LETRS Unit 1 Assessment Answers
Contents
1 Questions To Learn
2 How Many Questions Are On The LETRS Unit 1 Assessment?
Questions To Learn
Which statement best describes the relationship
Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
between reading comprehension and word decoding in
development of reading fluency and text
a beginning reader’s development?
comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher
phonological awareness
guides the students in conversation about the day’s
activities. She writes down what is said on large chart
paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid
their literacy development primarily by promoting
which skill?
What is the most important implication of the Four-
Reading depends on constructing pathways
Part Processiong Model for Word Recognition?
between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
,After results of a winter screening, six second-graders
Analyze the screening results and gather
scored in the “somewhat at risk” range. What is the
additional diagnostic assessment data.
next step the teacher team should take?
How is the word sn-ow divided?
onset – rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening?
Three
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?
Two
What is the main reason that the ability to identify,
Each letter in a word represents an individual
segment, blend, and manipulate individual phonemes
phoneme
in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic
writing system?
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic
asks students to look into a mirror while they
awareness are most likely to make progress if the
describe the way that target phonemes are
teacher provides which practice?
formed in the mouth
,Which student is demonstrating the most advanced
the student substituting a sound in a given word
level of phonemic awareness?
and saying the new word
A student spells skin as sgin. What type of
substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced
phonological error did she make?
consonant
Having students listen to a word, say it, and then
those who have mastered basic phonemic
mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an
awareness
instructional activity that would be most appropriate
for which students?
How can phonics instruction be organized to be most
around a preplanned progression through a
effective?
logical scope and sequence
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson
plan, squirm, train
focused on identification of consonant blends?
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson
phone, throne, shown
focused on reviewing consonant digraphs?
, In the early alphabetic phase of word-reading
blending 2-3 phoneme-grapheme
development, students know some letter-sound
correspondences within simple, one-syllable
correspondences and most letter names. A student at
words
this level is most likely to progress with what type of
instruction?
Many screening measures can be considered
true or false
diagnostic since they provide extremely detailed data
about a students skills in particular literacy domains.
If a student needs work on phonics and decoding, what
a. a spelling inventory to show which features
kind of informal diagnostic assessment would provide
of English spelling the student has mastered b. a
the most useful information on how to help this
word-reading survey to show which sound-
student with these skills?
symbol correspondences the student knows and
which ones still need practice c. a vocabulary
test to show student understanding of word
meanings in context d. a test of reading
comprehension to show how well the student
can answer questions about a grade-level text
Which of the following is not an area of inquiry to
a. spelling b. handwriting c. single-word
include in a comprehensive diagnostic assessment of a
decoding d. social interactions
potential reading disorder?
Contents
1 Questions To Learn
2 How Many Questions Are On The LETRS Unit 1 Assessment?
Questions To Learn
Which statement best describes the relationship
Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
between reading comprehension and word decoding in
development of reading fluency and text
a beginning reader’s development?
comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher
phonological awareness
guides the students in conversation about the day’s
activities. She writes down what is said on large chart
paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid
their literacy development primarily by promoting
which skill?
What is the most important implication of the Four-
Reading depends on constructing pathways
Part Processiong Model for Word Recognition?
between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
,After results of a winter screening, six second-graders
Analyze the screening results and gather
scored in the “somewhat at risk” range. What is the
additional diagnostic assessment data.
next step the teacher team should take?
How is the word sn-ow divided?
onset – rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening?
Three
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?
Two
What is the main reason that the ability to identify,
Each letter in a word represents an individual
segment, blend, and manipulate individual phonemes
phoneme
in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic
writing system?
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic
asks students to look into a mirror while they
awareness are most likely to make progress if the
describe the way that target phonemes are
teacher provides which practice?
formed in the mouth
,Which student is demonstrating the most advanced
the student substituting a sound in a given word
level of phonemic awareness?
and saying the new word
A student spells skin as sgin. What type of
substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced
phonological error did she make?
consonant
Having students listen to a word, say it, and then
those who have mastered basic phonemic
mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an
awareness
instructional activity that would be most appropriate
for which students?
How can phonics instruction be organized to be most
around a preplanned progression through a
effective?
logical scope and sequence
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson
plan, squirm, train
focused on identification of consonant blends?
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson
phone, throne, shown
focused on reviewing consonant digraphs?
, In the early alphabetic phase of word-reading
blending 2-3 phoneme-grapheme
development, students know some letter-sound
correspondences within simple, one-syllable
correspondences and most letter names. A student at
words
this level is most likely to progress with what type of
instruction?
Many screening measures can be considered
true or false
diagnostic since they provide extremely detailed data
about a students skills in particular literacy domains.
If a student needs work on phonics and decoding, what
a. a spelling inventory to show which features
kind of informal diagnostic assessment would provide
of English spelling the student has mastered b. a
the most useful information on how to help this
word-reading survey to show which sound-
student with these skills?
symbol correspondences the student knows and
which ones still need practice c. a vocabulary
test to show student understanding of word
meanings in context d. a test of reading
comprehension to show how well the student
can answer questions about a grade-level text
Which of the following is not an area of inquiry to
a. spelling b. handwriting c. single-word
include in a comprehensive diagnostic assessment of a
decoding d. social interactions
potential reading disorder?
