FORT Test Study Cards (Latest) Questions With Correct Answers

FORT Test Study Cards (Latest) Questions With Correct Answers Accuracy -Answer-Reading words in text with no errors Affix -Answer-A general term that refers to prefixes and suffixes Alphabetic Principle -Answer-The concept that letters and letter combinations represent individual phonemes in written words Analogy -Answer-Comparing two sets of words to show some common similarity between the sets. When done as a vocabulary exercise this requires producing one of the words (e.g., cat is to kitten as dog is to _____?) Antonym -Answer-A word opposite in meaning to another word Automaticity -Answer-Reading without conscious effort or attention to decoding Background Knowledge -Answer-The knowledge and understandings of the world that students have acquired through their everyday experiences - riding in cars or buses, playing and talking with other children and adults, that help them to make sense of the texts they read Base Word -Answer-A unit of meaning that can stand alone as a whole word (e.g., friend, pig). Also called a free morpheme Blending -Answer-The task of combining sounds rapidly, to accurately represent the word Bloom's Taxonomy -Answer-A system for categorizing levels of abstraction of questions that commonly occur in educational settings. Includes the following competencies: Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Book Handling Skills -Answer-Illustrates a child's knowledge of how books "work" (how to hold the book, tracking print from left to right, front and back cover, title page, dedication page etc.) Choral Reading/Chanting -Answer-Two or more individuals reading aloud from the same text- this can help students to develop oral reading fluency Chunked Text -Answer-Continuous text that has been separated into meaningful phrases often with the use of single and double slash marks (/ and //). The intent of using chunked text or chunking text is to give children an opportunity to practice reading phrases fluently Chunking -Answer-A decoding strategy for breaking words into manageable parts (e.g., yes/ter/day). Chunking also refers to the process of dividing a sentence into smaller phrases where pauses might occur naturally (e.g., When the sun appeared after the storm, / the newly fallen snow. shimmered like diamonds) Comprehension -Answer-Understanding what one is reading, the ultimate goal of all reading activity Comprehension Questions -Answer-Questions that address the meaning of text, ranging from literal to inferential to analytical. Concepts About Print/Conventions of Print -Answer-The understanding an individual has about the rules or accepted practices that govern the use of print and the use of written language. For example concepts about print include: reading left to right, top to bottom, words are made of letters, use of spaces between words, use of upper case letters, spelling patterns, punctuation, etc. Concept Definition Mapping -Answer-Provides a visual framework for organizing conceptual information in the process of defining a word or concept. The framework contains the category, properties, and example of the word or concept Connected Text -Answer-Words that are linked (as opposed to words in a list) as in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs Consonant Blend -Answer-Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual sounds (e.g., bl in block; str in string) Consonant Digraph -Answer-Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or sound (e.g., ch, sh) Context/Context Cues -Answer-Information from the surrounding text that helps identify or gives meaning to a specific word or phrase i.e. "yesterday I read the book". The words surrounding "read" help us know how to pronounce it Context Clue -Answer-Using words or sentences around an unfamiliar word to help clarify its meaning Decodable Text -Answer-Text in which a high proportion of words (80%-90%) comprise sound- symbol relationships that have already been taught. It is used for the purpose of providing practice with specific decoding