Educational Terms and Concepts

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affix

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an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root word to modify the meaning

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foundational skills

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building blocks of reading, writing, and communications

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differentiated instruction

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teaching method that adjust instructions to meet the needs of all students

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ELLS

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English language learners

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academic language

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the language of text of academic discussion and a formal writing

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dyslexia

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A specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin, characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.

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continuous sounds

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Sounds like I can be produced for several seconds without distortion

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stop sounds

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sounds that can be produced for only an instant

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diphthongs

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A blend of vowel sounds in one syllable (oi, oy, ow, ou)

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r-controlled vowel

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The letter R affects the sound of the vowel that proceeds it