LETRS Unit 1 Assessment Exam
Question & Answers ( UPDATE 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. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Three-
Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of
phonology.
, LETRS Unit 1 Assessment Exam
Question & Answers ( UPDATE 2025)
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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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
Question & Answers ( UPDATE 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. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Three-
Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of
phonology.
, LETRS Unit 1 Assessment Exam
Question & Answers ( UPDATE 2025)
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 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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
