USU ELED 3100 EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Name the ELA strands of CCSS (Common Core Standards) - ANS Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What is the purpose of MTSS/RTI? - ANS Prevention based framework for improving
academic and behavioral outcomes for every student.
RTI= - ANS Response to Intervention
MTSS= - ANS Multi Tiered System of support- whole school.
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - ANS 100%
Tier 1 - ANS All Students are instructed, screening done to monitor progress to see if greater
intervention is needed. Gen edu class room. 80% of students are proficient. progress monitored
4-6 weeks.
Tier 2 - ANS Supplemental, Targeted Intervention - Small Groups (5-6 students) - Provided by
Classroom Teacher or Interventionist. 20 - 30 minutes for 4 or 5 days a week. Monitored every
2-4 weeks. 95%
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, Tier 3 - ANS Students who have not responded to tier 1/2 or have intensive needs. Smaller
group sizes/ individual instruction. Increased instruction more focused, explicit and use of
differentiated instruction. 40-60 mins daily. Progress monitored weekly at grade level.
What is the purpose of a basal series? - ANS Teaching students to read through vocabulary,
basic linguistic concepts and reading skills.
Describe the ZPD - ANS Zone of Proximal Development- a student's abilities, what can be
performed with assistance but not independently.
Name the 5 levels of phonological awareness - ANS Words in sentences - hear and identify
words in sentences
Rhyming - identify rhyming words
Syllables - pronouncing words by syllables, hearing and identifying syllable breaks
Onset-rime - onset: everything before the first vowel rime: the first vowel and the rest of the
letters in the word
Phonemic Awareness- the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes into spoken
words. Isolating, blending, segmenting, manipulation ( substitution, addition, deletion)
Describe 'blending': - ANS Hear individual sounds and put them together to make a word
Describe 'segmenting': - ANS splitting a word into its individual phonemes
Describe 'deletion': - ANS taking out an individual phoneme
Ex. stop-s=top
What is the single most distinguishing feature about phonemic awareness? - ANS It's all
sound and images, no text
What are phonemes? - ANS The smallest unit of sound
Ex: spoon has 4 phonemes
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Name the ELA strands of CCSS (Common Core Standards) - ANS Reading
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
What is the purpose of MTSS/RTI? - ANS Prevention based framework for improving
academic and behavioral outcomes for every student.
RTI= - ANS Response to Intervention
MTSS= - ANS Multi Tiered System of support- whole school.
RTI should support the instruction for what percentages of students? - ANS 100%
Tier 1 - ANS All Students are instructed, screening done to monitor progress to see if greater
intervention is needed. Gen edu class room. 80% of students are proficient. progress monitored
4-6 weeks.
Tier 2 - ANS Supplemental, Targeted Intervention - Small Groups (5-6 students) - Provided by
Classroom Teacher or Interventionist. 20 - 30 minutes for 4 or 5 days a week. Monitored every
2-4 weeks. 95%
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, Tier 3 - ANS Students who have not responded to tier 1/2 or have intensive needs. Smaller
group sizes/ individual instruction. Increased instruction more focused, explicit and use of
differentiated instruction. 40-60 mins daily. Progress monitored weekly at grade level.
What is the purpose of a basal series? - ANS Teaching students to read through vocabulary,
basic linguistic concepts and reading skills.
Describe the ZPD - ANS Zone of Proximal Development- a student's abilities, what can be
performed with assistance but not independently.
Name the 5 levels of phonological awareness - ANS Words in sentences - hear and identify
words in sentences
Rhyming - identify rhyming words
Syllables - pronouncing words by syllables, hearing and identifying syllable breaks
Onset-rime - onset: everything before the first vowel rime: the first vowel and the rest of the
letters in the word
Phonemic Awareness- the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes into spoken
words. Isolating, blending, segmenting, manipulation ( substitution, addition, deletion)
Describe 'blending': - ANS Hear individual sounds and put them together to make a word
Describe 'segmenting': - ANS splitting a word into its individual phonemes
Describe 'deletion': - ANS taking out an individual phoneme
Ex. stop-s=top
What is the single most distinguishing feature about phonemic awareness? - ANS It's all
sound and images, no text
What are phonemes? - ANS The smallest unit of sound
Ex: spoon has 4 phonemes
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