WGU D669 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
~ The educational practice of tailoring instruction to meet the diverse learning needs,
preferences, and abilities of all students in the classroom.
Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) - CORRECT ANSWER- Instructional strategies,
interventions, or approaches that have been validated through rigorous research and
empirical evidence.
Print Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding that printed text carries
meaning, including the recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various
elements in a book or written material.
Letter Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding that letters are
representations of sounds.
Book Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding of how books work,
including concepts such as reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the
front and back covers.
Word Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The recognition and understanding of
individual words as distinct units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and
spellings.
Concepts About Print - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding of how printed
materials, such as books and other written texts, function and are structured.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to recognize and
manipulate the sounds of spoken language, including words, syllables, and phonemes
(individual speech sounds), without necessarily understanding the meaning of the
words.
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- A subset of phonological awareness
and specifically refers to the ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes
(speech sounds) in spoken words.
Syllables - CORRECT ANSWER- Units of sound within words that contain a single
vowel sound and may or may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds.
Onset - CORRECT ANSWER- The initial consonant or consonant cluster of a
syllable that comes before the vowel sound.
Rime - CORRECT ANSWER- The part of a syllable that consists of the vowel sound
and any consonant sounds that follow it.
Consonant - CORRECT ANSWER- A speech sound produced by obstructing the
flow of air through the vocal tract.
Vowel - CORRECT ANSWER- A speech sound produced without significant
constriction or closure of the vocal tract.
Stops - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced by one push of breath
and then stopping the air, including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
, Nasals - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced with the nasal
passage open, allowing air to escape through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/.
Fricatives - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced by forcing air
through a narrow opening or passage in the vocal tract, creating friction, this includes
/f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/.
Affricatives - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds that begin as stops but are
released as fricatives, which involves a brief stoppage of airflow followed by a slow
release with friction, such as the sounds /ch/ and /j/.
Glides - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds that glide immediately into
vowels, which includes /h/, /w/, and /y/.
Liquids - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds characterized by a partial
closure of the vocal tract, allowing for the relatively free flow of air, like /l/ and /r/.
Voiced - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds produced with vibration of the vocal cords.
Unvoiced - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds produced without vibration of the vocal
cords.
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER- The process of using knowledge of letter sound
relationships (grapheme phoneme correspondence) to translate written symbols
(graphemes) into spoken language (phonemes) and recognize words.
Orthographic Mapping - CORRECT ANSWER- The process by which individuals
learn to recognize and store the visual representations of words in their long-term
memory, which requires phonemic awareness, letter sound knowledge, and the
mechanism for sight word learning.
Letter-Sound Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER- The relationship between
written letters and their associated spoken sounds, essential for decoding words in
reading.
Consonant Blends - CORRECT ANSWER- A combination of two letters that
represent a single sound or phoneme, like "ch" or "oa".
Vowel Team - CORRECT ANSWER- A pair or group of adjacent vowels that
represent a single sound or phoneme.
Diphthongs - CORRECT ANSWER- Complex vowel sounds that consist of a blend
of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.
Silent Letter Patterns - CORRECT ANSWER- Sequences in words where certain
letters are written but not pronounced, such as the "k" in "knight" or the "b" in "lamb".
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWER- The written symbols (letters or combinations of
letters) that represent phonemes (speech sounds) in written language.
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER- The smallest units of sound in spoken language
that distinguish one word from another.
Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER- Understanding and interpreting the
meaning of text.
Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER- A deep understanding of a word's meaning;
once achieved, the word will be stored the brain's mental lexicon (storehouse of words).
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to read text accurately, automatically,
smoothly, and with expression.
Accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER- Reading words correctly.
Prosody - CORRECT ANSWER- Reading with appropriate expression, intonation,
and phrasing.
ANSWERS 2026
~ The educational practice of tailoring instruction to meet the diverse learning needs,
preferences, and abilities of all students in the classroom.
Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs) - CORRECT ANSWER- Instructional strategies,
interventions, or approaches that have been validated through rigorous research and
empirical evidence.
Print Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding that printed text carries
meaning, including the recognition of words, letters, and the functions of various
elements in a book or written material.
Letter Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding that letters are
representations of sounds.
Book Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding of how books work,
including concepts such as reading from left to right, turning pages, and recognizing the
front and back covers.
Word Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The recognition and understanding of
individual words as distinct units of language, including their sounds, meanings, and
spellings.
Concepts About Print - CORRECT ANSWER- The understanding of how printed
materials, such as books and other written texts, function and are structured.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to recognize and
manipulate the sounds of spoken language, including words, syllables, and phonemes
(individual speech sounds), without necessarily understanding the meaning of the
words.
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- A subset of phonological awareness
and specifically refers to the ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes
(speech sounds) in spoken words.
Syllables - CORRECT ANSWER- Units of sound within words that contain a single
vowel sound and may or may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds.
Onset - CORRECT ANSWER- The initial consonant or consonant cluster of a
syllable that comes before the vowel sound.
Rime - CORRECT ANSWER- The part of a syllable that consists of the vowel sound
and any consonant sounds that follow it.
Consonant - CORRECT ANSWER- A speech sound produced by obstructing the
flow of air through the vocal tract.
Vowel - CORRECT ANSWER- A speech sound produced without significant
constriction or closure of the vocal tract.
Stops - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced by one push of breath
and then stopping the air, including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/.
, Nasals - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced with the nasal
passage open, allowing air to escape through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/.
Fricatives - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds produced by forcing air
through a narrow opening or passage in the vocal tract, creating friction, this includes
/f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/.
Affricatives - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds that begin as stops but are
released as fricatives, which involves a brief stoppage of airflow followed by a slow
release with friction, such as the sounds /ch/ and /j/.
Glides - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds that glide immediately into
vowels, which includes /h/, /w/, and /y/.
Liquids - CORRECT ANSWER- Consonant sounds characterized by a partial
closure of the vocal tract, allowing for the relatively free flow of air, like /l/ and /r/.
Voiced - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds produced with vibration of the vocal cords.
Unvoiced - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds produced without vibration of the vocal
cords.
Decoding - CORRECT ANSWER- The process of using knowledge of letter sound
relationships (grapheme phoneme correspondence) to translate written symbols
(graphemes) into spoken language (phonemes) and recognize words.
Orthographic Mapping - CORRECT ANSWER- The process by which individuals
learn to recognize and store the visual representations of words in their long-term
memory, which requires phonemic awareness, letter sound knowledge, and the
mechanism for sight word learning.
Letter-Sound Correspondence - CORRECT ANSWER- The relationship between
written letters and their associated spoken sounds, essential for decoding words in
reading.
Consonant Blends - CORRECT ANSWER- A combination of two letters that
represent a single sound or phoneme, like "ch" or "oa".
Vowel Team - CORRECT ANSWER- A pair or group of adjacent vowels that
represent a single sound or phoneme.
Diphthongs - CORRECT ANSWER- Complex vowel sounds that consist of a blend
of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.
Silent Letter Patterns - CORRECT ANSWER- Sequences in words where certain
letters are written but not pronounced, such as the "k" in "knight" or the "b" in "lamb".
Graphemes - CORRECT ANSWER- The written symbols (letters or combinations of
letters) that represent phonemes (speech sounds) in written language.
Phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER- The smallest units of sound in spoken language
that distinguish one word from another.
Comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER- Understanding and interpreting the
meaning of text.
Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER- A deep understanding of a word's meaning;
once achieved, the word will be stored the brain's mental lexicon (storehouse of words).
Fluency - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to read text accurately, automatically,
smoothly, and with expression.
Accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER- Reading words correctly.
Prosody - CORRECT ANSWER- Reading with appropriate expression, intonation,
and phrasing.
