PACT EXAM LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+

PACT EXAM LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ phonemes smallest unit of sound onsets all the beginning letters up to the vowel rimes Vowels and consonants at the end of a syllable (end in the word blend, ap in the word tap) short vowels -the vowel sounds in cat, bed, big, hop and cut. -don't say their name, but make sounds instead long vowels -the vowel sounds that are also names of the alphabet letters. - baby, meter, tiny, broken, humor. After a student learns to identify individual phonemes and to blend onsets and rimes. What should they learn next? short and long vowels What are root words? words that can either stand alone or be combined with another word What is the best way to help students understand a new text? ask students to make predictions about a story before they see the cover a book What is didactic questioning? focuses on factual questions and not open-ended questions KWL charts helps build and activate background knowledge, which promotes reading comprehension How do you assess fluency skills and reading levels? count the number of words a student reads correctly during a one-minute oral reading formative assessment teachers' adjusting their instruction based on their assessment of students summative assessment a teacher evaluating a students learning, often at the end of a unit, usually a high-stakes test What is a learning goal most appropriate for a third-grade unit of money? students will be able to determine the value of a collection of coins and bills What is convection? the process of heat transfer by currents in fluids What are the two most abundant gases