STR CORRECT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following is not a strategy for building early literacy skills? - ✔✔hold a
pencil correctly
✔✔A student in which category of reading proficiency would rely heavily on illustrations
to decode new words? - ✔✔emergent reader
✔✔Which of the following best demonstrates the abilities of an early reader? - ✔✔A
reader selects a new story and can successfully decode new words and read sight
words on most pages
✔✔While riding along in the car, a child sees a familiar building and marquee and calls
out the name of the restaurant. Which stage of word recognition is this student in? -
✔✔pre-alphabetic
✔✔Which of the following stages of spelling development is primarily characterized by
letter-sound correspondence? - ✔✔phonetic
✔✔A child reads the following sentence out loud:
I like to spend time with my cat.
The student fluently reads all of the words except "spend." When he arrives at that
word, he sounds out "s-p-e-n-d." As the student continues to read aloud, the teacher
observes that he recognizes many of the sight words he encounters, but stops to sound
out many unfamiliar words. What stage of word recognition best describes the current
skills of this student? - ✔✔full alphabetic stage
,✔✔Which of the following is a way that electronic readers can improve reading
engagement among reluctant readers? - ✔✔increased and timely access to books of a
variety of topics and genres
✔✔Which of the following most accurately describes the full alphabetic stage? -
✔✔Students have full working knowledge of the alphabet and use letter-sound
correspondence to decode words.
✔✔Mr. Jameson notices that one of his English learners almost always adds the suffix
"ion" when he wants to change a word to a noun, often resulting in made-up words. This
student could use some extra practice with: - ✔✔morphology
✔✔A student who can read with accuracy and expression is in which stage of literacy
development? - ✔✔fluent reader
✔✔A second-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "My dog nose
triks and is my best freind, but my sister prefers our pet cat."
Which of the following does the student's sentence best demonstrate? - ✔✔transitional
spelling
✔✔A first-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "Mi mom maks
soop for us wen it is kold outsid."
Which of the following does the student's sentence best demonstrate? - ✔✔phonetic
spelling
✔✔The smallest individual sounds in a word are called: - ✔✔phonemes
✔✔A teacher notices that while she is presenting new information, a handful of students
are not actively listening. In order to encourage active listening in all students, a teacher
should set all of the following expectations except which? - ✔✔Students can doodle or
play with a fidget toy during presentations as needed to remain quiet and focused.
✔✔Which of the following is a morpheme? - ✔✔write
✔✔Which of the following scenarios describes a student who has entered the partial
alphabetic phase of word recognition? - ✔✔A student sees a picture of a leaf and the
letter "l" at the beginning of a word in the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and says
"leaf."
✔✔Listening activities are extremely helpful in students' literacy development. Which
one of these activities is inappropriate for emergent readers to do as a follow-up activity
after a listening experience? - ✔✔a writing activity in which students paraphrase the
story
, ✔✔Which of the following activities would be most effective in practicing a student's
receptive language skills? - ✔✔Have students read along with the transcript of an audio
clip they are listening to.
✔✔Which of the following descriptions best describes the linguistic term language
acquisition? - ✔✔learning a first or second language as a process, either piece by
piece, or through a total immersive experience
✔✔A second-grade teacher is conscious of balancing opportunities for her students to
use expressive and receptive language. Today, she will begin class with a read aloud of
a book about an owl. She will use this text to tie into a science lesson about habitats.
Which of the following elements can the teacher add to incorporate the students' use of
expressive language? - ✔✔Have students work with a partner to make a list of
everything they know about owls.
✔✔A group of second-grade students has moved from the full alphabetic phase to the
consolidated alphabetic phase. To help students read words accurately in this new
phase, the teacher should focus on which of the following? - ✔✔helping students take
their knowledge of grapheme-phoneme blends and use them to read larger units of
language
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of one of the phases of word recognition? -
✔✔post-alphabetic stage
✔✔Reading skills begin developing: - ✔✔in young children, well before formal schooling
begins
✔✔Pragmatics is: - ✔✔the study of language in its use
✔✔A first-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "Mi dg lks mi hnd"
but means "my dog licks my hand." Which of the following does the student's sentence
best demonstrate? - ✔✔semiphonetic spelling
✔✔As students move through the process of reading development, what best
demonstrates that they have moved from the Emergent Level to the Early Reading
Level? - ✔✔Students know all letters and are beginning to write and read a few words.
✔✔Which of the following ideas is supported by current research on emergent literacy?
- ✔✔Emergent literacy skills begin developing prior to formal schooling.
✔✔Which of the following most accurately describes the pre-alphabetic stage? -
✔✔Students have no working knowledge of the alphabetic system.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following is not a strategy for building early literacy skills? - ✔✔hold a
pencil correctly
✔✔A student in which category of reading proficiency would rely heavily on illustrations
to decode new words? - ✔✔emergent reader
✔✔Which of the following best demonstrates the abilities of an early reader? - ✔✔A
reader selects a new story and can successfully decode new words and read sight
words on most pages
✔✔While riding along in the car, a child sees a familiar building and marquee and calls
out the name of the restaurant. Which stage of word recognition is this student in? -
✔✔pre-alphabetic
✔✔Which of the following stages of spelling development is primarily characterized by
letter-sound correspondence? - ✔✔phonetic
✔✔A child reads the following sentence out loud:
I like to spend time with my cat.
The student fluently reads all of the words except "spend." When he arrives at that
word, he sounds out "s-p-e-n-d." As the student continues to read aloud, the teacher
observes that he recognizes many of the sight words he encounters, but stops to sound
out many unfamiliar words. What stage of word recognition best describes the current
skills of this student? - ✔✔full alphabetic stage
,✔✔Which of the following is a way that electronic readers can improve reading
engagement among reluctant readers? - ✔✔increased and timely access to books of a
variety of topics and genres
✔✔Which of the following most accurately describes the full alphabetic stage? -
✔✔Students have full working knowledge of the alphabet and use letter-sound
correspondence to decode words.
✔✔Mr. Jameson notices that one of his English learners almost always adds the suffix
"ion" when he wants to change a word to a noun, often resulting in made-up words. This
student could use some extra practice with: - ✔✔morphology
✔✔A student who can read with accuracy and expression is in which stage of literacy
development? - ✔✔fluent reader
✔✔A second-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "My dog nose
triks and is my best freind, but my sister prefers our pet cat."
Which of the following does the student's sentence best demonstrate? - ✔✔transitional
spelling
✔✔A first-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "Mi mom maks
soop for us wen it is kold outsid."
Which of the following does the student's sentence best demonstrate? - ✔✔phonetic
spelling
✔✔The smallest individual sounds in a word are called: - ✔✔phonemes
✔✔A teacher notices that while she is presenting new information, a handful of students
are not actively listening. In order to encourage active listening in all students, a teacher
should set all of the following expectations except which? - ✔✔Students can doodle or
play with a fidget toy during presentations as needed to remain quiet and focused.
✔✔Which of the following is a morpheme? - ✔✔write
✔✔Which of the following scenarios describes a student who has entered the partial
alphabetic phase of word recognition? - ✔✔A student sees a picture of a leaf and the
letter "l" at the beginning of a word in the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and says
"leaf."
✔✔Listening activities are extremely helpful in students' literacy development. Which
one of these activities is inappropriate for emergent readers to do as a follow-up activity
after a listening experience? - ✔✔a writing activity in which students paraphrase the
story
, ✔✔Which of the following activities would be most effective in practicing a student's
receptive language skills? - ✔✔Have students read along with the transcript of an audio
clip they are listening to.
✔✔Which of the following descriptions best describes the linguistic term language
acquisition? - ✔✔learning a first or second language as a process, either piece by
piece, or through a total immersive experience
✔✔A second-grade teacher is conscious of balancing opportunities for her students to
use expressive and receptive language. Today, she will begin class with a read aloud of
a book about an owl. She will use this text to tie into a science lesson about habitats.
Which of the following elements can the teacher add to incorporate the students' use of
expressive language? - ✔✔Have students work with a partner to make a list of
everything they know about owls.
✔✔A group of second-grade students has moved from the full alphabetic phase to the
consolidated alphabetic phase. To help students read words accurately in this new
phase, the teacher should focus on which of the following? - ✔✔helping students take
their knowledge of grapheme-phoneme blends and use them to read larger units of
language
✔✔Which of the following is not an example of one of the phases of word recognition? -
✔✔post-alphabetic stage
✔✔Reading skills begin developing: - ✔✔in young children, well before formal schooling
begins
✔✔Pragmatics is: - ✔✔the study of language in its use
✔✔A first-grade student writes the following sentence on the board: "Mi dg lks mi hnd"
but means "my dog licks my hand." Which of the following does the student's sentence
best demonstrate? - ✔✔semiphonetic spelling
✔✔As students move through the process of reading development, what best
demonstrates that they have moved from the Emergent Level to the Early Reading
Level? - ✔✔Students know all letters and are beginning to write and read a few words.
✔✔Which of the following ideas is supported by current research on emergent literacy?
- ✔✔Emergent literacy skills begin developing prior to formal schooling.
✔✔Which of the following most accurately describes the pre-alphabetic stage? -
✔✔Students have no working knowledge of the alphabetic system.
