LETRS Unit 1-4 Post Test

Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development? correct answers 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? correct answers oral language comprehension What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recognition? correct answers Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and meaning processors. 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? correct answers Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data. How is the word sn - ow divided? correct answers onset-rime How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? correct answers 3 How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? correct answers 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? correct answers 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? correct answers 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? correct answers the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did she make? correct answers substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which students? correct answers those who have mastered basic phonemic awareness