KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel
sound -
correct answer ✅syllable
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual
sounds -
correct answer ✅consonant blend
Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or
sound -
correct answer ✅consonant digraph
Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to
predict the identities and meanings of unknown words. These may
be drawn from the immediate sentence containing the word, from
text already read, from pictures accompanying the text, or from
definitions, restatements, examples, or descriptions in the text. -
correct answer ✅context clues
Sounds that can be held for several seconds without distortion -
correct answer ✅continuous sounds
,KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Sequences for how information is selected, sequenced, organized,
and practiced. These occur within each component of reading
where a logical progression of skills would be evident: easier skills
are introduced before more difficult skills, so that skills build
progressively. -
correct answer ✅Coordinated Instructional Sequences
Instruction that builds upon previously learned concepts. -
correct answer ✅Cumulative Instruction
Text in which a high proportion of words comprise sound-symbol
relationships that have already been taught. -
correct answer ✅Decodable Text
These words contain phonic elements that were previously taught. -
correct answer ✅Decodable Words
A prefix or suffix added to a root or base to form another word
(e.g., -un in unhappy , -ness in likeness). -
correct answer ✅Derivational affix
,KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The matching instruction that can meet the different needs of
learners in a given classroom. -
correct answer ✅Differentiated Instruction
(Keyword: different)
A group of two consecutive letters whose phonetic value is a single
sound (e.g., /ea/ in bread; /ch/ in chat; /ng/ in sing) -
correct answer ✅Digraph
(Remember the word digraph has a digraPH)
A vowel produced by the tongue shifting position during
articulation; a vowel that feels as if it has two parts, especially the
vowels spelled ow, oy, ou, and oi. -
correct answer ✅Dipthong
(Remember the sentence, "wOW, yOU look good in that thong
(diphthong)! :)
The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students
through its application, and arranges for extended guided practice
, KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
until mastery is achieved. -
correct answer ✅Direct Instruction
Planned instruction to pre-teach new, important, and difficult
words to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words
that students will encounter in their reading. -
correct answer ✅Direct Vocabulary Instruction
Strategies that help students engage the meanings of a text (e.g.,
asking questions at critical junctures; modeling the thought process
used to make inferences; constructing mental imagery). -
correct answer ✅During Reading Comprehension Strategies
A language-based disability that affects both oral and written
language. It may also be referred to as reading disability, reading
difference, or reading disorder. -
correct answer ✅Dyslexia
A part of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly
with improving the clarity, organization, concision, and correctness
of expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; compared to
revising, a smaller-scale activity often associated with surface
(Grade A+)
A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel
sound -
correct answer ✅syllable
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual
sounds -
correct answer ✅consonant blend
Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or
sound -
correct answer ✅consonant digraph
Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to
predict the identities and meanings of unknown words. These may
be drawn from the immediate sentence containing the word, from
text already read, from pictures accompanying the text, or from
definitions, restatements, examples, or descriptions in the text. -
correct answer ✅context clues
Sounds that can be held for several seconds without distortion -
correct answer ✅continuous sounds
,KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Sequences for how information is selected, sequenced, organized,
and practiced. These occur within each component of reading
where a logical progression of skills would be evident: easier skills
are introduced before more difficult skills, so that skills build
progressively. -
correct answer ✅Coordinated Instructional Sequences
Instruction that builds upon previously learned concepts. -
correct answer ✅Cumulative Instruction
Text in which a high proportion of words comprise sound-symbol
relationships that have already been taught. -
correct answer ✅Decodable Text
These words contain phonic elements that were previously taught. -
correct answer ✅Decodable Words
A prefix or suffix added to a root or base to form another word
(e.g., -un in unhappy , -ness in likeness). -
correct answer ✅Derivational affix
,KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The matching instruction that can meet the different needs of
learners in a given classroom. -
correct answer ✅Differentiated Instruction
(Keyword: different)
A group of two consecutive letters whose phonetic value is a single
sound (e.g., /ea/ in bread; /ch/ in chat; /ng/ in sing) -
correct answer ✅Digraph
(Remember the word digraph has a digraPH)
A vowel produced by the tongue shifting position during
articulation; a vowel that feels as if it has two parts, especially the
vowels spelled ow, oy, ou, and oi. -
correct answer ✅Dipthong
(Remember the sentence, "wOW, yOU look good in that thong
(diphthong)! :)
The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students
through its application, and arranges for extended guided practice
, KPEERI Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
until mastery is achieved. -
correct answer ✅Direct Instruction
Planned instruction to pre-teach new, important, and difficult
words to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words
that students will encounter in their reading. -
correct answer ✅Direct Vocabulary Instruction
Strategies that help students engage the meanings of a text (e.g.,
asking questions at critical junctures; modeling the thought process
used to make inferences; constructing mental imagery). -
correct answer ✅During Reading Comprehension Strategies
A language-based disability that affects both oral and written
language. It may also be referred to as reading disability, reading
difference, or reading disorder. -
correct answer ✅Dyslexia
A part of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly
with improving the clarity, organization, concision, and correctness
of expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; compared to
revising, a smaller-scale activity often associated with surface
