WGU D668 ELEMENTARY LITERACY
CURRICULUM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● four-part processor
Answer: a framework that describes how the brain processes written
language involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context
processors working together to facilitate reading.
●● Orthographic Processor
Answer: the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the
visual patterns of written words and letters.
●● Phonological Processor
Answer: · the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and
work with the sounds in spoken language.
●● Meaning Processor
Answer: the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the
meanings of words and sentences.
●● Context Processor
, Answer: · the part of the brain that helps us understand words and
sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation.
●● Syntax
Answer: the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into
phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language.
●● The 5 Pillars of Literacy
Answer: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comprehension
●● Scarborough's Reading Rope
Answer: Model of reading development that focuses on the different
elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main
strands: Language Comprehension and Word Recognition and each
contain their own sub-strands.
●● Alphabetic Principle
Answer: an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words.
●● Ehri's Phases of Word Development
Answer: shows how children progress from recognizing words as visual
symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the concept
that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
CURRICULUM COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● four-part processor
Answer: a framework that describes how the brain processes written
language involving phonological, orthographic, meaning, and context
processors working together to facilitate reading.
●● Orthographic Processor
Answer: the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the
visual patterns of written words and letters.
●● Phonological Processor
Answer: · the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and
work with the sounds in spoken language.
●● Meaning Processor
Answer: the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the
meanings of words and sentences.
●● Context Processor
, Answer: · the part of the brain that helps us understand words and
sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation.
●● Syntax
Answer: the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into
phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language.
●● The 5 Pillars of Literacy
Answer: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocab, comprehension
●● Scarborough's Reading Rope
Answer: Model of reading development that focuses on the different
elements involved in skilled reading abilities. Consists of two main
strands: Language Comprehension and Word Recognition and each
contain their own sub-strands.
●● Alphabetic Principle
Answer: an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words.
●● Ehri's Phases of Word Development
Answer: shows how children progress from recognizing words as visual
symbols to understanding the alphabetic principle, which is the concept
that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language.
