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LETRS Unit 4 Session 1 Questions and Answers
Is it true that direct instruction in word structure (as distinct from phonics
instruction) improves accuracy and automaticity in reading?
Answer: True.
Is it true that many common English words combine simple Anglo-Saxon words
with Greek-derived forms?
Answer: False.
What mental process is required for proficient word reading?
Answer: Orthographic mapping.
From which language are new scientific terms in the physical sciences most
likely
to be coined?
Answer: Greek.
Which sound-symbol correspondences are common in words of Anglo-Saxon
origin? (Select all that apply.)
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Answer: Use of “kn” for the /n/ sound and use of silent “e”.
LETRS Unit 4 Session 2 Questions and Answers
Is it acceptable for students to use invented spelling occasionally in phoneme-
grapheme mapping activities? Answer: False.
Do some letters of the alphabet never end a word in English?
Answer: True.
Words in which the letter “y” stands for the short “i” sound (such as “rhythm”
and
“polyp”) are usually from which language?
Answer: Greek.
When the /ch/ sound follows an accented short vowel, in which circumstance is
the
“tch” spelling of the /ch/ sound usually used?
Answer: When the /ch/ sound follows an accented short vowel.
Which set of words does not follow the usual rules for pronunciation of “c” and