Kpeeri Exam 2023-2024 Questions And
Answers
Phonics based approach - ANSWER ✔️ -direct, no guessing
-learning letter sounds and decoding words
-need to know letter codes/rules
-controlled text- decodable
-includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension
Whole language based approach - ANSWER ✔️ -learn whole
words and use context clues to figure them out
-guess, make inferences, emphasize meaning
-authentic text
National Reading Panel Report - ANSWER ✔️ -5 domains for
effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
Print awareness is - ANSWER ✔️ recognizing written language
and understanding how it's used
,-knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page and
from left to right on a page, and print is an expression of written
language
-does not have anything to do with handwriting
Children with print awareness are able to - ANSWER ✔️ -count
the number of words in a sentence
-distinguish btw a word and a letter on a page
-recognize the logo for McDonalds on a billboard (logo represents
a concept)
Children's performance on print awareness tasks - ANSWER ✔️ -
is a reliable predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print - ANSWER ✔️
-being read to by adults
-playing with magnetic letters
-pretend reading
Children who begin school without print awareness - ANSWER
✔️ -are at risk for developing reading difficulties
,Prefix - ANSWER ✔️ a syllable or word that comes before a root
word to change its meaning
suffix - ANSWER ✔️ an affix that is added at the end of the word
Syllable - ANSWER ✔️ -a unit of speech organized around a
vowel sound
-every syllable contains a vowel
Onset - ANSWER ✔️ initial consonant sound of a syllable
-sounds before the vowel in a syllable
Rime - ANSWER ✔️ A Vowel and any following consonants of a
syllable
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a strong predictor of future
reading success
-a subskill of phonological awareness
-a foundational reading skill
Phoneme blending - ANSWER ✔️ -easier than phoneme
addition, deletion, and substitution
, Phonological awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a person's ability to hear
sound structures of speech
-a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
-print-free skill set
Phoneme segmentation - ANSWER ✔️ -a child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck (/t/ /r/ /u/ /k/)
Example of phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a child
categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound (involves
sounds and does not involve letters)
Digraphs such as "sh" make _______ sounds - ANSWER ✔️ 1
When teaching phonological awareness teachers should -
ANSWER ✔️ -use multisensory activities
-teach each skill to mastery
-start with the simplest skills and build to harder skills
Answers
Phonics based approach - ANSWER ✔️ -direct, no guessing
-learning letter sounds and decoding words
-need to know letter codes/rules
-controlled text- decodable
-includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension
Whole language based approach - ANSWER ✔️ -learn whole
words and use context clues to figure them out
-guess, make inferences, emphasize meaning
-authentic text
National Reading Panel Report - ANSWER ✔️ -5 domains for
effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
Print awareness is - ANSWER ✔️ recognizing written language
and understanding how it's used
,-knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page and
from left to right on a page, and print is an expression of written
language
-does not have anything to do with handwriting
Children with print awareness are able to - ANSWER ✔️ -count
the number of words in a sentence
-distinguish btw a word and a letter on a page
-recognize the logo for McDonalds on a billboard (logo represents
a concept)
Children's performance on print awareness tasks - ANSWER ✔️ -
is a reliable predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print - ANSWER ✔️
-being read to by adults
-playing with magnetic letters
-pretend reading
Children who begin school without print awareness - ANSWER
✔️ -are at risk for developing reading difficulties
,Prefix - ANSWER ✔️ a syllable or word that comes before a root
word to change its meaning
suffix - ANSWER ✔️ an affix that is added at the end of the word
Syllable - ANSWER ✔️ -a unit of speech organized around a
vowel sound
-every syllable contains a vowel
Onset - ANSWER ✔️ initial consonant sound of a syllable
-sounds before the vowel in a syllable
Rime - ANSWER ✔️ A Vowel and any following consonants of a
syllable
Phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a strong predictor of future
reading success
-a subskill of phonological awareness
-a foundational reading skill
Phoneme blending - ANSWER ✔️ -easier than phoneme
addition, deletion, and substitution
, Phonological awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a person's ability to hear
sound structures of speech
-a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
-print-free skill set
Phoneme segmentation - ANSWER ✔️ -a child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck (/t/ /r/ /u/ /k/)
Example of phonemic awareness - ANSWER ✔️ -a child
categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound (involves
sounds and does not involve letters)
Digraphs such as "sh" make _______ sounds - ANSWER ✔️ 1
When teaching phonological awareness teachers should -
ANSWER ✔️ -use multisensory activities
-teach each skill to mastery
-start with the simplest skills and build to harder skills
