NYSTCE 221 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED SUCCESS
●● Vocabulary
Answer: The more vocab a student knows the higher their
comprehension
●● Print and book awareness
Answer: See connection between words and meaning Learn that
reading/writing are ways to obtain info and communicate ideas Learn
the features of text ie read left to right space etc etc
●● Print rich environment
Answer: Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic organizers
(and display) use big books (to point out print)
●● Oral and written language development
Answer: Develop at same time acquision of skills support each other
Oral - develops in context of social setting Written - doesn't need formal
teaching if exposed to print rich environment
●● Letters
,Answer: Before learning to read/write know that letters have distinct
appearance sound name
●● Language skill development
Answer: Learn through interacting with others and experiencing
language in context Promote language development by modeling
enriched vocab Use questions and examples to extend descriptive
language skills Promote ample response time Ask for clarification
Promote conversations Provide feedback so they know they've been
heard
●● Fluency
Answer: Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by providing
many reading opportunities
●● Phonics
Answer: Learning to read by learning how spoken language is
represented by letters. Learn to read phonetically - sound out phonemes
●● Decoding
Answer: Method/strategy to make sense of printed words and correctly
pronounce them
●● Alphabetic principle
, Answer: Use of letters and combos of letters to represent speech sounds
●● Teaching phonological awareness
Answer: - clapping to sounds of words names all words in sentences -
practice saying blended phonemes - singing songs that involve phoneme
replacement - reading variety of texts (includes patterned and predictable
alliterative) out loud - listening to enviornmental sounds/following
directions - games with rhyming chants fingerplays - group objects by
beginning sound
●● Onset sounds
Answer: Sounds at beginning of words
●● Phonemes
Answer: Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
●● Phonological awareness
Answer: Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word syllables
and individual phonemes within syllables
●● Literacy
Answer: Ability to read and write
●● Paragraph coherence
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION VERIFIED SUCCESS
●● Vocabulary
Answer: The more vocab a student knows the higher their
comprehension
●● Print and book awareness
Answer: See connection between words and meaning Learn that
reading/writing are ways to obtain info and communicate ideas Learn
the features of text ie read left to right space etc etc
●● Print rich environment
Answer: Display a variety of print in classroom use graphic organizers
(and display) use big books (to point out print)
●● Oral and written language development
Answer: Develop at same time acquision of skills support each other
Oral - develops in context of social setting Written - doesn't need formal
teaching if exposed to print rich environment
●● Letters
,Answer: Before learning to read/write know that letters have distinct
appearance sound name
●● Language skill development
Answer: Learn through interacting with others and experiencing
language in context Promote language development by modeling
enriched vocab Use questions and examples to extend descriptive
language skills Promote ample response time Ask for clarification
Promote conversations Provide feedback so they know they've been
heard
●● Fluency
Answer: Read accurately and quickly increase fluency by providing
many reading opportunities
●● Phonics
Answer: Learning to read by learning how spoken language is
represented by letters. Learn to read phonetically - sound out phonemes
●● Decoding
Answer: Method/strategy to make sense of printed words and correctly
pronounce them
●● Alphabetic principle
, Answer: Use of letters and combos of letters to represent speech sounds
●● Teaching phonological awareness
Answer: - clapping to sounds of words names all words in sentences -
practice saying blended phonemes - singing songs that involve phoneme
replacement - reading variety of texts (includes patterned and predictable
alliterative) out loud - listening to enviornmental sounds/following
directions - games with rhyming chants fingerplays - group objects by
beginning sound
●● Onset sounds
Answer: Sounds at beginning of words
●● Phonemes
Answer: Sounds represented by letters in alphabet
●● Phonological awareness
Answer: Ability to perceive sound structures in spoken word syllables
and individual phonemes within syllables
●● Literacy
Answer: Ability to read and write
●● Paragraph coherence
