LETRS Volume 1 Unit 1-4 Posttest Answers
A posttest is given at the end of Volume 1 (Units 1-4) and Volume 2 (Units 5-8). The Volume 1 posttest has 45 questions, and the
Volume 2 posttest has 40 questions. It is not timed and can be referenced with notes or a manual.
You may take each posttest once and are only allowed to retake it if you scored 80-87% on your posttest while seeking to become a
LETRS facilitator (retake allowed only once).
Consider how much knowledge increased between the pretest and posttest in addition to your score.
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
oral language comprehension
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 Processing 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?
3
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?
1
What is the main reason that the ability to identify,
This skill ultimately supports the ability to read
segment, blend, and manipulate individual phonemes
words “by sight.”
in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic
writing system?
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic
asks students to look in 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
A posttest is given at the end of Volume 1 (Units 1-4) and Volume 2 (Units 5-8). The Volume 1 posttest has 45 questions, and the
Volume 2 posttest has 40 questions. It is not timed and can be referenced with notes or a manual.
You may take each posttest once and are only allowed to retake it if you scored 80-87% on your posttest while seeking to become a
LETRS facilitator (retake allowed only once).
Consider how much knowledge increased between the pretest and posttest in addition to your score.
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
oral language comprehension
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 Processing 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?
3
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?
1
What is the main reason that the ability to identify,
This skill ultimately supports the ability to read
segment, blend, and manipulate individual phonemes
words “by sight.”
in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic
writing system?
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic
asks students to look in 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
