CALT STUDY GUIDE 2 ELITE REVIEW STUDY
GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2026
SUCCESS
◉role in fluency. Answer: mind is able to make the picture and
comprehend (mind's ear)
◉common signs of dyslexia. Answer: deficit in phonological component
of language, not fluent in word recognition, poor spelling, decoding
issues
◉6 syllable types. Answer: Closed, open, vowel-consonant-silent e,
vowel pair, R-controlled, and consonant-le.
◉syllable. Answer: part of word with 1 vowel sound
◉morpheme. Answer: smallest unit of language
◉blending sounds difficult for students. Answer: need to understand
sound symbol and other patterns
,◉phonetics. Answer: study of speech sounds
◉phonics. Answer: instructional method using written symbols
◉multisensory teaching. Answer: reinforces the discovery information
and builds association in memory
◉activities that improve fluency. Answer: word work, phrases, re-
reading, repeated reading
◉phonological memory. Answer: ability to immediately process and
recall sound based information
◉comprehensive approach to literacy. Answer: create meaning with text,
use visual representation, graphic organizers
◉alphabet. Answer: a-z
◉digraph. Answer: 2 letters that make 1 sound
◉diphthong. Answer: a blended vowel sound, like "oy" in "boy"
,◉grapheme. Answer: group making one sound (igh)
◉morphology. Answer: word formation
◉orthography. Answer: written symbol
◉phoneme. Answer: smallest unit of sound
◉phonology. Answer: science of speech sounds
◉phonological representation. Answer: how stored (long term)
◉phonological sensitivity. Answer: awareness of syllables/phonemes
◉final stable syllables. Answer: where accent falls in a word
◉How oral language plays a role in the development of a reader?.
Answer: receptive language, expressive language, phonological
awareness, rhymes, print, read aloud, learning centers, games
◉alphabetic principle. Answer: The concept that letters and letter
combinations represent individual phonemes in written words.
, ◉introduction of a spelling pattern. Answer: auditory discovery,
predication, visual discovery, and verbalization of the pattern
◉Good readers will.... Answer: decode and comprehend
◉decoding. Answer: instant word recognition, sound symbol, structural
analysis, context
◉comprehension. Answer: oral language, world knowledge, strategic
thinking, inference making
◉written expressive language. Answer: involves transcription and
translation
◉dyslexia. Answer: visual perception disorder, rare, can be inherited,
language based, persists across a lifetime.
◉what is dyslexia?. Answer: difficulty with reading 17% of population
and is neurobiological in origin, poor spellers, deficient in the
phonological component of language
◉myth of dyslexia. Answer: students read backwards
GUIDE SUMMARY WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR 2026
SUCCESS
◉role in fluency. Answer: mind is able to make the picture and
comprehend (mind's ear)
◉common signs of dyslexia. Answer: deficit in phonological component
of language, not fluent in word recognition, poor spelling, decoding
issues
◉6 syllable types. Answer: Closed, open, vowel-consonant-silent e,
vowel pair, R-controlled, and consonant-le.
◉syllable. Answer: part of word with 1 vowel sound
◉morpheme. Answer: smallest unit of language
◉blending sounds difficult for students. Answer: need to understand
sound symbol and other patterns
,◉phonetics. Answer: study of speech sounds
◉phonics. Answer: instructional method using written symbols
◉multisensory teaching. Answer: reinforces the discovery information
and builds association in memory
◉activities that improve fluency. Answer: word work, phrases, re-
reading, repeated reading
◉phonological memory. Answer: ability to immediately process and
recall sound based information
◉comprehensive approach to literacy. Answer: create meaning with text,
use visual representation, graphic organizers
◉alphabet. Answer: a-z
◉digraph. Answer: 2 letters that make 1 sound
◉diphthong. Answer: a blended vowel sound, like "oy" in "boy"
,◉grapheme. Answer: group making one sound (igh)
◉morphology. Answer: word formation
◉orthography. Answer: written symbol
◉phoneme. Answer: smallest unit of sound
◉phonology. Answer: science of speech sounds
◉phonological representation. Answer: how stored (long term)
◉phonological sensitivity. Answer: awareness of syllables/phonemes
◉final stable syllables. Answer: where accent falls in a word
◉How oral language plays a role in the development of a reader?.
Answer: receptive language, expressive language, phonological
awareness, rhymes, print, read aloud, learning centers, games
◉alphabetic principle. Answer: The concept that letters and letter
combinations represent individual phonemes in written words.
, ◉introduction of a spelling pattern. Answer: auditory discovery,
predication, visual discovery, and verbalization of the pattern
◉Good readers will.... Answer: decode and comprehend
◉decoding. Answer: instant word recognition, sound symbol, structural
analysis, context
◉comprehension. Answer: oral language, world knowledge, strategic
thinking, inference making
◉written expressive language. Answer: involves transcription and
translation
◉dyslexia. Answer: visual perception disorder, rare, can be inherited,
language based, persists across a lifetime.
◉what is dyslexia?. Answer: difficulty with reading 17% of population
and is neurobiological in origin, poor spellers, deficient in the
phonological component of language
◉myth of dyslexia. Answer: students read backwards
