went on a picnic. And I saw a butterfly. And I ate sandwiches and cookies.
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What age does temporal chains take place?
3-5 years
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Temporal Chains
* Series of actions that show a temporal relation * Order is important, but no causal link between actions
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Example of temporal chains?
Yesterday, I went to the zoo. We rode the bus. And then we saw the giraffes
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Causal Chain
* Has a “plot” or “episode” * Entail a problem that has a consequence/solution * Contains a setting
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What age does causal chains take place?
5-6 years old
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What age does multi-causal chains take place?
7-9 years old
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Multi-causal chains
Multiple episodes
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Decontextualized
Talking about things that are not there
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Pragmatic Development
Changes in the classroom as compared to everyday communication
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Main clause
A clause that can stand alone grammatically
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Simple sentence
One main clause
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Compound sentence
Two or more main clauses
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Complex sentence
Sentence made of a main clause and at least one dependent clause
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Dependent clause
Clauses that contain a subject & predicate but cannot stand alone grammatically
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Simple infinitives
to + verb
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Complement Clauses
Mental state + wh-words/that
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Coordinate Conjunctions
And, or, but
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Subordinate conjuctions
Because, when, if, so, after, until, before, since
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Relative clauses
Noun + that/who/which
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Phrase
A group of related words that does not include a subject and a predicate and typically is used as a noun substitute or a noun or verb modifier
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Prepositional phrase
Preposition + phrase
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Participle phrase
Verb + ing; acts like a clause
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Bilingualism
Speaking two languages well
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Simultaneous Bilingualism
* Learns 2 languages at the same time * Prior to age 3