ABL Reading (Acadia Bright Learning) Overview Project Purpose Reading Overview Elements of Reading Decoding Words Phonemes BlueTones Blending Phonemes to say a Word Decoding Multisyllable Words Sentences Sentence Conventions and Punctuation Grammar (Nouns, Verbs Adjectives, Adverbs, Pronouns, Interjections Plural / singular Tense agreement Phrases Prepositional (Where, When, Who, How) Idioms Clauses and Conjunctions Types Information Questions / Answers Commands Dialogue Reasoning Facts and Opinions Prosody Articulation Utterance (question, statement, command) Rhyme Alliteration Meter Emotional content Stress Intonation Pause Chunking Repetition Reading Progression Decoding Recognizing BlueTones Latency time Articulation Blending Sounds to form a Word Decoding Multisyllable Words Automatic Recognition (Auto) Words Articulation Word Exposure Total Words Read Total Unique Words Read Automatic Recognition (Auto) Latency time Language Word meaning Relationships between Words Word Context Categories Context Low (L) Animals, foods, clothing, furniture, vehicles, actions, locations, plants, colors, shapes, toys, Letter Names, Number names, Family names Context Medium (M) Feelings, descriptions, time, pronouns, activities, Specific Names, dialogue, directions Context High (H) Articles / determiners, logical, transitions, prepositions, relationships, abbreviations, contractsion Domain Specific (D) Dictation and recall Prosody Articulation, Utterance, Rhyme, Alliteration, Meter, Emotional content, Stress, Intonation, Pause, Chunking, Repetition Sentences Information Questions / Answers Commands Dialogue Reasoning Not, And, Or, Sequence, Categories and Groups, If then Facts and Opinions Preferences, Facts, Certainty levels, Constraints, Assumptions (series of facts), Arguments Conventional Grade Level Focus Kindergarten Reading foundations Letter Identification Lowercase and uppercase letters Word recognition Consonants and vowels Beginning and ending sounds Letter-sound associations Consonant blends and digraphs Short vowel sounds Long vowel sounds Sight words Reading strategies Text features Reality vs fiction Main idea Inference and analysis Setting and Character Sequence Point of view Read-along literary texts Read-alone literary texts Read-along informational texts Read-alone informational texts Vocabulary Color and number words Adjectives and verbs Location words Question words Synonyms and antonyms Categories Multiple meaning words Grammar and mechanics Sentences Capitalization Nouns Verbs First Grade Reading foundations Consonants and vowels Syllables (2-syllable) Rhyming Phoneme blending, segmenting and substitution Consonant sounds and letters Consonant blends and digraphs Short vowels Long vowels Silent e Vowel teams Sight words Reading strategies Reality vs fiction Main idea Sequence Point of view Inference and analysis Setting and character Text features Read-along literary texts Read-alone literary texts Read-along informational texts Read-alone informational texts Vocabulary Nouns and adjectives Categories Synonyms and antonyms Multiple meaning words Shades of meaning Prefixes and suffixes Context clues Reference skills (ABC order) Grammar and mechanics Sentences Nouns Pronouns Verbs Subject verb agreement Verb tense Articles Adjectives Prepositions Linking words Contractions Capitalization Second grade Reading foundations Syllables (2-syllable) Rhyming Consonant blends and digraphs Short vowels Long vowels (including silent e) Vowel teams Soft g and c The letter group "le" Sight words Reading strategies Sequence Theme Topic and purpose Cause and effect Inference and analysis Setting and character Compare and contrast Text features Read-along literary texts Read-alone literary texts Read-along informational texts Read-alone informational texts Writing strategiesKindergarten Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsFirst Grade Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsSecond Grade Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsThird Grade Reading foundations Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsFourth Grade Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsFifth Grade Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsSixth grade Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsSeventh grade Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsEighth Grade Reading strategies Writing strategies Vocabulary Grammar and mechanicsNew Passage Preparation Module Process to prepare a new passage for incorporation into the ABL Reading format. Passage Intake New passages readied for inclusion in ABL Reading require the following items: Text file of the passage in plain text, grammar and spelling checked Audio file of the passage, preferably in natural voice Type of English and spelling conventions for specific passage (Eng-US, Eng-UK) Freedom to be able to use Public domain passages Licensed passages Fair use passages New Passage Module Goals of the Passage Processing Module Format and analyze the passage to provide the files needed for formatting and sequencing the passage Outputs from Passage Processing Module Analysis Number of Words Number of Unique Words Number of Sentences Number of Syllables Step (11 through 80) Readability Assessments Outputs List of Sentences List of Unique Words Lists of Unique Words grouped by number of Syllables List of Words divided into Syllables Passage Formatting and Ordering Module Voice Recognition Module RS: Passage Reading (Blending Assist) Module Inputs for Student Ready Reading Passage Module Goals for Student Reading Passage Module Sequence of pages ready for students to access (browser format) Inputs needed for Reading Passage Module Passage Sentences sequenced Number of Words per Sentence Step List of Unique Words with Syllables Outputs desired for Reading Passage Module Formatted Pages Sequenced and ready for Student use RS: Passage Reading (Word ID support) Module RF: Sound Symbol (BlueTone) Module RF: Blending Skills Module VO: Word Meaning Module GM: Sentence Unscramble Module ABL Reading Terminology Definition of Terms BlueTone A BlueTone is a unique identifier for sub-word items. Most commonly, a BlueTone is a phoneme (sound) - grapheme (spelling) pair. There are other sub-word items that are represented by a BlueTone, including consonant combos (2 or more consonants that typically represented as a single unit), combinations (consonant and vowel combinations that are typically grouped together), or non-sound characters that are important for the word meaning but are not used as a sound element (example -- the word "can't" contains an apostrophe (') that is necessary for the word mean, but does not represent a phoneme (sound) element Phoneme A Phoneme is a unit of spoken sound. Most languages, including English, have between 40 and 50 phonemes. The number of English phonemes has been debated. For purposes of this project, there are XX vowel sounds, XX consonant sounds, XX consonant combos, and XX combinations. For most languages, there are 2 types of phonemes: vowel sounds and consonant sounds. Variations of languages (eg English-US vs English-UK) typically have differences in the auditory signal for the phonemes, in particular the vowel sounds. Grapheme A Grapheme is a letter or letter combination that represents 1 phoneme (sound) in a word. Graphemes range from 1 to 4 letters, with some graphemes split across the wordStudent Analytics