LETRS Unit 1-4 Posttest Questions and
Answers
1. Which one of the following two-syllable words contains a vowel
team syllable and a syllable with a vowel-r pattern?
Answer owner
2. A third-grade student writes; "I rode on a trane last year." The
student's misspelling of the word train most likely indicates
which of
the following?
Answer The student needs to know about vowel teams and diphthongs.
3. In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first segment and mark
boxes for the phonemes. Then, they map the graphemes. If students
were mapping the graphemes in the word wife, how many boxes
(phonemes) would they need?
Answer 3
4. How can a teacher explain to students why the letter e is dropped in
the word scare when it becomes scaring?
Answer The suflx-ing begins with a vowel.
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, 5. Which of the following words is spelled with both a consonant
blend and digraph at the beginning of the word?
Answer shrink
6. If a second-grader lacks fluency when reading aloud, which
language skill(s) should the teacher assess first?
Answer phonology and decoding
7. Students with more complex phoneme awarenes are most likely to
make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer asks students to substitute or delete syllables and aflxes in words to make
new words
8. Which word might be found in a lesson on adjective suffixes?
Answer native
9. Which of the following words is most probably Latin based?
Answer transport
10. In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first segment and
mark boxes for the phonemes. They, they map the graphemes. If
students were mapping the graphemes in the word lake, how many
boxes (phonemes) would they need?
Answer 3
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Answers
1. Which one of the following two-syllable words contains a vowel
team syllable and a syllable with a vowel-r pattern?
Answer owner
2. A third-grade student writes; "I rode on a trane last year." The
student's misspelling of the word train most likely indicates
which of
the following?
Answer The student needs to know about vowel teams and diphthongs.
3. In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first segment and mark
boxes for the phonemes. Then, they map the graphemes. If students
were mapping the graphemes in the word wife, how many boxes
(phonemes) would they need?
Answer 3
4. How can a teacher explain to students why the letter e is dropped in
the word scare when it becomes scaring?
Answer The suflx-ing begins with a vowel.
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, 5. Which of the following words is spelled with both a consonant
blend and digraph at the beginning of the word?
Answer shrink
6. If a second-grader lacks fluency when reading aloud, which
language skill(s) should the teacher assess first?
Answer phonology and decoding
7. Students with more complex phoneme awarenes are most likely to
make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer asks students to substitute or delete syllables and aflxes in words to make
new words
8. Which word might be found in a lesson on adjective suffixes?
Answer native
9. Which of the following words is most probably Latin based?
Answer transport
10. In phoneme-grapheme mapping, students first segment and
mark boxes for the phonemes. They, they map the graphemes. If
students were mapping the graphemes in the word lake, how many
boxes (phonemes) would they need?
Answer 3
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