LETRS Volume 2 Unit 5-8 Posttest Answers
At the end of Volume 1 (Units 1-4) and Volume 2 (Units 5-8), a posttest is given with 45 questions for Volume 1 and 40 questions for
Volume 2. The posttest is not timed and can be referenced from notes or a manual.
It is only possible to take each posttest once, but those seeking to become a LETRS facilitator and have scored 80-87% on their
posttest may retake it once by contacting customer support. It is important to consider the knowledge increase between pre- and
posttests in addition to the score.
Once students decode well, which statement describes
Vocabulary is the best single predictor of
the relationship between vocabulary and reading
reading comprehension.
comprehension?
In teaching the word invisible, the teacher broke it into
morphology
the parts in – vis – ible and talked about
the meanings of the parts. Which aspect of language
was emphasized?
The Hart and Risley study (1995) identified a “30-
the difference in the number of words heard by
million-word” gap. This gap refers to:
preschool children raised in high- and low-
language family environments.
, According to research on differences in word growth,
The gap in word knowledge automatically
which of the following is NOT true?
decreases by the end of grade 2.
Which of the following is least likely to narrow the
watching children’s television programs
vocabulary gap between language-rich and language-
poor students?
To introduce a Tier 2 vocabulary word explicitly and
asking students to write the word 10 times until
systematically before reading, which of these
they can spell it
strategies would be the least effective?
Students must learn the meanings of several thousand
10-12
new words every year if they are going to meet grade-
level expectations for vocabulary growth. About how
many of those word meanings should teachers aim to
teach explicitly and thoroughly per week?
When a student is an accurate but slow reader, which
Focus instruction on foundational reading skills
of the following practices is most effective?
that address multiple aspects of language.
In what way should the vocabulary instruction of
They may need to learn the meanings of the
English Learners (ELs) be distinguished from the
At the end of Volume 1 (Units 1-4) and Volume 2 (Units 5-8), a posttest is given with 45 questions for Volume 1 and 40 questions for
Volume 2. The posttest is not timed and can be referenced from notes or a manual.
It is only possible to take each posttest once, but those seeking to become a LETRS facilitator and have scored 80-87% on their
posttest may retake it once by contacting customer support. It is important to consider the knowledge increase between pre- and
posttests in addition to the score.
Once students decode well, which statement describes
Vocabulary is the best single predictor of
the relationship between vocabulary and reading
reading comprehension.
comprehension?
In teaching the word invisible, the teacher broke it into
morphology
the parts in – vis – ible and talked about
the meanings of the parts. Which aspect of language
was emphasized?
The Hart and Risley study (1995) identified a “30-
the difference in the number of words heard by
million-word” gap. This gap refers to:
preschool children raised in high- and low-
language family environments.
, According to research on differences in word growth,
The gap in word knowledge automatically
which of the following is NOT true?
decreases by the end of grade 2.
Which of the following is least likely to narrow the
watching children’s television programs
vocabulary gap between language-rich and language-
poor students?
To introduce a Tier 2 vocabulary word explicitly and
asking students to write the word 10 times until
systematically before reading, which of these
they can spell it
strategies would be the least effective?
Students must learn the meanings of several thousand
10-12
new words every year if they are going to meet grade-
level expectations for vocabulary growth. About how
many of those word meanings should teachers aim to
teach explicitly and thoroughly per week?
When a student is an accurate but slow reader, which
Focus instruction on foundational reading skills
of the following practices is most effective?
that address multiple aspects of language.
In what way should the vocabulary instruction of
They may need to learn the meanings of the
English Learners (ELs) be distinguished from the
