FORT Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+

FORT Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ what are the SUBAREAS of the test? - foundations of reading development - development of reading comprehension - assessment and instruction - integration of knowledge and understanding how much does the reading DEVELOPMENT subarea weigh? 35% how much does the reading COMPREHENSION subarea weigh? 27% how much does the reading INSTRUCTION subarea weigh? 18% how much does the OPEN RESPONSE subarea weigh? 20% what is explicit instruction? - teacher models - overt objective, measurable - focused - someone could walk in the door and without seeing a lesson plan would be able to identify purpose - most important first step in a sequence of instruction what is implicit instruction? - incidental - for extension and practice; reinforcement of a previously taught skill - purpose may be unclear to an observer - may appear not focused phoneme smallest part of spoken language how many phonemes does the word STOP have? /s/ /t/ /o/ /p/ = 4 phonemes true or false: phonemes cannot be represented by more than one letter false example: /ch/ in check or /ch/ /e/ /k/ grapheme written representation of a phoneme phonics the understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes (sounds of spoken language) and graphemes (the letters of written language) phonemic awareness the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words phonological awareness board term that includes phonemic awareness phonological activities can include work with rhymes, words, syllables, and onsets/rimes syllable a word part that contains a vowel onset and rime parts of spoke language that are smaller than syllables but larger than phonemes onset everything before the vowel ex) /st/ in stop rime the vowel and everything after it ex) /op/ in stop phonemic awareness levels isolation