LETRS Unit 1 Assessment 2025
In comparison to other alphabetic languages, what feature of the English writing system
makes English more difficult for young students to read and spell?
It is phonetically transparent.
It is syllabic.
It is morphophonemic.
It is a shallow orthography. - ANS-It is morphophonemic.
What is one important distinction between the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition and the Three-Cueing Systems model?
The Three-Cueing Systems model emphasizes the role of phonology.
The Three-Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology.
The Three-Cueing Systems model omits semantic processing.
The Four-Part Processing Model emphasizes visual processes. - ANS-The Three-
Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology.
Many students at risk for reading problems enter school without exposure to the
academic language used in books or preschool experience. These students are most
likely to make progress closing the reading and language gap if their classroom
instruction emphasizes which of the following?
oral language comprehension and reading aloud
attending to context, including semantic and syntactic cues
matching students with interesting reading material
both foundational reading skills and oral language development - ANS-both foundational
reading skills and oral language development
A kindergarten teacher is having students listen to three spoken words and identify the
two words that end with the same sound. The teacher is focusing on which language
system?
semantics
orthography
morphology
phonology - ANS-phonology
A second-grade teacher, in preparation for reading a new text about honeybees, asks
the students to brainstorm all the meanings they know for the word comb. The teacher
is primarily focusing on which language system?
semantics
orthography
morphology
In comparison to other alphabetic languages, what feature of the English writing system
makes English more difficult for young students to read and spell?
It is phonetically transparent.
It is syllabic.
It is morphophonemic.
It is a shallow orthography. - ANS-It is morphophonemic.
What is one important distinction between the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition and the Three-Cueing Systems model?
The Three-Cueing Systems model emphasizes the role of phonology.
The Three-Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology.
The Three-Cueing Systems model omits semantic processing.
The Four-Part Processing Model emphasizes visual processes. - ANS-The Three-
Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology.
Many students at risk for reading problems enter school without exposure to the
academic language used in books or preschool experience. These students are most
likely to make progress closing the reading and language gap if their classroom
instruction emphasizes which of the following?
oral language comprehension and reading aloud
attending to context, including semantic and syntactic cues
matching students with interesting reading material
both foundational reading skills and oral language development - ANS-both foundational
reading skills and oral language development
A kindergarten teacher is having students listen to three spoken words and identify the
two words that end with the same sound. The teacher is focusing on which language
system?
semantics
orthography
morphology
phonology - ANS-phonology
A second-grade teacher, in preparation for reading a new text about honeybees, asks
the students to brainstorm all the meanings they know for the word comb. The teacher
is primarily focusing on which language system?
semantics
orthography
morphology
