WGU D668 Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
Five Pillars - Correct answer-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary,
and comprehension
Phonemic Awareness - Correct answer-identify and manipulate individual sounds
Phonics - Correct answer-connect letters to sounds
Fluency - Correct answer-read with speed, accuracy, tone, and emotions
Vocabulary - Correct answer-understand the meaning of the words
Comprehension - Correct answer-understand what is read
POSSUM Approach - Correct answer-phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics,
understanding, morphology
Phonology - Correct answer-sounds or phonemes that make up the word
Orthography - Correct answer-letters or graphemes that represent the sounds
Syntax - Correct answer-sentence structure and word order
Semantics - Correct answer-meaning of words and sentences
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, Understanding - Correct answer-any background knowledge
Morphology - Correct answer-how words are put together; prefixes, suffixes, root
word
Stages of Spelling Development - Correct answer-pre-communicative,
semiphonetic, phonetic, transitional, conventional
Pre-Communicative - Correct answer-writes random letters that do not match
sounds; pre-alphabetic
Semiphonetic - Correct answer-attempt to use letters to represent sounds; partial
alphabetic
Phonetic - Correct answer-connects each sound in a word to a printed letter; full
alphabetic
Transitional - Correct answer-can use and see phonics pattern; consolidated
alphabetic
Conventional - Correct answer-good grasp of spelling conventions and uses them
in writing; automatic
Four Part Processor - Correct answer-Orthographic Processor, Phonological
Processor, Meaning Processor, Context Processor
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Graded A+
Five Pillars - Correct answer-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary,
and comprehension
Phonemic Awareness - Correct answer-identify and manipulate individual sounds
Phonics - Correct answer-connect letters to sounds
Fluency - Correct answer-read with speed, accuracy, tone, and emotions
Vocabulary - Correct answer-understand the meaning of the words
Comprehension - Correct answer-understand what is read
POSSUM Approach - Correct answer-phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics,
understanding, morphology
Phonology - Correct answer-sounds or phonemes that make up the word
Orthography - Correct answer-letters or graphemes that represent the sounds
Syntax - Correct answer-sentence structure and word order
Semantics - Correct answer-meaning of words and sentences
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, Understanding - Correct answer-any background knowledge
Morphology - Correct answer-how words are put together; prefixes, suffixes, root
word
Stages of Spelling Development - Correct answer-pre-communicative,
semiphonetic, phonetic, transitional, conventional
Pre-Communicative - Correct answer-writes random letters that do not match
sounds; pre-alphabetic
Semiphonetic - Correct answer-attempt to use letters to represent sounds; partial
alphabetic
Phonetic - Correct answer-connects each sound in a word to a printed letter; full
alphabetic
Transitional - Correct answer-can use and see phonics pattern; consolidated
alphabetic
Conventional - Correct answer-good grasp of spelling conventions and uses them
in writing; automatic
Four Part Processor - Correct answer-Orthographic Processor, Phonological
Processor, Meaning Processor, Context Processor
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