WINSCONSIN ASSESSMENT TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION EXAM
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWRRS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) PLUS RATIONALES 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |INSTANT
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Name the 4 Developmental Stages of Spelling
1. Pre-phonemic Spelling
2. Phonemic Spelling
3. Transitional Spelling
4. Conventional Spelling
How often should students have an opportunity to interact with text
Daily
Name the 3 Text to ________ Items
1. Text to Text
2. Text to Self
3. Text to World
Define Phonics
Correspondence between sounds we hear in a word and the letters we use to create that
sound or word
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,Sounds without print can also be known as...
Phonemic Awareness
Names of the letters and graphonemes of sounds can also be known as...
Phonics
Define QTA
Questioning the Author
Define QAR
Question Answer Relationship
Define story schema
The reader begins to sense what comes next
What 2 things do story structures focus on
Plot and Setting
Explain a KWL Chart
K; What do you know
W; What do you want to find out
L; What did you learn
Explain a Story Map
a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the elements of a book or
story. By identifying story characters, plot, setting, problem and solution, students read
carefully to learn the details.
List the 5 Stages of the Reading Process
1. Prereading
2. Reading
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,3. Responding
4. Exploring
5. Applying
List the 5 Stages of the Writing Process
1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publishing
It is often said that the Reading/Writing process are__________ of one another
Reciprocal (done in connection with) or go hand and hand
List the 6 traits of Good Quality Writing
1. Ideas
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Word Choice
5. Sentence Fluency
6. Mechanics
Define Shared Writing "Interactive Writing"
Teachers and children collaborate on a text to be written. Provides educational experiences
for young children where the teacher engages in their activities
When learning new vocabulary teachers should be sure to connect new words to
_________
Known words
Print =
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, Meaning
Fluent readers are able to more so focus on __________ because they don't have nearly
as many struggles just getting through the readings.
Comprehension
Name the Theory; Don't just give students pieces, give them the whole puzzle
Whole Concepts Theory
__________ ___________ is a powerful indicator in later reading success
Phonemic Awareness
Define Phonics
A method for teaching reading and writing in the English language by developing learners
phonemic awareness
What is this referring to; the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes in
order to teach the correspondence between these sounds and the spelling patterns to
represent them
Phonics
How many graphemes are there
26 (letters)
How many phonemes are there
44 (sounds)
Phonemic Awareness is a prerequisite to _________
Reading
List the 4 Cueing Systems
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VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWRRS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) PLUS RATIONALES 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |INSTANT
DOWNLOAD PDF
Name the 4 Developmental Stages of Spelling
1. Pre-phonemic Spelling
2. Phonemic Spelling
3. Transitional Spelling
4. Conventional Spelling
How often should students have an opportunity to interact with text
Daily
Name the 3 Text to ________ Items
1. Text to Text
2. Text to Self
3. Text to World
Define Phonics
Correspondence between sounds we hear in a word and the letters we use to create that
sound or word
PAGE1
,Sounds without print can also be known as...
Phonemic Awareness
Names of the letters and graphonemes of sounds can also be known as...
Phonics
Define QTA
Questioning the Author
Define QAR
Question Answer Relationship
Define story schema
The reader begins to sense what comes next
What 2 things do story structures focus on
Plot and Setting
Explain a KWL Chart
K; What do you know
W; What do you want to find out
L; What did you learn
Explain a Story Map
a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the elements of a book or
story. By identifying story characters, plot, setting, problem and solution, students read
carefully to learn the details.
List the 5 Stages of the Reading Process
1. Prereading
2. Reading
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,3. Responding
4. Exploring
5. Applying
List the 5 Stages of the Writing Process
1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publishing
It is often said that the Reading/Writing process are__________ of one another
Reciprocal (done in connection with) or go hand and hand
List the 6 traits of Good Quality Writing
1. Ideas
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Word Choice
5. Sentence Fluency
6. Mechanics
Define Shared Writing "Interactive Writing"
Teachers and children collaborate on a text to be written. Provides educational experiences
for young children where the teacher engages in their activities
When learning new vocabulary teachers should be sure to connect new words to
_________
Known words
Print =
PAGE3
, Meaning
Fluent readers are able to more so focus on __________ because they don't have nearly
as many struggles just getting through the readings.
Comprehension
Name the Theory; Don't just give students pieces, give them the whole puzzle
Whole Concepts Theory
__________ ___________ is a powerful indicator in later reading success
Phonemic Awareness
Define Phonics
A method for teaching reading and writing in the English language by developing learners
phonemic awareness
What is this referring to; the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes in
order to teach the correspondence between these sounds and the spelling patterns to
represent them
Phonics
How many graphemes are there
26 (letters)
How many phonemes are there
44 (sounds)
Phonemic Awareness is a prerequisite to _________
Reading
List the 4 Cueing Systems
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