CI 475 TEST QUESTIONS REVIEW 2026
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⫸ Phonics instruction. Answer: Children learn to convert letters into
sounds and bend them to recognize words. Students who can apply
phonics concepts understand that there are predictable phoneme-
grapheme correspondences in English
⫸ Spelling. Answer: Children learn to segment spoken words into
sounds and convert the sounds into letters to spell words
⫸ Phonemes. Answer: the smallest units of speech. classified as a
consonant or vowel
⫸ Graphemes. Answer: letters of the alphabet
⫸ 5 Phonemic Awareness Strategies. Answer: -Identifying Sounds in
Words
-Categorizing Sounds in Words
-Substituting Sounds to Make New Words
-Blending Sounds to Form Words
-Segmenting a Word into Sounds
⫸ Identifying Sounds in Words. Answer: Children identify a word
that begins or ends with a particular sound
, ⫸ Categorizing Sounds in Words. Answer: Children recognize the
'odd' word in a set of three words
⫸ Substituting Sounds to Make New Words. Answer: Children
remove a sound from a word and substitute a different sound
⫸ Blending Sounds to Form Words. Answer: Children blend two,
three, or four individual sounds to form a word
⫸ Segmenting a Word into Sounds. Answer: Children break a word
into its beginning, middle and ending sounds
⫸ 3 Criteria of Phonemic Awareness Instruction. Answer: 1: activities
should be appropriate for 5-6 year olds
2: the instruction should be planned and purposeful, not just incidental
3: activities should be integrated with other components of a balanced
literacy program
⫸ Sound-Matching Activities. Answer: Children choose one of
several words beginning with a particular phoneme or say a word that
begins with a particular sound
⫸ Sound-Isolation Activities. Answer: Teacher says a word and then
children identify the sounds at the beginning, middle or end of the
word, or teacher and children isolate sounds as they sing familiar
songs
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⫸ Phonics instruction. Answer: Children learn to convert letters into
sounds and bend them to recognize words. Students who can apply
phonics concepts understand that there are predictable phoneme-
grapheme correspondences in English
⫸ Spelling. Answer: Children learn to segment spoken words into
sounds and convert the sounds into letters to spell words
⫸ Phonemes. Answer: the smallest units of speech. classified as a
consonant or vowel
⫸ Graphemes. Answer: letters of the alphabet
⫸ 5 Phonemic Awareness Strategies. Answer: -Identifying Sounds in
Words
-Categorizing Sounds in Words
-Substituting Sounds to Make New Words
-Blending Sounds to Form Words
-Segmenting a Word into Sounds
⫸ Identifying Sounds in Words. Answer: Children identify a word
that begins or ends with a particular sound
, ⫸ Categorizing Sounds in Words. Answer: Children recognize the
'odd' word in a set of three words
⫸ Substituting Sounds to Make New Words. Answer: Children
remove a sound from a word and substitute a different sound
⫸ Blending Sounds to Form Words. Answer: Children blend two,
three, or four individual sounds to form a word
⫸ Segmenting a Word into Sounds. Answer: Children break a word
into its beginning, middle and ending sounds
⫸ 3 Criteria of Phonemic Awareness Instruction. Answer: 1: activities
should be appropriate for 5-6 year olds
2: the instruction should be planned and purposeful, not just incidental
3: activities should be integrated with other components of a balanced
literacy program
⫸ Sound-Matching Activities. Answer: Children choose one of
several words beginning with a particular phoneme or say a word that
begins with a particular sound
⫸ Sound-Isolation Activities. Answer: Teacher says a word and then
children identify the sounds at the beginning, middle or end of the
word, or teacher and children isolate sounds as they sing familiar
songs
