Module 2 EDST2100

How many phonemes in English?

• 41

• 42

• 44

• 47

What is 1 of the big five elements?

• phonemic awareness

• phonological awareness

• writing

• literacy

The five big elements include 'phonics'? True or false?

• True

• False

'Phonemic awareness' is a term that refers to?

• Teaching letter-sounds relationships (or grapheme-phoneme blending, and segmenting are particularly

  important). The teaching of letters and sounds. For example, knowing the letter ‘m’ makes the sound /m/

  or that the letters ‘ch’ usually make the sound /ch/.

• The ability to manipulate sounds (or phonemes) in words. Skills of phoneme blending and segmentation are particularly important for early reading. (Eg. shop has three sounds: /sh/ /o/ /p/)

• Refers to accurate reading at a speed that facilitates comprehension. Prosody is also a part of reading

  fluency (this refers to the rhythm, stress or intonation of speech). This is commonly referred to as a reading

  expression.

'Phonics' is a term that refers to?

• Involves having a deep understanding of the meaning of words, including words that can be used

  in multiple contexts.

• Refers to accurate reading at a speed that facilitates comprehension. Prosody is also a part of reading

  fluency (this refers to the rhythm, stress or intonation of speech). This is commonly referred to as reading

  expression.

• Teaching letter-sounds relationships (or grapheme-phoneme blending, and segmenting are particularly

  important). The teaching of letters and sounds. For example, knowing the letter ‘m’ makes the sound /m/

  or that the letters ‘ch’ usually make the sound /ch/.

'Fluency' is a term that refers to?

• Involves having a deep understanding of the meaning of words, including words that can be used in multiple contexts.

• Refers to the readers ability to understand what they are reading. All of the previous big ideas contribute to this in some way. Need to be able to decode and understand what words mean (linguistic

  comprehension).

• Refers to accurate reading at a speed that facilitates comprehension. Prosody is also a part of reading

  fluency (this refers to the rhythm, stress or intonation of speech). This is commonly referred to as reading

  expression.

'Vocabulary' is a term that refers to?

• Refers to accurate reading at a speed that facilitates comprehension. Prosody is also a part of reading

  fluency (this refers to the rhythm, stress or intonation of speech). This is commonly referred to as reading

  expression.

• Teaching letter-sounds relationships (or grapheme-phoneme blending, and segmenting are particularly

  important). The teaching of letters and sounds. For example, knowing the letter ‘m’ makes the sound /m/ or that the letters ‘ch’ usually make the sound /ch/.

• Involves having a deep understanding of the meaning of words, including words that can be used in multiple contexts

'Text Comprehension' is a term that refers to?

• The ability to manipulate sounds (or phonemes) in words. Skills of phoneme blending, and segmentation are particularly important for early reading. (Eg. shop has three sounds: /sh/ /o/ /p/)

• Refers to the readers ability to understand what they are reading. All of the previous big ideas contribute to this in some way. Need to be able to decode and understand what words mean (linguistic comprehension).

• Refers to accurate reading at a speed that facilitates comprehension. Prosody is also a part of reading

  fluency (this refers to the rhythm, stress or intonation of speech). This is commonly referred to as reading

  expression.

Read words on a page is called?

• decoding

• encoding

Phonological Awareness is a term that is not included as a big five element of children's literacy, as it covers the five elements instead.

• True

• False