EDUC 210 PRACTICE EXAM 2024|2025
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
what do lexils mean for kindergarten and 1st grade? - Answer- - have to be ready to
read challenging text at start of grade 2
- plan backwards to ensure that they are building skills that they need
what are the skills that they need? (8) - Answer- - concepts of print
- phonemic awareness
- alphabet knowledge
- decoding
- fluency
- oral language
- vocab knowledge
- comprehension strategies
cross disciplinary - Answer- - teachers need to use reading and writing as tools for
content building
- not simply adding a unit- we are rethinking how children should spend their time in
school
- use more info texts but engage students in reading writing and research
why do we talk about development? - Answer- - if you know how a skill or strategy
develops you know the order to teach it
- assess the level of dev. you know where to start with student
- benchmarks for dev- you know whether a student had adequate dev for their age.
phonemic awareness + alphabet knowledge = - Answer- spelling
concept of word + alphabet knowledge = - Answer- reading
concept of word - Answer- understanding that a word in print corresponds to a spoken
word
phonological awareness - Answer- - the ability to detect manipulate and use the sound
structure of spoken language independent of meaning - oral only
- breaking words into sounds not the use of letter sounds
why do we teach phonological awareness? - Answer- - critical to reading success
- accelerated reading acquisition
- easier for them to learn and use phonics
, development of phonological awareness - Answer- word awareness -> syllable
awareness -> onset- rhyme awareness -> phoneme awareness
onset - Answer- everything that comes before the vowel
rhyme - Answer- the vowel and all the consonants after
blending - Answer- if you can blend sounds and know your letter sounds you can read
segmenting - Answer- if you can segment sounds and you know your leter sounds you
can spell
phonemic tricks - Answer- - vowels + r = one sound
- Qu is counted as 2 sounds
- X makes 2 sounds
- ng at the end of a syllable makes one sound
who are emergent readers? - Answer- - ELL newcomers
- typically dev. PK and K students
- first graders who are struggling
- a small # of older children with specific disabilities
why do we read to emergent students - Answer- - vocab and language dev- read alouds
build them being able to read and gain knowledge.
- read aloud contain more rare words than normal conversations
- read alouds give teachers a chance to explain words and their meaning
- learning to read is worth it
dialogic reading - Answer- allows them to engage more- ask questions and have a
conversation about the book
interactive read alouds to emergent readers - Answer- - teacher reads from regular
sized book- controls most of the talk- building new knowledge
dialogic reading to emergent readers - Answer- - teacher uses a big book to allow
students to do most of the talking- elicit language- simple content
distancing - Answer- relate whats in the book back to their own life
how do we build word knowledge with children before they can read? - Answer-
language -> concepts about print -> sounds -> letters
why track text? - Answer- to dev. concepts of print and concepts of word in print for
students who dont have it
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
what do lexils mean for kindergarten and 1st grade? - Answer- - have to be ready to
read challenging text at start of grade 2
- plan backwards to ensure that they are building skills that they need
what are the skills that they need? (8) - Answer- - concepts of print
- phonemic awareness
- alphabet knowledge
- decoding
- fluency
- oral language
- vocab knowledge
- comprehension strategies
cross disciplinary - Answer- - teachers need to use reading and writing as tools for
content building
- not simply adding a unit- we are rethinking how children should spend their time in
school
- use more info texts but engage students in reading writing and research
why do we talk about development? - Answer- - if you know how a skill or strategy
develops you know the order to teach it
- assess the level of dev. you know where to start with student
- benchmarks for dev- you know whether a student had adequate dev for their age.
phonemic awareness + alphabet knowledge = - Answer- spelling
concept of word + alphabet knowledge = - Answer- reading
concept of word - Answer- understanding that a word in print corresponds to a spoken
word
phonological awareness - Answer- - the ability to detect manipulate and use the sound
structure of spoken language independent of meaning - oral only
- breaking words into sounds not the use of letter sounds
why do we teach phonological awareness? - Answer- - critical to reading success
- accelerated reading acquisition
- easier for them to learn and use phonics
, development of phonological awareness - Answer- word awareness -> syllable
awareness -> onset- rhyme awareness -> phoneme awareness
onset - Answer- everything that comes before the vowel
rhyme - Answer- the vowel and all the consonants after
blending - Answer- if you can blend sounds and know your letter sounds you can read
segmenting - Answer- if you can segment sounds and you know your leter sounds you
can spell
phonemic tricks - Answer- - vowels + r = one sound
- Qu is counted as 2 sounds
- X makes 2 sounds
- ng at the end of a syllable makes one sound
who are emergent readers? - Answer- - ELL newcomers
- typically dev. PK and K students
- first graders who are struggling
- a small # of older children with specific disabilities
why do we read to emergent students - Answer- - vocab and language dev- read alouds
build them being able to read and gain knowledge.
- read aloud contain more rare words than normal conversations
- read alouds give teachers a chance to explain words and their meaning
- learning to read is worth it
dialogic reading - Answer- allows them to engage more- ask questions and have a
conversation about the book
interactive read alouds to emergent readers - Answer- - teacher reads from regular
sized book- controls most of the talk- building new knowledge
dialogic reading to emergent readers - Answer- - teacher uses a big book to allow
students to do most of the talking- elicit language- simple content
distancing - Answer- relate whats in the book back to their own life
how do we build word knowledge with children before they can read? - Answer-
language -> concepts about print -> sounds -> letters
why track text? - Answer- to dev. concepts of print and concepts of word in print for
students who dont have it
