MTEL Foundations of Reading Practice Questions with Solutions

Phonological awareness - Phonological awareness is a broad skill that includes identifying and manipulating units of oral language - parts such as words, syllables, and onsets and rimes. Children who have phonological awareness are able to identify and make oral rhymes, can clap out the number of syllables in a word, and can recognize words with the same initial sounds like 'money' and 'mother.' Phoneme - the smallest sound in any language that can be differentiated from other sounds, such as the /s/ of sing and /r/ of ring Rhyme - Repetition of end sound. Example my dog chewed up my homework. He slobbered on it too. So now my homework's ripped to shreds, And full of slimy goo. Alliteration - Alliteration is the repetition of the first consonant sound in words, as in the nursery rhyme "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. P sound is repeated throughout the nursery rhyme Syllable - A syllable is the sound of a vowel created while pronouncing the letters A, E, I, O, U and their combinations. The number of times that you hear the sound of a vowel is the number is the number of syllables in a word. Onset - An onset is the beginning sound in a word, before the vowel. Rime - A rime is the vowel and all the letters after. What is phonemic awareness? - phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds-phonemes--in spoken words. Before children learn to read print, they need to become more aware of how the sounds in words work. They must understand that words are made up of speech sounds, or phonemes (the smallest parts of sound in a spoken word that make a difference in a word's meaning). Why Phonemic Awareness is important - It improves students' word reading and comprehension. It helps students learn to spell. Phonemic Awareness Can Be Developed Through Activities - Identify and