Connecticut Foundations of Reading
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2025/2026
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the basic idea that
written language is a code in which letters represent the sounds in a
spoken language
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-ability to translate a word from
print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound-symbol
correspondences
-the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔words from which many other
words are formed
Affixes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔word parts that are "fixed to"
either the beginning of words (prefixes) or the endings of words
(suffixes)
Compound Words - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a word made up of
two smaller words in spelling and meaning ex. birthday
Homophones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two words with the same
sound but spelled differently
ex. weather and whether
,Connecticut Foundations of Reading
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2025/2026
Homographs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two words with the same
spelling but different sounds and meanings
ex. I am content, what are the contents
Vowel Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two vowels together
that make a unique sound-not the sound of either vowel within a
syllable such as ou/ow and oi/oy
ex. boil
Consonant Diagraph - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two consonants
together that make a unique sound
ex. chap
Consonant Blends - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔consonant sequence
before or after a vowel within a syllable such as cl, br, st
ex. chap
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the ability to read a text
accurately, quickly, and with proper expression and comprehension
, Connecticut Foundations of Reading
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Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a letter or letter
combination that spells a single phoneme. In English a grapheme may
be one, two, three or four letters, such as e, ei, igh, or eigh
Graphic and Semantic Organizers - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔summarize and illustrate concepts and interrelationships among
concepts in a text, using diagrams or other pictorial devices
Graphic Organizer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔often know as maps,
webs, graphs, charts, frames, or clusters
Semantic Organizers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔graphic organizers
that look somewhat like a spider web where lines connect a central
concept to a variety of related ideas and events
Long Vowels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vowels that say their name
ex. Amy, ego, make, etc
Short Vowels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vowels that don't say their
name
ex. Alison, mad, egg, it, etc.
Test Exam Question & Answers
2025/2026
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the basic idea that
written language is a code in which letters represent the sounds in a
spoken language
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-ability to translate a word from
print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound-symbol
correspondences
-the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out
Base Word - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔words from which many other
words are formed
Affixes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔word parts that are "fixed to"
either the beginning of words (prefixes) or the endings of words
(suffixes)
Compound Words - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a word made up of
two smaller words in spelling and meaning ex. birthday
Homophones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two words with the same
sound but spelled differently
ex. weather and whether
,Connecticut Foundations of Reading
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2025/2026
Homographs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two words with the same
spelling but different sounds and meanings
ex. I am content, what are the contents
Vowel Diphthong - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two vowels together
that make a unique sound-not the sound of either vowel within a
syllable such as ou/ow and oi/oy
ex. boil
Consonant Diagraph - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔two consonants
together that make a unique sound
ex. chap
Consonant Blends - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔consonant sequence
before or after a vowel within a syllable such as cl, br, st
ex. chap
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the ability to read a text
accurately, quickly, and with proper expression and comprehension
, Connecticut Foundations of Reading
Test Exam Question & Answers
2025/2026
Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is a letter or letter
combination that spells a single phoneme. In English a grapheme may
be one, two, three or four letters, such as e, ei, igh, or eigh
Graphic and Semantic Organizers - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔summarize and illustrate concepts and interrelationships among
concepts in a text, using diagrams or other pictorial devices
Graphic Organizer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔often know as maps,
webs, graphs, charts, frames, or clusters
Semantic Organizers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔graphic organizers
that look somewhat like a spider web where lines connect a central
concept to a variety of related ideas and events
Long Vowels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vowels that say their name
ex. Amy, ego, make, etc
Short Vowels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔vowels that don't say their
name
ex. Alison, mad, egg, it, etc.
