LETRS UNITS 1-4 POST-TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word
decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Developing decoding skills is secondary to the development of text comprehension skills.
Reading comprehension strategies directly facilitate the development of decoding skills.
Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency and text
comprehension.
These skills develop independently of one another. - ANS Accurate, fast word recognition is
necessary for development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher 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?
oral language comprehension
basic understanding of orthographic patterns
phonological awareness
syntactic processing - ANS oral language comprehension
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, What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition?
Context is a primary driver of word recognition during reading.
Reading is primarily a visually driven process, dependent on the "brain's letterbox."
Students can compensate for weak phonology if they know the meaning of many words.
Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors. - ANS Reading depends on constructing pathways between the
phonological, orthographic, and meaning processors.
After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" range.
What is the next step the teacher team should take?
Coordinate what lesson students are receiving in the core instruction program.
Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
Interview each student to determine his or her interests.
Place the students in groups based on the leveled text they can read. - ANS Analyze the
screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
How is the word sn - ow divided?
syllable
onset-rime
phoneme-grapheme
phoneme - ANS onset-rime
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word
decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Developing decoding skills is secondary to the development of text comprehension skills.
Reading comprehension strategies directly facilitate the development of decoding skills.
Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency and text
comprehension.
These skills develop independently of one another. - ANS Accurate, fast word recognition is
necessary for development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher 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?
oral language comprehension
basic understanding of orthographic patterns
phonological awareness
syntactic processing - ANS oral language comprehension
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition?
Context is a primary driver of word recognition during reading.
Reading is primarily a visually driven process, dependent on the "brain's letterbox."
Students can compensate for weak phonology if they know the meaning of many words.
Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors. - ANS Reading depends on constructing pathways between the
phonological, orthographic, and meaning processors.
After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" range.
What is the next step the teacher team should take?
Coordinate what lesson students are receiving in the core instruction program.
Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
Interview each student to determine his or her interests.
Place the students in groups based on the leveled text they can read. - ANS Analyze the
screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
How is the word sn - ow divided?
syllable
onset-rime
phoneme-grapheme
phoneme - ANS onset-rime
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