RICA Domain 2 Exam with Accurate
Solutions
They are able to identify and manipulate sounds; individual sounds; breaking apart a
word into different sounds and syllables. - ANS-What is the sign that a child is
phonologically aware? ( Domain 2, Competency 3)
Subcategory of phonological awareness involving students being able break down
words into specific sounds; for example duck- d/u/k/ - ANS-What is phonemic
awareness? (Domain 2, Competency 3)
smallest unit of speech; for example m is a phoneme and l is a phoneme - ANS-
Phoneme ( Domain 2, Competency 3)
The understanding of letter and sound relationships, phonemic awareness and
decoding skills ( sounding words out). It is important because this is how students learn
how to read and understand the words that they speak. - ANS-What is the Alphabetic
Principle and what is it's importance? ( Domain 2, Competency 4)
Phonetic spelling is when children spell a word that they are unsure of by sounding it
out. This is not always the correct way to spell. Teachers should encourage students to
continue writing because overemphasizing something wrong will defeat their desire and
it should COEXIST with formal spelling which is a learning experience. - ANS-What is
phonetic spelling and should we encourage it? (Domain 2, Competency 4)
1) Focusing on key skills
2) Re-teaching
3) Concrete examples
4) Extra Practice
5) Tactile or Kinesthetic - ANS-Five ways to help struggling readers ( Domain 2,
Competency 4)
1) Emphasize the transfer of relevant knowledge from primary knowledge
2)Recognition of the differences in languages and the differences of print - ANS-What
are two ways to help English Learners? ( Domain 2, Competency 4)
Observing behavior, formal assessments, letter recognition tests, letter formation tests. -
ANS-What are effective ways to assess that a child is progressing? ( Domain 2,
Competency 4)
, The ability to read aloud or to decode words correctly, does NOT mean that the student
understands the meaning.
Word recognition is understanding what the word means. - ANS-What is word
identification and word recognition? ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
the ability to make the correct association between the sounds and symbols of a
language ( for example knowing that the letter "c" makes multiple sounds and when to
use them) - ANS-Phonics ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
1) High Frequency words- that appear MOST frequently
2) Words with irregular spelling
3) Words that students need to know because they write them a lot
4) Words that are content specific - ANS-What are the purpose of sight words? (Domain
2, Competency 5)
The ability to see words and identify them quickly..leads to fluency...phonics helps
students prepare for this - ANS-Automaticity ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
Glided sounds made by vowel combinations. While saying them the tongue starts in one
position and then rapidly moves to another. EX. the " oi" in " oil" - ANS-What is a
dipthong? ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
1) Precommunitve- No understanding of letters and sounds- the writing is squiggles
2) Semiphonetic- Uses one letter for one word
3) Phonetic- Understand that letters equal sounds but do not spell correctly, they sound
out words phonetically
4) Transitional- Deeper understanding of how to spell and phonics, incorrectly writes
words that have letters that have multiple sounds
5) Conventional- Able to write correctly a majority of the time with limited spelling
mistakes. - ANS-What are the five stages of Spelling Development? ( Domain 2,
Competency 5)
Frequently occurring letter combinations of English spelling ( " tion" " ight" )
Orthography means spelling. - ANS-Orthographic Development ( Domain 2,
Competency 5 )
Taking a whole sentence and then breaking it down in multiple ways until it gets to the
final stages of sound-symbol relationships ( which was the whole purpose of the lesson)
This is DIRECT teaching - ANS-Teaching "Whole to Part" also called analytic phonics
( Domain 2, Competency 6)
Starting with the sound-symbol relationship and the moving into full words. This is
DIRECT teaching - ANS-Teaching " Part to Whole"also called synthetic phonics
( Domain 2, Competency 6)
Solutions
They are able to identify and manipulate sounds; individual sounds; breaking apart a
word into different sounds and syllables. - ANS-What is the sign that a child is
phonologically aware? ( Domain 2, Competency 3)
Subcategory of phonological awareness involving students being able break down
words into specific sounds; for example duck- d/u/k/ - ANS-What is phonemic
awareness? (Domain 2, Competency 3)
smallest unit of speech; for example m is a phoneme and l is a phoneme - ANS-
Phoneme ( Domain 2, Competency 3)
The understanding of letter and sound relationships, phonemic awareness and
decoding skills ( sounding words out). It is important because this is how students learn
how to read and understand the words that they speak. - ANS-What is the Alphabetic
Principle and what is it's importance? ( Domain 2, Competency 4)
Phonetic spelling is when children spell a word that they are unsure of by sounding it
out. This is not always the correct way to spell. Teachers should encourage students to
continue writing because overemphasizing something wrong will defeat their desire and
it should COEXIST with formal spelling which is a learning experience. - ANS-What is
phonetic spelling and should we encourage it? (Domain 2, Competency 4)
1) Focusing on key skills
2) Re-teaching
3) Concrete examples
4) Extra Practice
5) Tactile or Kinesthetic - ANS-Five ways to help struggling readers ( Domain 2,
Competency 4)
1) Emphasize the transfer of relevant knowledge from primary knowledge
2)Recognition of the differences in languages and the differences of print - ANS-What
are two ways to help English Learners? ( Domain 2, Competency 4)
Observing behavior, formal assessments, letter recognition tests, letter formation tests. -
ANS-What are effective ways to assess that a child is progressing? ( Domain 2,
Competency 4)
, The ability to read aloud or to decode words correctly, does NOT mean that the student
understands the meaning.
Word recognition is understanding what the word means. - ANS-What is word
identification and word recognition? ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
the ability to make the correct association between the sounds and symbols of a
language ( for example knowing that the letter "c" makes multiple sounds and when to
use them) - ANS-Phonics ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
1) High Frequency words- that appear MOST frequently
2) Words with irregular spelling
3) Words that students need to know because they write them a lot
4) Words that are content specific - ANS-What are the purpose of sight words? (Domain
2, Competency 5)
The ability to see words and identify them quickly..leads to fluency...phonics helps
students prepare for this - ANS-Automaticity ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
Glided sounds made by vowel combinations. While saying them the tongue starts in one
position and then rapidly moves to another. EX. the " oi" in " oil" - ANS-What is a
dipthong? ( Domain 2, Competency 5)
1) Precommunitve- No understanding of letters and sounds- the writing is squiggles
2) Semiphonetic- Uses one letter for one word
3) Phonetic- Understand that letters equal sounds but do not spell correctly, they sound
out words phonetically
4) Transitional- Deeper understanding of how to spell and phonics, incorrectly writes
words that have letters that have multiple sounds
5) Conventional- Able to write correctly a majority of the time with limited spelling
mistakes. - ANS-What are the five stages of Spelling Development? ( Domain 2,
Competency 5)
Frequently occurring letter combinations of English spelling ( " tion" " ight" )
Orthography means spelling. - ANS-Orthographic Development ( Domain 2,
Competency 5 )
Taking a whole sentence and then breaking it down in multiple ways until it gets to the
final stages of sound-symbol relationships ( which was the whole purpose of the lesson)
This is DIRECT teaching - ANS-Teaching "Whole to Part" also called analytic phonics
( Domain 2, Competency 6)
Starting with the sound-symbol relationship and the moving into full words. This is
DIRECT teaching - ANS-Teaching " Part to Whole"also called synthetic phonics
( Domain 2, Competency 6)
