ELED 3100 STUDY 2026 EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is onset? - ✔✔everything in a word before the first vowel
✔✔What is Rime? - ✔✔the first vowel and everything that comes after
✔✔What is phonemic awareness isolating? - ✔✔to hear and recognize sounds in
words.
✔✔What is segmentation? - ✔✔the division of sentences into words, compound words
into component words, words into syllables, and syllables into onset and time, and
words into phonemes.
✔✔What is blending? - ✔✔the ability to recognize all the isolated sounds and put them
together to make a word.
✔✔What is manipulation? - ✔✔replacing, removing, or adding to a word to create a new
word
✔✔What is a morpheme? - ✔✔a unit of meaning in a word. OR
breaking up words into parts and finding what you are familiar with.
, ✔✔What is systematic phonics instruction? - ✔✔a way of teaching reading that stresses
the correspondences and their use to read and spell words
✔✔What is analytic phonics? - ✔✔teaching students to analyze letter-sound relations in
previously learned words to avoid pronouncing sounds in isolation
✔✔What is synthetic phonics? - ✔✔teaching students explicitly to convert letters into
sounds (phonemes) and then blend the sounds to form recognizable words
✔✔Phonics instruction must be __________ and __________ - ✔✔Explicit and
systematic
✔✔What is a dipthong? - ✔✔one vowel sound and it moves toward another, such as
the vowel sounds in coin, or loud
✔✔What is a diagraph? - ✔✔two letters in a word that spell one sound. Ex: Book
✔✔What are the 4 basic principles of phonics instruction? - ✔✔functional, useful,
contextual, and planned
F U Conner Peterson
✔✔What are the 5 different ways to teach phonics? - ✔✔analytic, synthetic,
combination of analytic and synthetic, whole, embedded or systematic
✔✔What are high-frequency words? - ✔✔AKA sight words!
✔✔What are the three kings of high-frequency words? - ✔✔1. decodable (it, and)
2. decodable but contain elements that have not been taught
(how, too)
3. partly decodable (was, does)
✔✔What are the four components of fluency and comprehension? - ✔✔Accuracy,
automaticity, prosody, and comprehension
✔✔What are tier 1 words? - ✔✔words we use everyday in our speech
✔✔What are tier 2 words? - ✔✔high frequency words that occur across contexts
✔✔What are tier 3 words? - ✔✔low frequency words and are limited to a specific
domain
✔✔What are the three characteristics of fluency? - ✔✔Accuracy, Rate, Expression
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is onset? - ✔✔everything in a word before the first vowel
✔✔What is Rime? - ✔✔the first vowel and everything that comes after
✔✔What is phonemic awareness isolating? - ✔✔to hear and recognize sounds in
words.
✔✔What is segmentation? - ✔✔the division of sentences into words, compound words
into component words, words into syllables, and syllables into onset and time, and
words into phonemes.
✔✔What is blending? - ✔✔the ability to recognize all the isolated sounds and put them
together to make a word.
✔✔What is manipulation? - ✔✔replacing, removing, or adding to a word to create a new
word
✔✔What is a morpheme? - ✔✔a unit of meaning in a word. OR
breaking up words into parts and finding what you are familiar with.
, ✔✔What is systematic phonics instruction? - ✔✔a way of teaching reading that stresses
the correspondences and their use to read and spell words
✔✔What is analytic phonics? - ✔✔teaching students to analyze letter-sound relations in
previously learned words to avoid pronouncing sounds in isolation
✔✔What is synthetic phonics? - ✔✔teaching students explicitly to convert letters into
sounds (phonemes) and then blend the sounds to form recognizable words
✔✔Phonics instruction must be __________ and __________ - ✔✔Explicit and
systematic
✔✔What is a dipthong? - ✔✔one vowel sound and it moves toward another, such as
the vowel sounds in coin, or loud
✔✔What is a diagraph? - ✔✔two letters in a word that spell one sound. Ex: Book
✔✔What are the 4 basic principles of phonics instruction? - ✔✔functional, useful,
contextual, and planned
F U Conner Peterson
✔✔What are the 5 different ways to teach phonics? - ✔✔analytic, synthetic,
combination of analytic and synthetic, whole, embedded or systematic
✔✔What are high-frequency words? - ✔✔AKA sight words!
✔✔What are the three kings of high-frequency words? - ✔✔1. decodable (it, and)
2. decodable but contain elements that have not been taught
(how, too)
3. partly decodable (was, does)
✔✔What are the four components of fluency and comprehension? - ✔✔Accuracy,
automaticity, prosody, and comprehension
✔✔What are tier 1 words? - ✔✔words we use everyday in our speech
✔✔What are tier 2 words? - ✔✔high frequency words that occur across contexts
✔✔What are tier 3 words? - ✔✔low frequency words and are limited to a specific
domain
✔✔What are the three characteristics of fluency? - ✔✔Accuracy, Rate, Expression
