WGU C910 Elementary Reading
ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS!!
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is the phase that adults use for reading? - ANSWER ✔ Traditional
Readers
2. What is the definition of reading development? - ANSWER ✔ A
developmental process of learning to read
3. What influences reading development? - ANSWER ✔ Experience,
environment, and variations in maturity
4. What does effective reading instruction target? - ANSWER ✔ Reading
strategies and skills appropriate for each reading stage
5. What are pre-emergent readers just beginning to understand? - ANSWER ✔
How books work
6. What skills are pre-emergent readers working on? - ANSWER ✔ Book
handling skills, turning pages, looking at pictures
7. What do emergent readers understand about print in a book? - ANSWER ✔
Print carries meaning in addition to pictures
8. What do emergent readers begin to learn? - ANSWER ✔ Common words
and patterns in books
,9. Stages of Reading Development
Awareness and Exploration (pre-k)
2. Emergent (pre-k/K)
3. Early (K/1)
4. Transitional (1/2)
5. Fluent (3+)
10.Emergent Reading
11.Readers at this stage have developed an understanding of the alphabet,
phonological awareness, and early phonics. Pre-K/K
12.Early Fluent Readers (Levels K-P)
At this stage, reading is more automatic, with more energy devoted to
comprehension than word attack. Readers are approaching independence in
comprehending text.
13.Fluent Readers
ID most words, read chapter books with good comprehension, consistently
monitor cross-check and self, correct reading. They can offer their own
interpretations of text based on personal experience and prior reading. 3rd
grade
14.Gradual Release of Responsibility
I do (focus lesson), we do (guided instruction), you do (collaborative), and
you do (independent)
15.Concepts of Print
book handling skills, text directionality, spacing, function of letters and
punctuation.
16.print assessment
Concepts of print include an understanding that print carries meaning and
that books contain letters, words, sentences, and spaces-meaning, purpose.
Assessed by letter, word, sentence, punctuation
17.letter and sound recognition
Letter/sound recognition assessment measures the ability to recognize letters
and sounds. Knowing the letters of the alphabet is essential in developing
reading skills. ex: can you tell me what letter this is? what sound does it
make?
,18.Phonological awareness assessment
word, rhyme, syllable, - words: age 3, rhyme: age 4, syllable: age 4
19.word recognition assessment
sight and vocabulary words from a list
20.Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
An informal instrument designed to help teachers determine a child's
independent, instructional, frustration,& capacity levels.
21.portfolio
Portfolios can be used to document students' achievement and progress-
provide revealing picture of strengths and weakness'-
22.Running Record
a tool for scoring and analyzing a student's reading ability.
23.Matthew Effect
In the educational community, "Matthew Effect" refers to the idea that, in
reading (as in other areas of life), the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
When children fail at early reading and writing, they begin to dislike reading
24.writing technology tools
abbreviation expanders, alternative keyboards, graphic organizer, paper
based pen, word processor, proofreading software, speech recognition,
talking spell check, screen readers and reprints
25.Prewriting Stage - ANSWER ✔ A third grade teacher introduces an activity
where the students will be writing a narrative text about a personal
experience where they helped someone. She puts the students in groups of
four and asks them to brainstorm ideas for their writing with their peers.
This activity demonstrates what stage of the writing process?
26.What is the relationship between oral language and vocabulary
development? - ANSWER ✔ When children are regularly exposed to oral
language through family conversations, singing songs, clarifying questions,
and read-alouds, they gain a broader vocabulary knowledge through these
experiences.
, 27.Emergent Stage - ANSWER ✔ A kindergarten student is looking at a picture
book and practicing moving their finger left to right on the page. She can
identify some of the letters and sounds in the words, but is not yet able to
decode them. She enjoys using the pictures to help her understand the story.
At what stage of reading development is this student?
28.Think-Pair-Share - ANSWER ✔ Comprehension strategy in which students
collaborate with a partner to discuss a topic, answer a question, or share
ideas.
29.Anticipation Guide - ANSWER ✔ A pre-reading activity in which students
respond to a series of statements about a topic about which they will soon
read. It builds curiosity about a topic and helps to establish a purpose for
reading
30.Reciprocal Teaching - ANSWER ✔ A strategy in which students take on an
instructional role in a small group where they take on role such as
questioning, clarifying, predicting, or summarizing
31.Graphic Organizer - ANSWER ✔ A tool that allows a reader to focus on the
relationship between concepts in a text.
32.In a 2nd grade classroom, the teacher is working with a small group focused
on automaticity and fluency in reading. What type of texts are the teacher
most likely to choose for this group? - ANSWER ✔ Frequently read text
and/or text that is at or slightly below their reading level
33.Which definition most accurately describes the gradual release of
responsibility? - ANSWER ✔ A teaching approach which incorporates
scaffolding so that responsibility for the content is gradually shifted from
teacher to student.
34.A 4th grade teacher is working on developing the metacognitive skills of his
students in order to develop stronger reading comprehension skills. In order
to do this, he does which of the following? - ANSWER ✔ Teaches students
multiple strategies that they can use to comprehend text such as rereading,
ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS!!
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is the phase that adults use for reading? - ANSWER ✔ Traditional
Readers
2. What is the definition of reading development? - ANSWER ✔ A
developmental process of learning to read
3. What influences reading development? - ANSWER ✔ Experience,
environment, and variations in maturity
4. What does effective reading instruction target? - ANSWER ✔ Reading
strategies and skills appropriate for each reading stage
5. What are pre-emergent readers just beginning to understand? - ANSWER ✔
How books work
6. What skills are pre-emergent readers working on? - ANSWER ✔ Book
handling skills, turning pages, looking at pictures
7. What do emergent readers understand about print in a book? - ANSWER ✔
Print carries meaning in addition to pictures
8. What do emergent readers begin to learn? - ANSWER ✔ Common words
and patterns in books
,9. Stages of Reading Development
Awareness and Exploration (pre-k)
2. Emergent (pre-k/K)
3. Early (K/1)
4. Transitional (1/2)
5. Fluent (3+)
10.Emergent Reading
11.Readers at this stage have developed an understanding of the alphabet,
phonological awareness, and early phonics. Pre-K/K
12.Early Fluent Readers (Levels K-P)
At this stage, reading is more automatic, with more energy devoted to
comprehension than word attack. Readers are approaching independence in
comprehending text.
13.Fluent Readers
ID most words, read chapter books with good comprehension, consistently
monitor cross-check and self, correct reading. They can offer their own
interpretations of text based on personal experience and prior reading. 3rd
grade
14.Gradual Release of Responsibility
I do (focus lesson), we do (guided instruction), you do (collaborative), and
you do (independent)
15.Concepts of Print
book handling skills, text directionality, spacing, function of letters and
punctuation.
16.print assessment
Concepts of print include an understanding that print carries meaning and
that books contain letters, words, sentences, and spaces-meaning, purpose.
Assessed by letter, word, sentence, punctuation
17.letter and sound recognition
Letter/sound recognition assessment measures the ability to recognize letters
and sounds. Knowing the letters of the alphabet is essential in developing
reading skills. ex: can you tell me what letter this is? what sound does it
make?
,18.Phonological awareness assessment
word, rhyme, syllable, - words: age 3, rhyme: age 4, syllable: age 4
19.word recognition assessment
sight and vocabulary words from a list
20.Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
An informal instrument designed to help teachers determine a child's
independent, instructional, frustration,& capacity levels.
21.portfolio
Portfolios can be used to document students' achievement and progress-
provide revealing picture of strengths and weakness'-
22.Running Record
a tool for scoring and analyzing a student's reading ability.
23.Matthew Effect
In the educational community, "Matthew Effect" refers to the idea that, in
reading (as in other areas of life), the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
When children fail at early reading and writing, they begin to dislike reading
24.writing technology tools
abbreviation expanders, alternative keyboards, graphic organizer, paper
based pen, word processor, proofreading software, speech recognition,
talking spell check, screen readers and reprints
25.Prewriting Stage - ANSWER ✔ A third grade teacher introduces an activity
where the students will be writing a narrative text about a personal
experience where they helped someone. She puts the students in groups of
four and asks them to brainstorm ideas for their writing with their peers.
This activity demonstrates what stage of the writing process?
26.What is the relationship between oral language and vocabulary
development? - ANSWER ✔ When children are regularly exposed to oral
language through family conversations, singing songs, clarifying questions,
and read-alouds, they gain a broader vocabulary knowledge through these
experiences.
, 27.Emergent Stage - ANSWER ✔ A kindergarten student is looking at a picture
book and practicing moving their finger left to right on the page. She can
identify some of the letters and sounds in the words, but is not yet able to
decode them. She enjoys using the pictures to help her understand the story.
At what stage of reading development is this student?
28.Think-Pair-Share - ANSWER ✔ Comprehension strategy in which students
collaborate with a partner to discuss a topic, answer a question, or share
ideas.
29.Anticipation Guide - ANSWER ✔ A pre-reading activity in which students
respond to a series of statements about a topic about which they will soon
read. It builds curiosity about a topic and helps to establish a purpose for
reading
30.Reciprocal Teaching - ANSWER ✔ A strategy in which students take on an
instructional role in a small group where they take on role such as
questioning, clarifying, predicting, or summarizing
31.Graphic Organizer - ANSWER ✔ A tool that allows a reader to focus on the
relationship between concepts in a text.
32.In a 2nd grade classroom, the teacher is working with a small group focused
on automaticity and fluency in reading. What type of texts are the teacher
most likely to choose for this group? - ANSWER ✔ Frequently read text
and/or text that is at or slightly below their reading level
33.Which definition most accurately describes the gradual release of
responsibility? - ANSWER ✔ A teaching approach which incorporates
scaffolding so that responsibility for the content is gradually shifted from
teacher to student.
34.A 4th grade teacher is working on developing the metacognitive skills of his
students in order to develop stronger reading comprehension skills. In order
to do this, he does which of the following? - ANSWER ✔ Teaches students
multiple strategies that they can use to comprehend text such as rereading,
