LETRS 1-4 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PAPER 2026
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ Which statement best describes the relationship between reading
comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Answer: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of
reading fluency and text comprehension.
◉ Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: oral
language comprehension
◉ After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnosis assessment data.
◉ How is the word sn-ow divided? Answer: onset-rime
◉ How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: 3
, ◉ How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: 1
◉ What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: This skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words, "by sight."
◉ Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look in a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
◉ Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness? Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word and
saying the new word.
◉ A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did
she make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
◉ Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the
sounds in the word is an instructional activity that would be most
appropriate for which students? Answer: those who have mastered basic
phonemic awareness
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ Which statement best describes the relationship between reading
comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Answer: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of
reading fluency and text comprehension.
◉ Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: oral
language comprehension
◉ After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnosis assessment data.
◉ How is the word sn-ow divided? Answer: onset-rime
◉ How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: 3
, ◉ How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: 1
◉ What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: This skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words, "by sight."
◉ Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look in a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
◉ Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness? Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word and
saying the new word.
◉ A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did
she make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
◉ Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the
sounds in the word is an instructional activity that would be most
appropriate for which students? Answer: those who have mastered basic
phonemic awareness
