NES Elementary Education Test Prep (Mometrix) Reading and Language Arts questions with correct answers

Literacy - Answer The ability to identify, understand, intercept, create communicate, compute, and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts Writing literacy includes what? - Answer Spelling, grammar, and sentence structure phonological awareness - Answer The ability to perceive sound structures in a spoken word such as syllables in the individual phonemes within syllables Phonemes - Answer The sound represented by the letters in the alphabet. The ability to separate, blend, and manipulate sounds is critical to developing reading and spelling skills. Onset sounds - Answer This sounds at the beginning of words Rime - Answer The same thing as rhyme, but spelled differently to distinguish syllable Rhyme from poetic rime. True or false: Phonological awareness is an auditory skill that does not Necessarily involve print? - Answer True When should phonological awareness be developed? - Answer Before the student has learned letter to sound correspondences. The student's phonological awareness is an indicator of future success