Complete Solutions For RICA Test Prep

Complete Solutions For RICA Test Prep sound deletion - CORRECT ANSWER -The teacher says word, for example, "bill," has students repeat it, and then instructs students to repeat the word without the first sound, "ill". oral blending - CORRECT ANSWER -The teacher says each sound, for example, "/b/, /ɑ/, /l/" and students respond with the word, "ball." phoneme isolation - CORRECT ANSWER -recognizing the individual sounds in words, for example, "Tell me the first sound you hear in the word paste" (/p/) phoneme substitution - CORRECT ANSWER -one can turn a word (such as "cat") into another (such as "hat") by substituting one phoneme (such as /h/) for another (/k/). Phoneme substitution can take place for initial sounds (cat-hat), middle sounds (cat-cut) or ending sounds (cat-can). onset - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of the syllable that precedes the vowel of the syllable rime - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of a syllable which consists of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it Elkonin Box - CORRECT ANSWER -A strategy for segmenting sounds in a word that involves drawing a box to represent each sound in a word. phonemic awareness - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language. Yopp-Singer Test - CORRECT ANSWER -an assessment of phoneme segmentation that determines a reader's ability to break a word apart into sounds (not letters) minimal pairs - CORRECT ANSWER -a pair of words that vary by only one phoneme, e.g. cook/book, passed/last. Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) - CORRECT ANSWER -To determine a students independent reading level. An assessment in which a student reads a selected series of texts that gradually increase in difficulty. The teacher records errors and assesses comprehension to determine the levels of reading materials appropriate for the student. The IRI yields three reading levels: Independent, Instructional and Frustration. reading levels - CORRECT ANSWER -Independent Reading Level: decode 95%, comprehension 90% Instructional Reading Level: decode 90%, comprehension 60% Frustration Reading Level: decode less than 90%, comprehension less than 50%