CSET Subtest 1 Questions And Answers 100% Correct
Phoneme - ANSWER smallest part of spoken language that makes difference in the
meaning of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - ANSWER smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual
sounds phoneme in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
Decoding - ANSWER analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
blending - ANSWER when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme ANSWER the unit of meaning that can't be subdivided into smaller units such
as the word "book"
semantics ANSWER the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax ANSWER examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning the
study of how sentences are formed
Fast mapping - ANSWER young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick
guess of a words meaning
Reading assessments - ANSWER formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet
, knowledge, concepts about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency
word recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
Phonemic Awareness - How to teach: ANSWER 1. teacher says "im going to say the
sounds in the word jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the
word together
Phonological awareness-ANSWER not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic
awareness is narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological
awareness is broad- includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken
language such as words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes.
phonics - ANSWER teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written language and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is
the english spellings are too irregular for phonics to help.
Teaching phonics - ANSWER Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select
and design resource material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - ANSWER student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted
reading, partner reading, readers theatre
Text comprehension actvities - ANSWER monitoring comprehension, using graphic and
semantic organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story
structure, summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - ANSWER narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores
impotance of event, descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a
stand on issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
novels - ANSWER like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper
characters
Phoneme - ANSWER smallest part of spoken language that makes difference in the
meaning of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
Grapheme - ANSWER smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual
sounds phoneme in words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
Decoding - ANSWER analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
blending - ANSWER when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
morpheme ANSWER the unit of meaning that can't be subdivided into smaller units such
as the word "book"
semantics ANSWER the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
syntax ANSWER examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning the
study of how sentences are formed
Fast mapping - ANSWER young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick
guess of a words meaning
Reading assessments - ANSWER formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet
, knowledge, concepts about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency
word recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
Phonemic Awareness - How to teach: ANSWER 1. teacher says "im going to say the
sounds in the word jam. 2. say the word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the
word together
Phonological awareness-ANSWER not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic
awareness is narrow-identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological
awareness is broad- includes identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken
language such as words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes.
phonics - ANSWER teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written language and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken language. Critisism is
the english spellings are too irregular for phonics to help.
Teaching phonics - ANSWER Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select
and design resource material, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing assessment.
fluency exercises - ANSWER student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted
reading, partner reading, readers theatre
Text comprehension actvities - ANSWER monitoring comprehension, using graphic and
semantic organizers, answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story
structure, summarizing, making use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
Generes in writing - ANSWER narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores
impotance of event, descriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a
stand on issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
novels - ANSWER like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper
characters
