WGU D669 EARLY LITERACY METHODS FINAL EXAM PREP 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS<LATEST VERSION>

WGU D669 EARLY LITERACY METHODS FINAL EXAM PREP 2025/2026 ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS&lt;LATEST VERSION&gt; 1. Direct Instruction - ANSWER Explicit teaching with continual interaction 2. Diagnostic Teaching to Automaticity - ANSWER Individualized teaching based on continual assessment, followed by adjusting instruction based on assessment results 3. Synthetic and Analytic Instruction - ANSWER Both parts-to-whole and whole-to-parts teaching approaches used 4. systematic and cumulative - ANSWER instruction that presents concepts in order, beginning with the easiest concepts and increasing in difficulty, with new concepts being built on prior knowledge 5. diagnostic teaching - ANSWER Instruction that requires continuous monitoring of a student's level of mastery and functional use of individual concepts and uses this diagnostic information to inform planning and the adjust instruction as needed. 6. multisensory teaching - ANSWER education that involves engaging multiple senses, such as sight, hearing, touch, and movement, to enhance learning and reinforce concepts Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic/Tactile (VAKT) 7. A teacher adjusts the pace of instruction based on student understanding and provides additional support as needed. Which type of instruction is the teacher using - ANSWER responsive instruction 8. How are reading lessons set up in code-based instruction - ANSWER By systematically connecting spoken words to written words step by step 9. What are the four domains of high-leverage practices HLPs? - ANSWER Collaboration, Assessment, Social/Emotional, Instruction 10. Which essential component of reading instruction should be included in a code-emphasis phonics lesson plan? - ANSWER Phonemic awareness 11. Partial Alphabetic - ANSWER Knows some letter sound correspondences Demonstrates early phonological and phonemic awareness skills: syllables, onset-rime, initial sound matching 12. Full Alphabetic - ANSWER Some sight word recognition uses phoneme grapheme correspondences Basic phonemic awareness: segmenting and blending 3-4 phonemes 13. Consolidated Alphabetic - ANSWER Continues to develop automatic sight word recognition uses orthographic mapping links, word families, syllables and morphemes Advanced phonemic awareness: deletion, substitution, phoneme reversal 14. phonological processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language 15. orthographic processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the visual patterns of written words and letters 16. meaning processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the meanings of words and sentences 17. context processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us understand words and sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation 18. orthography - ANSWER the conventional system of spelling and writing in a language. 19. pragmatics - ANSWER the branch of linguistics that studies how context, social cues, and shared knowledge influence the interpretation and use of language in communication. 20. sentential semantics - ANSWER the branch of semantics that focuses on the meaning and interpretation of sentences and larger units of discourse. 21. Syntax - ANSWER the structure, arrangement, and organization of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in language. 22. Discourse - ANSWER verbal or written communication that involves the exchange of information, and meaning within a specific context or social setting. 23. Prealphabetic - ANSWER The earliest phase of literacy development, individuals do not yet understand the relationship between letters and sounds 24. Partial Alphabetic - ANSWER a phase of literacy development where individuals begin to grasp the connection between letters and sounds. 25. Full alphabetic - ANSWER a more advanced phase of Lit. Dev. where individuals recognize most letter sound correspondences and can decode words by sounding out individual letters and blending together. 26. Consolidated Alphabetic - ANSWER a stage where skills or knowledge become firmly established and readers have mastered most letter sound correspondence and can decode words quickly and fluently. 27. Phonological Processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us recognize, remember, and work with the sounds in spoken language. 28. Orthographic processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us recognize and remember the visual patterns of written words and letters. 29. Meaning processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us understand and interpret the meaning of words and sentences. 30. context processor - ANSWER the part of the brain that helps us understand words and sentences based on the surrounding text and overall situation. 31. A first-grade teacher is helping her students understand the relationship between sounds and letters. She focuses on the sounds that each letter makes and how they blend together to form words. What is this aspect of oral language development? - ANSWER phonology 32. A student begins to understand that the word "dogs" contains both the meaning of "dog" and the plural marker "-s." Which linguistic component is he/she demonstrating an understanding of? - ANSWER Morphology 33. A learner sees "bicycle" in a text and, knowing the meaning of "cycle," concludes that the new word is related to cycling. Which linguistic skill does this exemplify? - ANSWER Lexical Semantics 34. In a spelling bee, a participant asks for the word "knight" to be used in a sentence to understand its meaning and spelling. Which aspect of language in reading and writing does this request demonstrate? - ANSWER Semantics 35. A student tells a story using appropriate gestures, facial expressions, and tone to convey sarcasm. What did the student demonstrate an understanding of? - ANSWER Pragmatics 36. A student learns to break down the word "unhappiness" into "un," "happy," and "ness." Which linguistic concept are they engaging with? - ANSWER Morphology 37. How does using the Orton-Gillingham approach in teaching help students improve their spelling skills? - ANSWER It teaches students to decode words by breaking them into smaller, more manageable parts. 38. Which of the following terms used in the components of language refers to the system of writing? - ANSWER Orthography 39. phonological awareness - ANSWER the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds of spoken language, including words, syllables, and phonemes (individual speech sounds), without necessarily understanding the meaning of the words. 40. phonemic awareness - ANSWER a subset of phonological awareness and specifically refers to the ability to recognize and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) in spoken words 41. syllables - ANSWER units of sound within words that contain a single vowel sound and may or may not be preceded or followed by consonant sounds 42. onset - ANSWER the initial consonant or consonant cluster of a syllable that comes before the vowel sound 43. consonant - ANSWER a speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air through the vocal tract 44. vowel - ANSWER a speech sound produced without significant constriction or closure of the vocal tract 45. stops - ANSWER consonant sounds produced by one push of breath and then stopping the air, including /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, and /g/ 46. nasals - ANSWER consonant sounds produced with the nasal passage open, allowing air to escape through the nose, including /n/, /m/, and /ng/ 47. fricatives - ANSWER consonant sounds produced by forcing air through a narrow opening or passage in the vocal tract, creating friction, this includes /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, /sh/, /zh/, and /th/ 48. affricatives - ANSWER consonant sounds that begin as stops but are released as fricatives, which involves a brief stoppage of airflow followed by a slow release with friction, such as the sounds /ch/ and /j/ 49. glides - ANSWER consonant sounds that glide immediately into vowels, which includes /h/, /w/, and /y/