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Praxis 2 Elementary Education Vocab

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. The concept that written language is comprised of letters that represent sounds in spoken words






2. Comprehending that sounds in language are represented by printed or written symbols






3. Proficiency of the academic Language






4. Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text in unison to enhance oral reading fluency.






5. I.Input ----- II.Intake ------ III.Acquisitions ------ IV.Access ------ V.Output






6. Lower level questioning






7. The reader at the beginning stages of learning to read and developing an association of print with meaning. During this stage of reading development - children engage in reading play and retelling familiar stories from memory and using pictures to ma






8. Collect information about a student to use in assessment throughout the period of instruction






9. Parts of words in the spoken language smaller than syllables






10. Meaningful context - acceptance of all learners - flexible structure - supportive classroom - integration - focused expectations - context skill development - collaboration and scaffolding - authentic assessments






11. Teaching them know how to learn on their own based on their prior knowledge






12. Body's ability to function efficiently and effectively






13. Facilitated nad guided by teacher - process of learning given to students - small group projets - experimental investigations






14. Begins to understand letter - sound correspondence






15. Alphabet knowledge - letter - sound correspondences - left - to - right directionality - word families - spelling patterns - phonics - word structures - irregular spellings - manipulating or building words






16. The terms used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e.g. - meow - buzz - zoom).






17. Direct instruction






18. Print knowledge - emergent writing - linguistic awareness






19. The notion that letters making a word have corresponding sounds - thus letters and sounds can be placed together to build words.






20. Language student's will emerge naturally whey they are given the opprotunity and need (motivation) to speak in a non - coercive/low anxiety situations.

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21. Create classroom societies - study the market - prepare personal budgets - workforce education






22. Social or observational learning theory






23. Learners must be exposed to messages a little bit beyond proficiency

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24. Language Acquisition hypothesis






25. Read aloud - children talk about story - independent reading center - environmental print - alphabet and word games






26. Separate onsets and rimes in words so students may read them and blend parts into words






27. Formal tool measuring student proficiency of a subject area already learned






28. Observe people - compare groups of people - researh human emotions - study human development






29. 1. understand the problem - 2. determine essential information - 3. make a plan - 4. follow the plan - 5. check the answer






30. Provides a body of student work -- essentially - a portfolio -- that can be used to evaluate student performance over time.






31. Spatial awareness - effort - and peer relationships developed through movement concepts and skill themes






32. Visit museums - library research - study artifcts - native cultures - examples of cultural conflicts - storytelling






33. Teach children to segment words into phonemes and create words by writing letters for phonemes






34. Simple contextual tasks - connect meaning of fraction computation with whole - number computation - estimation and informal methods to develop strategies - explore each operation using manipulatives






35. Stages of cognitive development






36. Evaluation that comes at the conclusion of an educational program or instructional sequence.






37. Sound games - syllable clapping - rhyming songs - poems - jokes and silly rhythms - pictures in books






38. Fitness concepts of muscular strength and flexibility - development of specific skill exercises






39. Positive initial experiences - moved from concrete to symbolic very slowly






40. What a government is and does - values of American democracy - role of Constitution - relationship of US to other nations - responsibilities of US citizen






41. Blending an arts related activity with an academic subject activity






42. Learning through experience






43. Spatial - one and two more - one and two less - anchors - part - part - whole






44. Used after inappropriate behavior occurs - ignore the behavior - use non - verbal interactions and person - to - person dialogue






45. Uses symbols from the alphabet but no knowledge of letter - sound correspondence






46. Integrates the variable for selected investigation






47. Word recognition - comprehension - and fluency






48. The joining of two or more consonant sounds - represented by letters that begins a word without losing the identity of the sounds - such as /bl/ in black - the joining of the first consonant and vowel sounds in a word - such as /b/ and /a/ in baby. T






49. Observing - measuring - identifying content - interpreting data - classifying - predicting - researching - communicating - inferring - hypothesizing - experimenting






50. Reading