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(WGU D668)- Elementary Literacy
Curriculum Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: What is a key component of structured literacy instruction?
Ans ✅ ✅: Integrating explicit, systematic teaching of decoding (reading) and
encoding (spelling) skills.
Question: How do standards help teachers keep lessons consistent
throughout the school year?
Ans ✅ ✅: By giving teachers a clear guide on what to teach and when
Question: Dyslexia
Ans ✅ ✅: A language-based learning disability affecting reading and decoding, not
a visual issue involving seeing letters backward
Question: Structured Literacy
Ans ✅ ✅: breaking down reading into smaller parts like sounds, word meanings,
and how sentences work
Question: A teacher is planning reading instruction for his students.
Based on his data and observations, he chooses two different word sort
activities, one for students reading at grade level and one for students
reading below grade level.
Ans ✅ ✅: Differentiation/High Leverage Practices for Supporting All Learners
Question: Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Ans ✅ ✅: Focuses on identifying and addressing specific needs through targeted,
tiered support
Question: Content Standards
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Ans ✅ ✅: guidelines that outline the knowledge, skills, and concepts students are
expected to master at each grade level in a particular subject area; typically defined at
state level
Question: Performance Standards
Ans ✅ ✅: describe the level of proficiency or achievement students should
demonstrate in relation to content standards
Question: Which learning activity would best support the standard
demonstrating an understanding of the organization and structure of a
text?
Ans ✅ ✅: Writing a summary of the text in their own words- it requires students to
understand the texts overall organization and structure
Question: Which learning activity would best support the standard of
identifying the main idea and supporting details of the text?
Ans ✅ ✅: creating a story map to visualize key elements- this helps students
organize and identify the main idea and supporting details in a visual format
Question: Which of the following best describes the approach used in
structured literacy?
Ans ✅ ✅: Focuses on explicit, systematic instruction in phonemic awareness,
phonics, and other foundational skills
Question: What is one of the goals of a literacy-rich environment?
Ans ✅ ✅: fostering the connection of letter-sound and letter-word within meaning
contexts
Question: Which of the following is NOT a component of a literacy-rich
classroom environment?
Ans ✅ ✅: regular field tips to local libraries
Question: example of kinesthetic activity
Ans ✅ ✅: tracing letters in shaving cream
(WGU D668)- Elementary Literacy
Curriculum Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: What is a key component of structured literacy instruction?
Ans ✅ ✅: Integrating explicit, systematic teaching of decoding (reading) and
encoding (spelling) skills.
Question: How do standards help teachers keep lessons consistent
throughout the school year?
Ans ✅ ✅: By giving teachers a clear guide on what to teach and when
Question: Dyslexia
Ans ✅ ✅: A language-based learning disability affecting reading and decoding, not
a visual issue involving seeing letters backward
Question: Structured Literacy
Ans ✅ ✅: breaking down reading into smaller parts like sounds, word meanings,
and how sentences work
Question: A teacher is planning reading instruction for his students.
Based on his data and observations, he chooses two different word sort
activities, one for students reading at grade level and one for students
reading below grade level.
Ans ✅ ✅: Differentiation/High Leverage Practices for Supporting All Learners
Question: Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Ans ✅ ✅: Focuses on identifying and addressing specific needs through targeted,
tiered support
Question: Content Standards
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Ans ✅ ✅: guidelines that outline the knowledge, skills, and concepts students are
expected to master at each grade level in a particular subject area; typically defined at
state level
Question: Performance Standards
Ans ✅ ✅: describe the level of proficiency or achievement students should
demonstrate in relation to content standards
Question: Which learning activity would best support the standard
demonstrating an understanding of the organization and structure of a
text?
Ans ✅ ✅: Writing a summary of the text in their own words- it requires students to
understand the texts overall organization and structure
Question: Which learning activity would best support the standard of
identifying the main idea and supporting details of the text?
Ans ✅ ✅: creating a story map to visualize key elements- this helps students
organize and identify the main idea and supporting details in a visual format
Question: Which of the following best describes the approach used in
structured literacy?
Ans ✅ ✅: Focuses on explicit, systematic instruction in phonemic awareness,
phonics, and other foundational skills
Question: What is one of the goals of a literacy-rich environment?
Ans ✅ ✅: fostering the connection of letter-sound and letter-word within meaning
contexts
Question: Which of the following is NOT a component of a literacy-rich
classroom environment?
Ans ✅ ✅: regular field tips to local libraries
Question: example of kinesthetic activity
Ans ✅ ✅: tracing letters in shaving cream
