ICLA STANDARD 1 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Accuracy - ANSWER The capacity to accurately recognize and decode words.
Affix - ANSWER A suffix or prefix affixed to a base word, stem, or root.
Aliteracy refers to those who can read reasonably well but choose not to.
Alliteration is the occurrence of two or more words in a phase or line of speech
that have the same beginning sound. For example, big hefty bears smashed
berry baskets.
Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER 1. The principle that letters are employed to
represent distinct phonemes in spoken language.
2. Representing speech sounds using a collection of different symbols (letters),
each of which represents a single sound.
Analogy Phonics - ANSWER This method teaches pupils how to use a
phonogram, or rime, of a familiar word to identify an unfamiliar word with the
same rime.
Analytic phonics is a word study that breaks down words into their constituent
elements using phonemic, orthographic, and morphological analysis.
Automaticity - ANSWER Describes the speed and precision of word
recognition and spelling. Word study training aims to achieve automaticity,
which frees up cognitive resources for comprehension.
A balanced (integrated) literacy approach to teaching and reading.
1. Teach Read Aloud
2. Shared Reading
3. Guided Reading
, 4. Independent Reading
5. Word Study
Base Word - Answer A word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are appended.
For example, the basis word of "unwholesome" is "whole"
*See also the original word.
*See also: free morphemes.
Blends - ANSWER A phonics term for an orthographic unit of two or three
letters at the beginning or end of words that are combined. There are l-blends
(bl, cl, and fl), r-blends (gr, tr, pr), s-blends (pc, scr, and squ), and final blends
(ft, rd, and st). Each sound represented in a blend is uttered, if only
momentarily.
Bound morpheme - ANSWER Meaning linguistic units (morphemes) that
cannot stand alone as words. "Respected" contains three bound morphemes:
re+spect-ed.
Choral reading - An oral reading performed in unison with another person or
persons.
Closed sort - ANSWER Sort words or pictures into preset categories.
Closed Syllable: ANSWER 1. A syllable that contains or is "closed" by a
consonant sound.
2. A syllable that ends in one or more consonants and has a short-vowel sound
is written with one vowel letter.
Cognates are words in different languages that stem from the same root.
Compound words are made up of two or more simpler words. The part of
speech of a compound word determines whether or not it is hyphenated.
Concepts About Print (CAP) - ANSWER Understandings of book organization
(front-to-back page turning, titles, images), print orientation on the page (top to
bottom, left to right), and print elements such as punctuation and capitalization.
ANSWERS
Accuracy - ANSWER The capacity to accurately recognize and decode words.
Affix - ANSWER A suffix or prefix affixed to a base word, stem, or root.
Aliteracy refers to those who can read reasonably well but choose not to.
Alliteration is the occurrence of two or more words in a phase or line of speech
that have the same beginning sound. For example, big hefty bears smashed
berry baskets.
Alphabetic Principle - ANSWER 1. The principle that letters are employed to
represent distinct phonemes in spoken language.
2. Representing speech sounds using a collection of different symbols (letters),
each of which represents a single sound.
Analogy Phonics - ANSWER This method teaches pupils how to use a
phonogram, or rime, of a familiar word to identify an unfamiliar word with the
same rime.
Analytic phonics is a word study that breaks down words into their constituent
elements using phonemic, orthographic, and morphological analysis.
Automaticity - ANSWER Describes the speed and precision of word
recognition and spelling. Word study training aims to achieve automaticity,
which frees up cognitive resources for comprehension.
A balanced (integrated) literacy approach to teaching and reading.
1. Teach Read Aloud
2. Shared Reading
3. Guided Reading
, 4. Independent Reading
5. Word Study
Base Word - Answer A word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are appended.
For example, the basis word of "unwholesome" is "whole"
*See also the original word.
*See also: free morphemes.
Blends - ANSWER A phonics term for an orthographic unit of two or three
letters at the beginning or end of words that are combined. There are l-blends
(bl, cl, and fl), r-blends (gr, tr, pr), s-blends (pc, scr, and squ), and final blends
(ft, rd, and st). Each sound represented in a blend is uttered, if only
momentarily.
Bound morpheme - ANSWER Meaning linguistic units (morphemes) that
cannot stand alone as words. "Respected" contains three bound morphemes:
re+spect-ed.
Choral reading - An oral reading performed in unison with another person or
persons.
Closed sort - ANSWER Sort words or pictures into preset categories.
Closed Syllable: ANSWER 1. A syllable that contains or is "closed" by a
consonant sound.
2. A syllable that ends in one or more consonants and has a short-vowel sound
is written with one vowel letter.
Cognates are words in different languages that stem from the same root.
Compound words are made up of two or more simpler words. The part of
speech of a compound word determines whether or not it is hyphenated.
Concepts About Print (CAP) - ANSWER Understandings of book organization
(front-to-back page turning, titles, images), print orientation on the page (top to
bottom, left to right), and print elements such as punctuation and capitalization.
