RICA EXAM Key Terms Latest 2023
Rated A
affix ✔✔a syllable added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a word to change the word's
meaning (e.g., il- in illiterate and al- in national).
alphabetic principle ✔✔
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RICA EXAM Key Terms Latest 2023
Rated A
affix ✔✔a syllable added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a word to change the word's
meaning (e.g., il- in illiterate and al- in national).
alphabetic principle ✔✔The assumption underlying alphabetical language systems that each
sound has corresponding graphic representation (or letter).
antonyms ✔✔words with opposite meanings (e.g., good-bad).
applying ✔✔the 5th stage of the reading process, in which readers go beyond the text to use
what they have learned in another literacy experience, often by making aproject or reading
another book.
background knowledge ✔✔a student's knowledge or previous experiences about a topic.
aesthetic reading ✔✔reading for pleasure
basal readers ✔✔reading textbooks that are leveled according to grade.
basal reading program ✔✔a collection of student textbooks, workbooks, teacher's manuals, and
other materials and resources for reading instruction used in kindergarten through sixth grade.
big books ✔✔enlarged versions of picture books that teachers read with children, usually in the
primary grades.
blend ✔✔to combine the sounds represented by letters to pronounce a word.
bound morpheme ✔✔a morphene that is not a word and cannot stand along (e.g., -s, tri-).
closed syllable ✔✔a syllable ending in a consonant sound (e.g. make, duck). They create a long
vowel sound in the next syllable.
cluster ✔✔a spiderlike diagram used to collect and organize ideas after reading or before
wiriting; also called a map or a web.
comprehension ✔✔the process of constructing meaning using both the author's text and th
ereader's background knowledge for a specific purpose. There are three levels: literal, inferential
and evaluative.
concepts about print (CAP) ✔✔basic understandings about the way print works, including the
direction of print (return sweeping), spacing, punctuation, letters and words, print carries
meaning, book orientation. Implicit teaching: reading aloud, shared book experience, big books,
LEA, environmental print, print-rich environment. Explicit: letter recognition, associating names
and things with letters, singing the alphabet, ABC books, upper and lower case letter writing,
tactile and kinesthetic methods.
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