WGU D676 Early Literacy Methods Questions
with Verified Correct Answers
Which activity supports the development of phonemic awareness in early readers?
Asking students to blend individual sounds to form a word
Ms. Rodriguez, a kindergarten teacher, is designing a classroom activity to help her
students improve their reading skills through orthographic mapping.
Which classroom activity best demonstrates the use of orthographic mapping to teach
reading skills?
Students say the word, map the sounds in the word, and graph the word's letters and sounds.
A 1st-grade teacher is designing a classroom activity to teach print awareness—the
understanding that print carries meaning and that there are rules for reading and
writing.
Which classroom activity demonstrates teaching print awareness?
Students practice reading from left to right by following along with their finger while the
teacher reads.
Which activity supports a student's development of phonemic awareness?
Having students segment words into individual sounds
How can a teacher support the development of appropriate reading rate in students?
By modeling fluent reading and using repeated reading exercises
What is the primary purpose of the teacher reading aloud with expression?
To model fluent reading and support students' development of prosody.
,Ms. Martinez, a 2nd-grade teacher, is designing a classroom activity to teach the
consonant phoneme /th/ (as in "thumb").
What additional strategy can Ms. Martinez use to support her English learners as they
learn the /th/ consonant phoneme?
Explain the manner and articulation of the /th/ sound and have the student practice
pronouncing the sound in front of a mirror.
Which instructional strategy would help a first grader make the connection between
their oral language skills and written language development?
Engaging students in shared writing activities where they dictate sentences and the teacher
writes them down.
A first-grade bilingual teacher is introducing the consonant phoneme /d/. While
observing the students, the teacher notices that some English learners are pronouncing
the /d/ sound as /th/..
What is the most effective strategy to help these students correctly produce the /d/
sound?
Provide the students with a mirror to watch the articulation of the /d/ sound.
What is the primary function of working memory when it comes to reading
comprehension?
Holding and manipulating information to understand and integrate text
Which instructional strategy would best help a second grader develop sentential
semantics?
, Have students write their own sentences and explain their meaning.
What is a fricative?
Sounds that sound hissy and are produced by forcing air through a narrow opening in the
vocal tract.
During the Partial Alphabetic Phase of Ehri's word recognition model, how do children
typically demonstrate their understanding of letter-sound relationships in their writing?
They use some correct letter-sound correspondences, often representing initial or final
sounds.
Which part of the Four-Part Processor helps people recognize and remember the visual
patterns of written words and letters?
Orthographic Processor
According to the Simple View of Reading, which statement explains how skilled reading
is achieved?
By combining decoding and language comprehension abilities
In Scarborough's Reading Rope, which of the following best describes the role of
vocabulary in skilled reading?
Vocabulary is part of the language comprehension strand and supports understanding of
spoken and written language.
Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope involves the ability to hear and
manipulate sounds in spoken language?
Phonological Awareness
with Verified Correct Answers
Which activity supports the development of phonemic awareness in early readers?
Asking students to blend individual sounds to form a word
Ms. Rodriguez, a kindergarten teacher, is designing a classroom activity to help her
students improve their reading skills through orthographic mapping.
Which classroom activity best demonstrates the use of orthographic mapping to teach
reading skills?
Students say the word, map the sounds in the word, and graph the word's letters and sounds.
A 1st-grade teacher is designing a classroom activity to teach print awareness—the
understanding that print carries meaning and that there are rules for reading and
writing.
Which classroom activity demonstrates teaching print awareness?
Students practice reading from left to right by following along with their finger while the
teacher reads.
Which activity supports a student's development of phonemic awareness?
Having students segment words into individual sounds
How can a teacher support the development of appropriate reading rate in students?
By modeling fluent reading and using repeated reading exercises
What is the primary purpose of the teacher reading aloud with expression?
To model fluent reading and support students' development of prosody.
,Ms. Martinez, a 2nd-grade teacher, is designing a classroom activity to teach the
consonant phoneme /th/ (as in "thumb").
What additional strategy can Ms. Martinez use to support her English learners as they
learn the /th/ consonant phoneme?
Explain the manner and articulation of the /th/ sound and have the student practice
pronouncing the sound in front of a mirror.
Which instructional strategy would help a first grader make the connection between
their oral language skills and written language development?
Engaging students in shared writing activities where they dictate sentences and the teacher
writes them down.
A first-grade bilingual teacher is introducing the consonant phoneme /d/. While
observing the students, the teacher notices that some English learners are pronouncing
the /d/ sound as /th/..
What is the most effective strategy to help these students correctly produce the /d/
sound?
Provide the students with a mirror to watch the articulation of the /d/ sound.
What is the primary function of working memory when it comes to reading
comprehension?
Holding and manipulating information to understand and integrate text
Which instructional strategy would best help a second grader develop sentential
semantics?
, Have students write their own sentences and explain their meaning.
What is a fricative?
Sounds that sound hissy and are produced by forcing air through a narrow opening in the
vocal tract.
During the Partial Alphabetic Phase of Ehri's word recognition model, how do children
typically demonstrate their understanding of letter-sound relationships in their writing?
They use some correct letter-sound correspondences, often representing initial or final
sounds.
Which part of the Four-Part Processor helps people recognize and remember the visual
patterns of written words and letters?
Orthographic Processor
According to the Simple View of Reading, which statement explains how skilled reading
is achieved?
By combining decoding and language comprehension abilities
In Scarborough's Reading Rope, which of the following best describes the role of
vocabulary in skilled reading?
Vocabulary is part of the language comprehension strand and supports understanding of
spoken and written language.
Which component of Scarborough's Reading Rope involves the ability to hear and
manipulate sounds in spoken language?
Phonological Awareness
