READING SCIENCE APPLICATION
MORPHOLOGY AND ORTHOGRAPHIC
MAPPING EVALUATION PAPER
●● 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.