CALT EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Components of Effective Literacy Instruction - correct answers ✔✔phonological and phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
The Big Five - correct answers ✔✔Nickname for the five essential components of effective
literacy instruction
National Reading Panel - correct answers ✔✔outlined the give essential components of
effective literacy instruction in report (year 2000)
What is the importance of the sound/symbol system? - correct answers ✔✔understanding
sounds/symbols enables students to sound out unfamiliar words, enables students to build
orthographic patterns, enables students to perceive larger chunks of words, and enables
students to use the context more efficiently
Sound/symbol foundation - correct answers ✔✔phonemic awareness and instant letter
recognition
Alphabetic Principle - correct answers ✔✔a phoneme is represented by a grapheme
phoneme - correct answers ✔✔smallest unit of sound in a word which effects meaning
grapheme - correct answers ✔✔letter or group of letters used to represent one sound
,Reading and Written Expressive Language - correct answers ✔✔the two components of Literacy
Instruction
Decoding and Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔the two components of reading
Mechanics and Composition/Creativity - correct answers ✔✔the two components of Written
Expressive Language
Opportunities and Direct Instruction - correct answers ✔✔the two components of instruction
Decoding - correct answers ✔✔instant word recognition, phonemic awareness, sound/symbol
association (instant letter recognition), structural analysis, context
Listening Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔oral language (most important!), world
knowledge, strategic thinking, inference making
Fluency - correct answers ✔✔bridge between decoding and comprehension
Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔the ultimate goal of reading
Instant Word Recognition - correct answers ✔✔acquired through repeated exposure to the
word and from over learning the patterns of language
Mechanics - correct answers ✔✔sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, handwriting
(writer should be comfortable with spelling and handwriting)
composition/creativity - correct answers ✔✔oral language, world knowledge, strategic thinking,
inference making
, Direct instruction components - correct answers ✔✔Multisensory teaching and discovery
teaching
Domains of language - correct answers ✔✔phonology, pragmatics, orthography, semantics,
syntax, morphology
Interactive components of language - correct answers ✔✔Form, content (great ideas), use
(spelling, grammar, etc.)
Which domains fall into form component of language? - correct answers ✔✔Phonology,
Morphology, Syntax, orthography
Which domain falls into the content component of language? - correct answers ✔✔semantics
Which domain falls into the use component of language? - correct answers ✔✔pragmatics
Orthography is the only domain - correct answers ✔✔not developed orally first-starts at the
written level with spelling
phonology - correct answers ✔✔refers to the SOUND STRUCTURE of a langauge; how sounds
operate. It is the unconscious set of rules that govern speech.
Euphony - correct answers ✔✔pleasant sound; when words are formed or combined to please
the ear
phonological awareness - correct answers ✔✔knowledge of and sensitivity to the BROAD
SOUND STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
ANSWERS
Components of Effective Literacy Instruction - correct answers ✔✔phonological and phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
The Big Five - correct answers ✔✔Nickname for the five essential components of effective
literacy instruction
National Reading Panel - correct answers ✔✔outlined the give essential components of
effective literacy instruction in report (year 2000)
What is the importance of the sound/symbol system? - correct answers ✔✔understanding
sounds/symbols enables students to sound out unfamiliar words, enables students to build
orthographic patterns, enables students to perceive larger chunks of words, and enables
students to use the context more efficiently
Sound/symbol foundation - correct answers ✔✔phonemic awareness and instant letter
recognition
Alphabetic Principle - correct answers ✔✔a phoneme is represented by a grapheme
phoneme - correct answers ✔✔smallest unit of sound in a word which effects meaning
grapheme - correct answers ✔✔letter or group of letters used to represent one sound
,Reading and Written Expressive Language - correct answers ✔✔the two components of Literacy
Instruction
Decoding and Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔the two components of reading
Mechanics and Composition/Creativity - correct answers ✔✔the two components of Written
Expressive Language
Opportunities and Direct Instruction - correct answers ✔✔the two components of instruction
Decoding - correct answers ✔✔instant word recognition, phonemic awareness, sound/symbol
association (instant letter recognition), structural analysis, context
Listening Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔oral language (most important!), world
knowledge, strategic thinking, inference making
Fluency - correct answers ✔✔bridge between decoding and comprehension
Comprehension - correct answers ✔✔the ultimate goal of reading
Instant Word Recognition - correct answers ✔✔acquired through repeated exposure to the
word and from over learning the patterns of language
Mechanics - correct answers ✔✔sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, handwriting
(writer should be comfortable with spelling and handwriting)
composition/creativity - correct answers ✔✔oral language, world knowledge, strategic thinking,
inference making
, Direct instruction components - correct answers ✔✔Multisensory teaching and discovery
teaching
Domains of language - correct answers ✔✔phonology, pragmatics, orthography, semantics,
syntax, morphology
Interactive components of language - correct answers ✔✔Form, content (great ideas), use
(spelling, grammar, etc.)
Which domains fall into form component of language? - correct answers ✔✔Phonology,
Morphology, Syntax, orthography
Which domain falls into the content component of language? - correct answers ✔✔semantics
Which domain falls into the use component of language? - correct answers ✔✔pragmatics
Orthography is the only domain - correct answers ✔✔not developed orally first-starts at the
written level with spelling
phonology - correct answers ✔✔refers to the SOUND STRUCTURE of a langauge; how sounds
operate. It is the unconscious set of rules that govern speech.
Euphony - correct answers ✔✔pleasant sound; when words are formed or combined to please
the ear
phonological awareness - correct answers ✔✔knowledge of and sensitivity to the BROAD
SOUND STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
