MTEL Foundations of Reading (190) Quiz with Right Answers

Alphabetic Knowledge - Knowing the names and sounds of letter. G That's the letter G. It makes the /g/ sound. Or vice versa. Sometimes called alphabetic letter knowledge Alphabetic Principle - Understanding that speech sounds and symbols of a language are based on systematic and predictable relationships. Think of it as a child's a-Ha moment... "When you say my name, Joy, you write it with the same lines/shapes/symbols. Every time I see those lines/shapes/symbols, I know that's me. It says 'Joy'." Phoneme - smallest units of sounds in spoken language, it has not inherent meaning Grapheme - smallest unit of written language, i.e., letter(s) and spelling that represent those sounds in written language Phonological Awareness - Recognition that spoken words are made up of sounds. Phonemic awareness falls under the umbrella of phonological awareness. Phonemic Awareness - Recognition of the individual phonemes in words as well as the blending, segmenting and manipulation of them. There are 44 sounds in the English language. What early literacy skills promote reading proficiency? - Preschool and Kindergarten classrooms can be significant spaces for early literacy learning. What is taught and how it gets taught to 3- to 5-year old children in this setting stems from multiple spheres of influence from teacher beliefs and backgrounds, school culture, and district policies to research. Phoneme isolation - which requires recognizing individual sounds in words, for example, "Tell me the first sound in paste." (/p/) Phoneme identity - which requires recognizing the common sound in different words. For example, "Tell me the sound that is the same in bike, boy, and bell." (/b/) Phoneme categorization - which requires recognizing the word with the odd sound in a sequence of three or four words, for example, "Which word does NOT belong? Bus, bun, rug." (rug)