LETRS UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT TEST REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS BRAND NEW
Assessing phonological skills is almost never appropriate after a child has completed
first grade. - ANSWER: false
Phonemic awareness is difficult to measure directly as an isolated skill. - ANSWER:
True
Which kinds of tasks are the primary focus of phonological skills assessments in
grades k-1? - ANSWER: phoneme segmentation and blending
Kelsey is in grade 2. Previously a strong reader, she has now fallen behind. She reads
grade-level texts haltingly, struggling to recognize words with blends. Which
phonological task would she likely struggle with? - ANSWER: "Say crate. Now say
crate but don't say /K/" and "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/.
Students in Ehri's prealphabetic phase need instruction in basic oral language skills
before manipulating phonemes. - ANSWER: True
Sound chaining should begin with substituting the middle sounds and end sounds in
a word, as these are most difficult. - ANSWER: False
Which of the following principles are important for teaching phonological skills in
particular? - ANSWER: Focus students' attention on speech sounds before focusing
on letters, include all English phonemes in instruction.
Which activities work with students at the early phonological awareness level? -
ANSWER: having students identify rhyming words in texts you read aloud, having
students clap or tap to count the syllables in a word you say, saying a two-syllable
word then asking students to delete one syllable and say the word that results.
A colleague is going to start beginning sound chaining activities with students at the
basic phonemic awareness level, using colored blocks to represent sounds. What is
the most important guideline to follow? - ANSWER: Have students add, change,
delete, or move only ONE sound at a time
What is the primary purpose of doing sound chaining activities and minimal pairs
activities with students? - ANSWER: getting them to attend carefully to specific
phonemes, one at a time.
Which of the following pairs of words is more difficult for students who are
struggling with phonology to discriminate, segment, and blend? - ANSWER: "chomp"
and "lump" because the final sounds are consonant blends.
, Which series of activities represents the best instructional progression for children at
the early phonological awareness level? - ANSWER: delete syllables from
compounds, clap syllables in three-syllable words; divide words with onset-rime.
In early phonological awareness alliteration exercises, how important is explaining
that different letters make the same sound - ANSWER: Not important; students don't
need to know how the words are spelled
Which English phonemes can be omitted from phonological awareness instruction? -
ANSWER: none; all should be taught
Which is the best approach to planning phonological awareness instruction? -
ANSWER: Plan a brief session (5-10 minutes) each day.
What is the first and primary focus of teaching phonemic awareness? - ANSWER:
teaching students specific phonemes and how they feel in the mouth
Classroom phonemic awareness exercises should be - ANSWER: multisensory,
involving hearing, sound, touch, and movement
What item would you use to show students how to articulate specific phonemes? -
ANSWER: a mirror
Spanish has 22 phonemes represented by 27 symbols, compared to English's 44
phonemes and 26 symbols. - ANSWER: True
The variations common in African American English are predictable and governed by
rules. - ANSWER: True
Which of the following occurs as a result of coarticulation? - ANSWER: Allophonic
variations, in which we pronounce individual phonemes differently from how would
pronounce them in isolation and misspellings of words that are, in fact, phonetically
logical
Which of the following misspellings likely results from confusion about unaspirated
or deaspirated stop consonants? - ANSWER: spelling skip as "sgip"
In which group of words does a tongue flap create significant differences between
American and British pronunciations? - ANSWER: Cattle, City, Metal
"Trick-or-treating" is misspelled "chicrchetit." Why did this student begin the words
"trick" and "treat" with the letters "ch"? - ANSWER: The sound at the beginning of
these words sounds like /ch/ due to the allophonic variation of affrication; /t/ is
followed by /r/.
Which allophonic variation is responsible for the misspelling of the word "candy" as
"cade"? - ANSWER: nasalization of the vowel
CORRECT ANSWERS BRAND NEW
Assessing phonological skills is almost never appropriate after a child has completed
first grade. - ANSWER: false
Phonemic awareness is difficult to measure directly as an isolated skill. - ANSWER:
True
Which kinds of tasks are the primary focus of phonological skills assessments in
grades k-1? - ANSWER: phoneme segmentation and blending
Kelsey is in grade 2. Previously a strong reader, she has now fallen behind. She reads
grade-level texts haltingly, struggling to recognize words with blends. Which
phonological task would she likely struggle with? - ANSWER: "Say crate. Now say
crate but don't say /K/" and "Say bask. Now say bask but don't say /s/.
Students in Ehri's prealphabetic phase need instruction in basic oral language skills
before manipulating phonemes. - ANSWER: True
Sound chaining should begin with substituting the middle sounds and end sounds in
a word, as these are most difficult. - ANSWER: False
Which of the following principles are important for teaching phonological skills in
particular? - ANSWER: Focus students' attention on speech sounds before focusing
on letters, include all English phonemes in instruction.
Which activities work with students at the early phonological awareness level? -
ANSWER: having students identify rhyming words in texts you read aloud, having
students clap or tap to count the syllables in a word you say, saying a two-syllable
word then asking students to delete one syllable and say the word that results.
A colleague is going to start beginning sound chaining activities with students at the
basic phonemic awareness level, using colored blocks to represent sounds. What is
the most important guideline to follow? - ANSWER: Have students add, change,
delete, or move only ONE sound at a time
What is the primary purpose of doing sound chaining activities and minimal pairs
activities with students? - ANSWER: getting them to attend carefully to specific
phonemes, one at a time.
Which of the following pairs of words is more difficult for students who are
struggling with phonology to discriminate, segment, and blend? - ANSWER: "chomp"
and "lump" because the final sounds are consonant blends.
, Which series of activities represents the best instructional progression for children at
the early phonological awareness level? - ANSWER: delete syllables from
compounds, clap syllables in three-syllable words; divide words with onset-rime.
In early phonological awareness alliteration exercises, how important is explaining
that different letters make the same sound - ANSWER: Not important; students don't
need to know how the words are spelled
Which English phonemes can be omitted from phonological awareness instruction? -
ANSWER: none; all should be taught
Which is the best approach to planning phonological awareness instruction? -
ANSWER: Plan a brief session (5-10 minutes) each day.
What is the first and primary focus of teaching phonemic awareness? - ANSWER:
teaching students specific phonemes and how they feel in the mouth
Classroom phonemic awareness exercises should be - ANSWER: multisensory,
involving hearing, sound, touch, and movement
What item would you use to show students how to articulate specific phonemes? -
ANSWER: a mirror
Spanish has 22 phonemes represented by 27 symbols, compared to English's 44
phonemes and 26 symbols. - ANSWER: True
The variations common in African American English are predictable and governed by
rules. - ANSWER: True
Which of the following occurs as a result of coarticulation? - ANSWER: Allophonic
variations, in which we pronounce individual phonemes differently from how would
pronounce them in isolation and misspellings of words that are, in fact, phonetically
logical
Which of the following misspellings likely results from confusion about unaspirated
or deaspirated stop consonants? - ANSWER: spelling skip as "sgip"
In which group of words does a tongue flap create significant differences between
American and British pronunciations? - ANSWER: Cattle, City, Metal
"Trick-or-treating" is misspelled "chicrchetit." Why did this student begin the words
"trick" and "treat" with the letters "ch"? - ANSWER: The sound at the beginning of
these words sounds like /ch/ due to the allophonic variation of affrication; /t/ is
followed by /r/.
Which allophonic variation is responsible for the misspelling of the word "candy" as
"cade"? - ANSWER: nasalization of the vowel
