QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
“A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound - CORRECT
ANSWER syllable"
"A group of two consecutive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound (e.g., /ea/ in bread; /ch/
in chat; /ng/ in sing) - CORRECT ANSWER Digraph
(Remember the word digraph has a digraPH)"
"A vowel produced by the tongue shifting position during articulation; a vowel that feels as if it has
two parts, especially the vowels spelled ow, oy, ou, and oi. - CORRECT ANSWER Dipthong
(Remember the sentence, "wOW, yOU look good in that thong (diphthong)! :)"
"The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students through its application, and arranges
for extended guided practice until mastery is achieved. - CORRECT ANSWER Direct
Instruction"
"The level at which a reader reads at less than a 90% accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER
Frustrational Reading Level"
"Vocabulary common to written texts but not commonly a part of speech; in the Standards, these
words and phrases are analogous to Tier Two words and phrases are typically this... - CORRECT
ANSWER General academic words and phrases
(Remember, Tier 2 isn't necessarily common in every day language Ex. analyze, restrict,
formulate.)"
"The ability to use a learned skill in novel situations. - CORRECT ANSWER Generalization"
"A letter or letter combination that spells a single phoneme. In English, this may be one, two, three,
or four letters, such as e, ei, igh, or eigh. - CORRECT ANSWER grapheme
(Etymology Online- graph= "letter, symbol" + eme ="unit of language structure.")"
"A visual framework or structure for capturing the main points of what is being read, which may
include concepts, ideas, events, vocabulary, or generalizations. These allow ideas in text and
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,thinking processes to become external by showing the interrelatedness of ideas, thus facilitating
understanding for the reader. - CORRECT ANSWER Graphic Organizers"
"The relationship between letters and phonemes. - CORRECT ANSWER Graphophonemic
(Examples would include Recognizing alphabetic sequence while singing the alphabet song, naming
letters as well as matching upper and lowercase letters)."
"Instructional support including immediate corrective feedback as students read orally. -
CORRECT ANSWER Guided Oral Reading"
"Students practice newly learned skills with the teacher providing prompts and feedback. -
CORRECT ANSWER Guided Practice"
"Words in print containing letters that stray from the most common sound pronunciation because
they do not follow common phonic patterns (e.g., were, was, laugh, been). - CORRECT
ANSWER High Frequency Irregular Words
(These are "red words" or "heart words")"
"A small group of words (300-500) that account for a large percentage of the words in print and can
be regular or irregular words (i.e., Dolch or Fry). Often, they are referred to as "sight words" since
automatic recognition of these words is required for fluent reading. - CORRECT ANSWER
High Frequency Words"
"A disorder that may affect the comprehension and use of spoken or written language as well as
nonverbal language, such as eye contact and tone of speech, in both adults and children. -
CORRECT ANSWER Language Learning Disability"
"The matching of an oral sound to its corresponding letter or group of letters. - CORRECT
ANSWER Letter-sound correspondence"
"The words needed to understand what is heard. - CORRECT ANSWER Listening vocabulary
A reader cannot understand a text without knowing what most of the words mean."
"This concept includes reading, writing, and the creative and analytical acts involved in producing
and comprehending texts. - CORRECT ANSWER Literacy"
"Understanding of the basic facts that the student has read. - CORRECT ANSWER
Comprehension"
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,"The smallest units of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of a word is called a
________________. - CORRECT ANSWER phoneme"
"In this activity, children make a new word by adding a phoneme to an existing word. (Teacher:
What word do you have if you add /s/ to the beginning of park? Children: spark.) - CORRECT
ANSWER Phoneme Addition"
"In this activity, children learn to listen to a sequence of separately spoken phonemes, and then
combine the phonemes to form a word. (Teacher: What word is /b/ /i/ /g/? Children: /b/ /i/ /g/ is
big. - CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme Blending"
"In this activity, children recognize the word in a set of three or four words that has the "odd"
sound. (Teacher: Which word doesn't belong? bun, bus, rug. Children: Rug does not belong. It
doesn't begin with a /b/.) - CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme Categorization"
"In this activity, children learn to recognize the word that remains when a phoneme is removed
from another word. (Teacher: What is smile without the /s/? Children: Smile without the /s/ is
mile.) - CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme Deletion"
"In this activity, children learn to recognize the same sounds in different words. (Teacher: What
sound is the same in fix, fall, and fun? Children: The first sound, /f/, is the same.) - CORRECT
ANSWER Phoneme Identity"
"In this activity, children learn to recognize and identify individual sounds in a word. (Teacher:
What is the first sound in van? Children: The first sound in van is /v/.) - CORRECT ANSWER
Phoneme Isolation"
"In this activity, children break a word into its separate sounds, saying each sound as they tap out
or count it. (Teacher: How many sounds are in grab? Children: /g/ /r/ /a/ /b/. Four sounds.) -
CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme Segmentation"
"In this activity, children substitute one phoneme for another to make a new word. (Teacher: The
word is bug. Change /g/ to /n/. What's the new word? Children: bun.) - CORRECT ANSWER
Phoneme Substitution"
"Adding, deleting, and substituting sounds in words (e.g., add /b/ to oat to make boat; delete /p/ in
pat to make at; substitute /o/ for /a/ in pat to make pot). - CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme
Manipulation"
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, "the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words. An
example of how beginning readers show us they have phonemic awareness is combining or
blending the separate sounds of a word to say the word ("/c/ /a/ /t/ - cat.") - CORRECT
ANSWER Phonemic Awareness"
"Refers to prior knowledge, the knowledge and experience that readers bring to the text. -
CORRECT ANSWER Schema
(Remember this sentence, If you have never been SKIing before, your SCHEma on the subject will be
limited.)"
"The vowel sound sometimes heard in an unstressed syllable and is most often sounded as /uh/ or
as the short /u/ sound as in cup. - CORRECT ANSWER Schwa
(Examples: Again, parrOt, thE, bacOn)"
"A "roadmap" or "blueprint" for teachers that provides an overall picture of an instructional
program and includes the range of teaching content and the order in which it is taught. -
CORRECT ANSWER Scope and Sequence"
"Separating the individual phonemes, or sounds, of a word into discrete units. - CORRECT
ANSWER Segmenting"
"The mental act of knowing when one does and does not understand what one is reading. When
students use these strategies, they actively think about how they are learning or understanding the
material, activities, or reading in which they are engaged. - CORRECT ANSWER Self
Monitoring
(Examples: Checklists, Before, During & After strategies, Reciprocal Teaching)"
"Uses a grid to help explore how a set of things are related to one another. By analyzing the grid one
can see connections, make predictions, and master important concepts. - CORRECT ANSWER
Semantic Feature Analysis
(Keyword- comparing with a grid)"
"Portray the schematic relations that compose a concept; a strategy for graphically representing
concepts. (Venn diagram, Timeline or a Word Web) - CORRECT ANSWER Semantic Map"
"The way language conveys meaning. - CORRECT ANSWER Semantics
(Keyword- meaning)"
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