New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) Bundle Set

Phonemic Awareness CORRECT ANSWER The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. Phonemes CORRECT ANSWER A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of words. Phonemes are represented by letters between...

Orthography CORRECT ANSWER ability to identify specific patterns of letters as words, leading to word recognition. Spelling, pronunciation, and meaning are all stored and can be accessed automatically Semantics CORRECT ANSWER meanings of words Phonology CORRECT ANSWER sounds of language Mor...

Second language acquisition CORRECT ANSWER Make all instruction as easy to understand as possible; Relate instruction to culture of ESL children; Increase interactive activities use gestures when modeling Vocabulary CORRECT ANSWER The more vocab a student knows the higher their comprehension P...

Emergent literacy - Answer what children do to learn how to read and write, what a child knows about reading and writing before learning, continues early and keeps going. Authentic experiences exposes children to language and it is critical in his stage Cues - Answer readers use these to cons...

Panel on Mental Retardation - Answer In 1961, President Kennedy appointed a panel of experts to prepare a national plan for "combating mental retardation." Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 - Answer The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of Presiden...

Reading Comprehension - Answer the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning Literacy - Answer the ability to read and write Skills needed for Literacy - Answer Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocab Comprehension Fluency Phonemic Awareness - Answe...

Seasonal changes - Answer moon orbits earth once per month Yearly Changes - Answer earth orbits around the moon one time per year physical change - Answer A change in a substance that does not change its identity chemical change - Answer charastics change in state or phase transf...

Intonation - Answer the way the voice rises and falls in speech morpheme - Answer the smallest unit of meaning in a language Abraham Maslow - Answer developed hierarchy of needs, which theorized to be the unconscious desires that motivate people subordinating conjunction - Answer jo...

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Orthographic - Answer When a student can recall a word based on visual qualities If a student is at a intermediate stage of literacy development. Which ability is most characteristic of this stage? - Answer Reading with appropriate rate,accuracy, and expression. What are the four stages of...

Irony - Answer An unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. Vernacluar - Answer Common language among people in the location where the story takes place. Parable - Answer A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life told in a ...

Numbers - Answer The basic building blocks of mathematics Integers - Answer whole numbers and their opposites, includes zero, does not include fractions prime number - Answer A whole number that has exactly two factors, 1 and itself. composite number - Answer A whole number greater ...

Prereading - Answer All knowledge, skills and experience that come before conventional literacy. Students gain oral vocabulary, learn sentence structure, develop phonological awareness Running record - Answer An assessment which measures a child' fluency during oral reading Balanced Liter...

Alphabet recognition - Answer *Can identify the letters of the alphabet* both capital and lowercase when asked to do so Alphabetic principle - Answer Written language is comprised of *letters (graphemes)* that represent *sounds (phonemes)* in spoken words Analogical representations - Answe...