LETRS UNITS 1-4 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: oral
language comprehension
● What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing
Model for Word Recognition? Answer: Reading depends on
constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
● After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnostic assessment data.
● How is the word sn - ow divided? Answer: onset-rime
● How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: 3
, ● How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: 1
● What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: This skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words "by sight."
● Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look in a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
● Which student has moved past the basic level of phonemic awareness?
Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the
new word
● A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did
she make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
● Having students substitute sounds for one another in a spoken word is
an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which
students? Answer: those who have mastered basic phonemic awareness
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: oral
language comprehension
● What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing
Model for Word Recognition? Answer: Reading depends on
constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
● After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnostic assessment data.
● How is the word sn - ow divided? Answer: onset-rime
● How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: 3
, ● How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: 1
● What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: This skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words "by sight."
● Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look in a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
● Which student has moved past the basic level of phonemic awareness?
Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the
new word
● A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did
she make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
● Having students substitute sounds for one another in a spoken word is
an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which
students? Answer: those who have mastered basic phonemic awareness
