USU ELED 3100 Exam Questions and
Answers
Name the ELA strands of CCSS (Common Core Standards) - Answers -Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What is the purpose of MTSS/RTI? - Answers -Prevention based framework for
improving academic and behavioral outcomes for every student.
RTI= - Answers -Response to Intervention
MTSS= - Answers -Multi Tiered System of support- whole school.
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - Answers -100%
Tier 1 - Answers -All Students are instructed, screening done to monitor progress to see
if greater intervention is needed. Gen edu class room. 80% of students are proficient.
progress monitored 4-6 weeks.
Tier 2 - Answers -Supplemental, Targeted Intervention - Small Groups (5-6 students) -
Provided by Classroom Teacher or Interventionist. 20 - 30 minutes for 4 or 5 days a
week. Monitored every 2-4 weeks. 95%
Tier 3 - Answers -Students who have not responded to tier 1/2 or have intensive needs.
Smaller group sizes/ individual instruction. Increased instruction more focused, explicit
and use of differentiated instruction. 40-60 mins daily. Progress monitored weekly at
grade level.
What is the purpose of a basal series? - Answers -Teaching students to read through
vocabulary, basic linguistic concepts and reading skills.
Describe the ZPD - Answers -Zone of Proximal Development- a student's abilities, what
can be performed with assistance but not independently.
Name the 5 levels of phonological awareness - Answers -Words in sentences - hear
and identify words in sentences
Rhyming - identify rhyming words
Syllables - pronouncing words by syllables, hearing and identifying syllable breaks
, Onset-rime - onset: everything before the first vowel rime: the first vowel and the rest of
the letters in the word
Phonemic Awareness- the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes into
spoken words. Isolating, blending, segmenting, manipulation ( substitution, addition,
deletion)
Describe 'blending': - Answers -Hear individual sounds and put them together to make a
word
Describe 'segmenting': - Answers -splitting a word into its individual phonemes
Describe 'deletion': - Answers -taking out an individual phoneme
Ex. stop-s=top
What is the single most distinguishing feature about phonemic awareness? - Answers -
It's all sound and images, no text
What are phonemes? - Answers -The smallest unit of sound
Ex: spoon has 4 phonemes
What is a consonant blend? - Answers -2 or more consonants that make 2 sounds.
example: blend
What is a consonant digraph? - Answers -2 consonants that make 1 sound.
example: shoe
What is a diphthong? - Answers -A diphthong is a sound that is formed by the
combination of two vowels in a single syllable, and the sound begins as one vowel and
moves to another.
example: boy, coin, oil
What are decodable words? - Answers -Non-sight words/high frequency words that can
be broken into parts to figure out what a word is
example: sub-sti-tute
What is onset-rime? - Answers -onset is everything in a word before the first vowel
rime is the first vowel and everything that comes after it
example: the word scratch
onset = scr
rime = atch
What is morphemic analysis? - Answers -Morphemic analysis is the strategy used to
find the meaning of a word by examining its meaningful parts such as prefixes, suffixes,
and roots.
Answers
Name the ELA strands of CCSS (Common Core Standards) - Answers -Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What is the purpose of MTSS/RTI? - Answers -Prevention based framework for
improving academic and behavioral outcomes for every student.
RTI= - Answers -Response to Intervention
MTSS= - Answers -Multi Tiered System of support- whole school.
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - Answers -100%
Tier 1 - Answers -All Students are instructed, screening done to monitor progress to see
if greater intervention is needed. Gen edu class room. 80% of students are proficient.
progress monitored 4-6 weeks.
Tier 2 - Answers -Supplemental, Targeted Intervention - Small Groups (5-6 students) -
Provided by Classroom Teacher or Interventionist. 20 - 30 minutes for 4 or 5 days a
week. Monitored every 2-4 weeks. 95%
Tier 3 - Answers -Students who have not responded to tier 1/2 or have intensive needs.
Smaller group sizes/ individual instruction. Increased instruction more focused, explicit
and use of differentiated instruction. 40-60 mins daily. Progress monitored weekly at
grade level.
What is the purpose of a basal series? - Answers -Teaching students to read through
vocabulary, basic linguistic concepts and reading skills.
Describe the ZPD - Answers -Zone of Proximal Development- a student's abilities, what
can be performed with assistance but not independently.
Name the 5 levels of phonological awareness - Answers -Words in sentences - hear
and identify words in sentences
Rhyming - identify rhyming words
Syllables - pronouncing words by syllables, hearing and identifying syllable breaks
, Onset-rime - onset: everything before the first vowel rime: the first vowel and the rest of
the letters in the word
Phonemic Awareness- the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes into
spoken words. Isolating, blending, segmenting, manipulation ( substitution, addition,
deletion)
Describe 'blending': - Answers -Hear individual sounds and put them together to make a
word
Describe 'segmenting': - Answers -splitting a word into its individual phonemes
Describe 'deletion': - Answers -taking out an individual phoneme
Ex. stop-s=top
What is the single most distinguishing feature about phonemic awareness? - Answers -
It's all sound and images, no text
What are phonemes? - Answers -The smallest unit of sound
Ex: spoon has 4 phonemes
What is a consonant blend? - Answers -2 or more consonants that make 2 sounds.
example: blend
What is a consonant digraph? - Answers -2 consonants that make 1 sound.
example: shoe
What is a diphthong? - Answers -A diphthong is a sound that is formed by the
combination of two vowels in a single syllable, and the sound begins as one vowel and
moves to another.
example: boy, coin, oil
What are decodable words? - Answers -Non-sight words/high frequency words that can
be broken into parts to figure out what a word is
example: sub-sti-tute
What is onset-rime? - Answers -onset is everything in a word before the first vowel
rime is the first vowel and everything that comes after it
example: the word scratch
onset = scr
rime = atch
What is morphemic analysis? - Answers -Morphemic analysis is the strategy used to
find the meaning of a word by examining its meaningful parts such as prefixes, suffixes,
and roots.
