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Reading Levels ✔✔95-100% Independent Level
90-95% Instructional Level
Less than 90% Frustration Level
Dyscalculia ✔✔Defines a range of difficulties i
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NES Special Education - Practice
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Reading Levels ✔✔95-100% Independent Level
90-95% Instructional Level
Less than 90% Frustration Level
Dyscalculia ✔✔Defines a range of difficulties in math, such as the inability to understand
numbers' meanings, measurements, patterns,mathematical terms and the application of
mathematic principals. Early clues include a young child's inability to group items by size or
color, recognize patterns or understand the meaning or order of numbers.
Dysgraphia ✔✔Dysgraphic individuals cannot manage the physical acct of writing. While many
dysgraphics are highly intelligent and able to express themselves cogently, they have extreme
difficulty holding a writing implement and shaping letters.
Dyslexic reader uses this _____ side(s) of the brain, while non-dyslexics use this side_____
✔✔Both Sides
Left Side
Side effect of antidepressant ✔✔Increased, persistent thirst from dry cottony mouth (lasts for a
few weeks)
Diabetic Hypoglycemia ✔✔Also known as insulin reaction, occurs when blood sugar falls to a
very low level. It is important to treat it quickly or the diabetic could faint. Symptoms: irritable,
pale, trembling, covered in fine sweat, acts confused
Autism Spectrum Disorder is also known as: ✔✔Pervasive Spectrum Disorders (PSD)
Language Load is.... ✔✔The number of unrecognizable words an ELL encounters when reading
or listening. Language load is one of the barriers ELLs face. Rephrasing, dividing complex
sentences into smaller units and teaching essential vocabulary before the student begins reading
are all strategies which can lighten the load.
When working with ELLs, teachers should.... ✔✔Avoid idioms and slang; involve students in
hands-on activities; reference students' prior knowledge; speak slowly. Involve students in
hands-on activities such as group reading and language play to make experiences more
meaningful and more immediate. New knowledge can only be absorbed by attaching it to prior
knowledge so referencing what students already know is essential. Speaking slow is important or
processing.
Word Recognition ✔✔Process of identifying a word's meaning and pronunciation. Especially
important for ELLs and students with reading disabilities.
Assessing silent reading fluency can be accomplished best by.... ✔✔Giving a 3 minute test of
silent contextual reading fluency four times a year.
Explicit instruction includes: ✔✔Clarifying the goal, modeling strategies and offering
explanations geared to a student's level of understanding. Well-organized teaching that offers
simple steps and frequent references to previously learned material defines explicit instruction.
What is an ORF? ✔✔Oral Reading Fluency Assessment. Also called a curriculum based
measurement -- 1-minute assessment in which the student reads a grade level text aloud & errors
are noted.
The 4 types of Bilingual Special Education Instructional Delivery Models include: ✔✔1.
Bilingual Support Model - teams bilingual para with English speaking special educators to assist
with IEP implementation
2. Coordinated Services Model - consists of English speaking special ed teacher and bilingual
educator.
3. Integrated Bilingual Special Ed - bilingual special education teachers give instruction in native
language and ESL training and transition assistance as proficiency gained.
4. Bilingual Special Ed Model - integrates all school personnel who focus on bilingual special
education instruction.
A Cloze Test evaluates a student's: ✔✔Understanding of context and vocabulary. A Cloze test
presents a reader with a text in which certain words are blocked out. The reader must determine
probably missing words based on context clues. In order to supply the words, the reader must
already know them.
What is the best way for 1st/2nd graders to learn sight words? ✔✔Memorize lists by using
techniques like songs, mnemonic devices and other fun activities. Sight words cannot be
decoded.
Phonological Awareness activities are: ✔✔Oral. Phonological awareness is the understanding of
the sounds within a spoken word. While phonological awareness contributes to fluent reading
skills, activities designed to develop and awareness of word-sounds are oral.
The ability to use tactics to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, know words have
multiple meanings, use prior knowledge to figure out word meaning are elements of this:
✔✔Word-recognition. Include strategies to decode unfamiliar words,consider alternate word
meanings to decode a text and the ability to apply prior knowledge to determine a word's
meaning.
Emergent Writers pass through the following stages ✔✔1. scripting the end-sound to a word
2. leaving space between words
3. Writing from the top left to the top right and from top to bottom of the page.
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) depends upon which two practices? ✔✔Cooperative
learning and reading comprehension. CSR is group of 4 reading strategies that students with
learning disabilities can use to decipher and understand texts. Small groups of students at various
reading levels support one another by going through the strategies as they read aloud or silently.
Before reading, the group previews, applying prior knowledge and prediction. Next readers
target words or syllables they didn't understand called clunks and apply a number of strategies to
decode the clunks. Third, students get the gist by determining the most important character,
setting, event or idea. Finally, the students wrap it up by creating questions to discuss their
understanding of the text and summarize its meaning.
What is a Maze test (type of a cloze test)? ✔✔A Cloze test offers text with key words blanked
out and the student must determine the most likely words based upon context and vocabulary. A
Maze test offers a number of possible answers and the student must read very carefully in order
to make the correct selection.
The 4 required activities described by the Assistive Technology Act are: ✔✔1. Public awareness
program
2. Coordinating activities among state agencies
3. Technical assistance and training
4. Outreach to underrepresented and rural populations
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