Pect Prek-4 Study Guide Graded A+

chemical sedimentary rock {Ans: Sedimentary rock that forms when minerals precipitate from a solution or settle from a suspension.}Oral Stage (0-18 months) {Ans: pleasure centers on the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing}teaching early literacy skills {Ans: phonemes and letters used most often should be taught first and in isolation}refraction {Ans: The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another}cardinal number {Ans: A number that identifies the size of something.}Adhesion {Ans: An attraction between molecules of different substances}emergent literacy theory {Ans: children grow into reading and writing with no real beginning or ending point, reading and writing develop concurrently and in interrelated ways, and the learning process starts long before children enter school and does not depend on mastery of letter-sound skills.}Informal Learning {Ans: Learning that is learner initiated, involves action and doing, is motivated by an intent to develop, and does not occur in a formal learning setting.}preoperational stage {Ans: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic}Science Process