Praxis 5205 Teaching Reading Exam
Questions With Correct Answers.
Students who have phonological awareness are able to... - answer✔identify/make oral rhymes
clap the number of syllables in a word
recognize words with the same initial sounds like monkey and mother
recognize spoken language
blend sounds together (bl, tr, sk)
and divide and manipulate words
Onsets - answer✔beginning consonant and consonant cluster
Tr in the word train
Rimes - answer✔the vowel and following consonants within a syllable
ain in the word train
segmentation - answer✔breaking a word apart
isolation - answer✔separate word parts or to isolate a single sound in the word
phonemic awareness continuum - answer✔1. phoneme isolation
2. blending
3. segmentation
4. addition
5. deletion
6. substitution
phoneme isolation - answer✔students hear and separate out individual sounds in words
blending - answer✔students can combine sounds in a word
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addition - answer✔students can manipulate a word by adding a sound that is not originally in
the word
Deletion - answer✔students manipulate the word by deleting sounds to make a new word
substitution - answer✔Highest level if phonemic awareness
students have to identify the sounds and locate the sounds in the word, but also have to switch
them with other sounds
Quick Tip - answer✔Students learn the beginning and ending sounds in consonants before the
medial, or middle, sounds in words.
Example, in the word sun, students will identify the s and n before they recognize the u sound
Test Tip - answer✔Remembering that deletion and substitution are at the top of the phonemic
awareness continuum will help you identify correct answer choices on the test
Phonological awareness continuum - answer✔1. rhyme
2. alliteration
3. sentence segmentation
4. syllable segmentation
5. onset and rime blending, and segmentation
6. phoneme manipulation
alliteration - answer✔students can identify and produce words with the same initial sound
example) sat, see, silly
Sentence Segmentation - answer✔students can segment sentences into words as in he/ went/ to/
the/ beach.
syllable segmentation - answer✔blend and segment syllables of spoken words as in hap-py, de-
light, sum-mer
onset-rime blending and segmentation - answer✔students can blend or segment the onset
(initial consonant or consonant cluster) and the rime (vowel and consonant sounds, following the
rime as in tr-ack, b-at, sl-eep
Phoneme Manipulation - answer✔manipulate sounds in words
Most complex skill on the continuum that includes being able to
-blend phonemes