CALT Exam Study Guide 2 Exam Questions and Answers Grade
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closed syllable - Answer-A syllable with only one vowel, closed at the end by a
consonant. (A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve).
open syllable - Answer-A syllable with only one vowel and it is open at the end. (A
vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron).
vowel team - Answer-A syllable with a vowel digraph. (Underline the digraphs, arc
diphthongs).
Vowel consonant e - Answer-A syllable with a vowel, followed by a consonant with
a final e. (Vowel consonant e, the vowel will be long, code it with a macron, the e
will be silent, cross it out).
Final Stable Syllable - Answer-A syllable type that comes in the final position of a
word. It has a hint of a vowel sound, and the syllable before it is accented.
(Bracket the Final Stable Syllable, accent the syllable before it).
R Controlled Syllable - Answer-A syllable that has a vowel followed by r in which
an unexpected combination is read. (Arc the vowel r combination).
digraph - Answer-two adjacent letters in a word that make one sound
combination - Answer-Two letters that come together in an unexpected way.
(example: qu, wh, or, ar, ir, ur, er)
diphthong - Answer-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable that glide together.
(Code it with an arc) (example: ow, ou, oi, oy)
trigraph - Answer-Three adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one sound.
(examples: tch, dge, igh)
quadrugraph - Answer-Four adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one sound.
(example: eigh)
phoneme - Answer-The smallest unit of sound
, morpheme - Answer-The smallest unit of meaning. The smallest forms or units of
language (base word, root, prefix, suffix, or combining form) that carry meaning.
Alphabetic Principle - Answer-The relationship between letters in a left to right
orientation, and phonemes ordered in a specific temporal sequence in a spoken
word. The English language operates on this code of approximately 44 speech
sounds and 26 letters. Explicit, systematic, sequential instruction. About 75% of
the school population will deduce the ____________________________
_____________________ or code. 25% need explicit instruction.
4 (because x has 2 sounds)! - Answer-How many phonemes in mix?
3 (because digraph th and digraph ow have one sound each) - Answer-How many
phonemes in throw?
When followed by e, i, or y - Answer-When does g make the j sound
bwF (voiced) -ed = (d) ex. milled
bwF (unvoiced) -ed = (t) ex. talked
bwF t,d -ed = (ed) ex. suited - Answer-What are the sounds made by -ed? Give the
formulas.
science - Answer-In which field of study do we typically find words of Greek
origin?
number, color, farm, forest, ocean animals, outer body parts, short common
words, words with gh, wh, consonant -le, short words with k, gn, kn, tw, wr, ch
pronounced (ch), one syllable word with tch, dge, short words with th, floss
words, words with double consonants in the middle, short words with silent
letters, short words with unexpected long vowels (wild old words), words with
hard g before e or i, words with ng. - Answer-What are the clues that a common
English word is of Anglo-Saxon derivation?
easy to write and easy to read - Answer-What is the ultimate goal in handwriting
instruction?
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closed syllable - Answer-A syllable with only one vowel, closed at the end by a
consonant. (A vowel in a closed syllable is short, code it with a breve).
open syllable - Answer-A syllable with only one vowel and it is open at the end. (A
vowel in an open accented syllable is long, code it with a macron).
vowel team - Answer-A syllable with a vowel digraph. (Underline the digraphs, arc
diphthongs).
Vowel consonant e - Answer-A syllable with a vowel, followed by a consonant with
a final e. (Vowel consonant e, the vowel will be long, code it with a macron, the e
will be silent, cross it out).
Final Stable Syllable - Answer-A syllable type that comes in the final position of a
word. It has a hint of a vowel sound, and the syllable before it is accented.
(Bracket the Final Stable Syllable, accent the syllable before it).
R Controlled Syllable - Answer-A syllable that has a vowel followed by r in which
an unexpected combination is read. (Arc the vowel r combination).
digraph - Answer-two adjacent letters in a word that make one sound
combination - Answer-Two letters that come together in an unexpected way.
(example: qu, wh, or, ar, ir, ur, er)
diphthong - Answer-Two adjacent vowels in the same syllable that glide together.
(Code it with an arc) (example: ow, ou, oi, oy)
trigraph - Answer-Three adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one sound.
(examples: tch, dge, igh)
quadrugraph - Answer-Four adjacent letters in a syllable that represent one sound.
(example: eigh)
phoneme - Answer-The smallest unit of sound
, morpheme - Answer-The smallest unit of meaning. The smallest forms or units of
language (base word, root, prefix, suffix, or combining form) that carry meaning.
Alphabetic Principle - Answer-The relationship between letters in a left to right
orientation, and phonemes ordered in a specific temporal sequence in a spoken
word. The English language operates on this code of approximately 44 speech
sounds and 26 letters. Explicit, systematic, sequential instruction. About 75% of
the school population will deduce the ____________________________
_____________________ or code. 25% need explicit instruction.
4 (because x has 2 sounds)! - Answer-How many phonemes in mix?
3 (because digraph th and digraph ow have one sound each) - Answer-How many
phonemes in throw?
When followed by e, i, or y - Answer-When does g make the j sound
bwF (voiced) -ed = (d) ex. milled
bwF (unvoiced) -ed = (t) ex. talked
bwF t,d -ed = (ed) ex. suited - Answer-What are the sounds made by -ed? Give the
formulas.
science - Answer-In which field of study do we typically find words of Greek
origin?
number, color, farm, forest, ocean animals, outer body parts, short common
words, words with gh, wh, consonant -le, short words with k, gn, kn, tw, wr, ch
pronounced (ch), one syllable word with tch, dge, short words with th, floss
words, words with double consonants in the middle, short words with silent
letters, short words with unexpected long vowels (wild old words), words with
hard g before e or i, words with ng. - Answer-What are the clues that a common
English word is of Anglo-Saxon derivation?
easy to write and easy to read - Answer-What is the ultimate goal in handwriting
instruction?
