RICA Test Questions with Complete
Solutions – Phonemic Awareness & Reading
Assessment Strategies.
Digraph ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A pair of characters used to write
one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph, ng, qu, sh, th
Phoneme ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The smallest contrastive unit in
the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The child uses
letters from the alphabet but shows no knowledge of letter-sound
correspondence
Semiphonetic ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Writing that demonstrates
some awareness that letters represent speech sounds, beginning and/or
ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented but medial
vowells are omitted
Phonetics ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A branch of linguistics that
comprise the study of sounds
Phonology ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Concerned with the given sounds
contribution to the language of the system
Transitional ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Beginning to use visual
memory, mayk, maik, make
Etymology ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Is the study of the history of
words and how their form and meaning have changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Have
students identify the sound of the middle, beginning, or end of the word
, Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Help student focus on
directionality of each letter as student traces it
Alphabetic Principle ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Words are composed of
letters that represent sounds, using relationship between letters and
phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Words that sound the same but
have different meaning
Automaticity ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The ability to do things
without occupying the mind
Intonations ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Variation of pitch while
speaking which is not used to distinguish words
Rythyms ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Forming or dividing words into
syllables
Context Clues ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Built into sentences with
difficult word to help decipher the difficult word
Cross-Cirricular ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Example would be
incorporating writing skills into every subject matter
Structural Analysis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Used for reading
complex words in upper grades, a word is divided into multi-letter parts
Retelling ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓After a child reads a story, they
retell the story
Solutions – Phonemic Awareness & Reading
Assessment Strategies.
Digraph ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A pair of characters used to write
one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph, ng, qu, sh, th
Phoneme ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The smallest contrastive unit in
the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The child uses
letters from the alphabet but shows no knowledge of letter-sound
correspondence
Semiphonetic ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Writing that demonstrates
some awareness that letters represent speech sounds, beginning and/or
ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented but medial
vowells are omitted
Phonetics ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A branch of linguistics that
comprise the study of sounds
Phonology ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Concerned with the given sounds
contribution to the language of the system
Transitional ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Beginning to use visual
memory, mayk, maik, make
Etymology ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Is the study of the history of
words and how their form and meaning have changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Have
students identify the sound of the middle, beginning, or end of the word
, Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Help student focus on
directionality of each letter as student traces it
Alphabetic Principle ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Words are composed of
letters that represent sounds, using relationship between letters and
phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Words that sound the same but
have different meaning
Automaticity ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓The ability to do things
without occupying the mind
Intonations ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Variation of pitch while
speaking which is not used to distinguish words
Rythyms ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Forming or dividing words into
syllables
Context Clues ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Built into sentences with
difficult word to help decipher the difficult word
Cross-Cirricular ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Example would be
incorporating writing skills into every subject matter
Structural Analysis ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Used for reading
complex words in upper grades, a word is divided into multi-letter parts
Retelling ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓After a child reads a story, they
retell the story
