NYSTCE 221 Exam Questions And Accurate Answers
orthographic - Answer Any style or method of spelling. The definition of orthography is
the practice of proper spelling, a way of spelling or a study of spelling. An example of
orthography is spelling definitely as "d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y."
semantics - Answer the study of meaning in language. It can be applied to entire texts or
to single words.
syntactic/syntax - Answer the order or arrangement of words and phrases to form
proper sentences. subject + verb + direct object formula.
discourse processing - Answer the ways in which readers and listeners. comprehend
language.
text comprehension - Answer allows readers to extract or construct meaning from the
written word.
stages of development in oral language - Answer phonology, grammar, morphology,
vocabulary, discourse, and pragmatics
phonological awareness stages of development - Answer Rhyming Words Awareness
(about 3-4 yrs) .
Syllable Awareness (around 4-5 years) .
Awareness of Onsets and Rimes - Substitution of Sound.
Sound Isolation - Awareness of Starting, middle and ending Sounds.
Phonemic Blending
Earliest approx. age: 6
Word reading stages of development - Answer pre-alphabetic, partial alphabetic, full
, alphabetic, consolidated alphabetic, and automatic.
spelling stages of development - Answer Emergent Spelling, Letter Name Spelling,
Within-Word Pattern Spelling, Syllables Juncture Spelling, and Derivational Constancy
Spelling.
fluency stages of development - Answer emergent literacy, alphabetic fluency, words
and patterns, intermediate reading, and advanced reading
text comprehension stages of development - Answer pre-reading, while-reading and
after-reading phases
Stages of development in language structure. Answer The babbling stage, the
Holophrastic or one-word stage, the two-word stage and the Telegraphic stage.
Stages of development in written expression. Answer Audio storytelling (3-4 years)
Early Emergent Writing (4-5 years)
Emergent Writing (5-7 years)
Transitional Writing (6-8 years)
Fluent Writing (8-10 years)
Screening assessments are administered to all students typically at the beginning of a
school year in hopes of identifying students that are at a high risk of not being
successful with reading.
Diagnostic assessments differ in that they measure very specific skills or components of
reading. For instance, diagnostic assessments may determine a student's level of
phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and fluency.
Progress monitoring assessments refer to tools used in determining whether students
respond to instructions/interventions; it allows the setting of learning goals/intervention
orthographic - Answer Any style or method of spelling. The definition of orthography is
the practice of proper spelling, a way of spelling or a study of spelling. An example of
orthography is spelling definitely as "d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y."
semantics - Answer the study of meaning in language. It can be applied to entire texts or
to single words.
syntactic/syntax - Answer the order or arrangement of words and phrases to form
proper sentences. subject + verb + direct object formula.
discourse processing - Answer the ways in which readers and listeners. comprehend
language.
text comprehension - Answer allows readers to extract or construct meaning from the
written word.
stages of development in oral language - Answer phonology, grammar, morphology,
vocabulary, discourse, and pragmatics
phonological awareness stages of development - Answer Rhyming Words Awareness
(about 3-4 yrs) .
Syllable Awareness (around 4-5 years) .
Awareness of Onsets and Rimes - Substitution of Sound.
Sound Isolation - Awareness of Starting, middle and ending Sounds.
Phonemic Blending
Earliest approx. age: 6
Word reading stages of development - Answer pre-alphabetic, partial alphabetic, full
, alphabetic, consolidated alphabetic, and automatic.
spelling stages of development - Answer Emergent Spelling, Letter Name Spelling,
Within-Word Pattern Spelling, Syllables Juncture Spelling, and Derivational Constancy
Spelling.
fluency stages of development - Answer emergent literacy, alphabetic fluency, words
and patterns, intermediate reading, and advanced reading
text comprehension stages of development - Answer pre-reading, while-reading and
after-reading phases
Stages of development in language structure. Answer The babbling stage, the
Holophrastic or one-word stage, the two-word stage and the Telegraphic stage.
Stages of development in written expression. Answer Audio storytelling (3-4 years)
Early Emergent Writing (4-5 years)
Emergent Writing (5-7 years)
Transitional Writing (6-8 years)
Fluent Writing (8-10 years)
Screening assessments are administered to all students typically at the beginning of a
school year in hopes of identifying students that are at a high risk of not being
successful with reading.
Diagnostic assessments differ in that they measure very specific skills or components of
reading. For instance, diagnostic assessments may determine a student's level of
phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and fluency.
Progress monitoring assessments refer to tools used in determining whether students
respond to instructions/interventions; it allows the setting of learning goals/intervention
