Print Awareness is: Understanding the function of print and how it is organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: A child points to a McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy
Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? A child indicates that he can sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help students to develop print
awareness, and are related to children's later success in reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to Before children begin school.
develop:
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to Print awareness
right possess:
Print awareness is an understanding that print: is different from pictures on a page, carries meaning, and has practical uses.
What is the relationship between spoken and written Print is used to represent the words we speak.
language?
Which is an example of print awareness? Print is read from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: A strong predictor of future reading success, a sub skill of phonological
awareness, and a foundational reading skill.
There are __________________ sounds in the English More than 40.
language:
Phoneme blending is: Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of Spoken
_____________ language."
The word eight has how many phonemes? 2
Phonological awareness is: A person's ability to hear sound structures of speech, a person's ability to
manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print-free skill set.
, KPEERI Exam Prep 1
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate By placing the letters between slashes /b/.
them from actual words?
How many syllables do you hear in the word 3
submerges?
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? A child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and Phonological awareness
rimes in words is called ______________:
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, Phonemic awareness
individual sounds in words is called:
How many speech sounds are there in the English Between 42-44
language?
An example of phonemic awareness is: A child categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound.
Phonemic awareness activities include: Blending sounds together to make a word, identifying words that begin with the
same letter, and breaking a word into individual sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include Syllable blending
________________:
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ 1
sound(s).
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers Use multisensory activities, teach each skill to mastery, and start with the
should: simplest skills and build to harder skills.
Phonemic awareness is one part of Phonological awareness
_________________, which also includes activities on
phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more:
Phonics instruction: Should be taught because it teaches a system for remembering how to read
words.
The alphabetic principle is understanding: The relationship between letters and spoken words.
The written letter A is a: Grapheme
Phonics programs are effective when they: Include a carefully selected set of letter-sound relationships organized into a
logical sequence, include a set of precise directions for teaching these
relationships, and include lots of opportunities for children to apply learning to
reading and writing.