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Questions with Correct
Answers Graded Perfect Score
3 components of reading fluency - Answer -1. accuracy
2. automaticity
3. proper expression
3 potential sources that may cause comprehension problems - Answer -1. access to vocabulary
and background knowledge
2. working and long-term memory
3. standards on coherence (metacognition)
A kindergarten student who shows proficiency with phoneme isolation, identification, and categorization
is ready to begin working on - Answer -Phoneme blending & segmentation
A reasonable reading rate - Answer -mimics speech
A student who misspells he word "capture" as "kapture" needs to understand... - Answer -the
spelling pattern for /k/ when followed by a, o, u, or a consonant.
A student who misspells the word "fail" as "fayl" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
grapheme <oi> is used in the beginning or middle of a syllable.
A student who misspells the word "health" as "hellth" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
words "heal" and "health" are related.
A student who misspells the word "psychic" as "sikic" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
word psychic is of Greek origin.
A student who misspells the word "slack" as "slak" needs to understand... - Answer -how both
pattern and position influence the spelling of the phoneme /k/.
Affricatives... - Answer -are a combination of stop and fricative produced when air is forced out
with some hissing or buzzing, one voiced/unvoiced pair (/ch/ and /j/).
All examples of fricatives - Answer -/f/, /th/, /v/, /sh/
All vowel sounds are - Answer -voiced/ continuants
, alphabetic principle - Answer -an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words
Approximately how many words does the average learn each year? - Answer -3,000
Approximately what percent of children acquire age-appropriate word reading skills but unexpectedly
experience comprehension difficulties? - Answer -10%
Aqueduct has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -3/2
Biodegradable has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -6/4
breve - Answer -a curved mark indicating the vowel over which it is placed is short
closed syllable - Answer -syllable with a single vowel followed by one or more consonants in the
final position
coarticulation - Answer -the articulation of two or more speech sounds together, so that one
influences the other
cohesive devices - Answer -semantic and syntactic links that help readers bridge and integrate
information within and between sentences and paragraphs
cohesive devices= - Answer -cohesive ties and connectives
cohesive tie - Answer -takes its meaning from another part of the sentence or other
sentences/examples include pronoun referents, repetition, synonyms and substitutions, and ellipsis
Commission has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -3/3
Common deficits that impact reading fluency - Answer -processing speed, rapid automatic naming
(RAN), word recognition, and working memory
connectives - Answer -words or phrases that signal logical relationships between the parts of a
sentence or between separate sentences and paragraphs
Consolidated Alphabetic Phase - Answer -Mastered phonemic awareness, processing longer, more
sophisticated morphemes
consonant blend - Answer -two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual
sounds ( /bl/ in block; /str/ in string)
consonant digraph - Answer -two consecutive consonants that represent only one distinct (ch, sh,
wh, ck)
consonant trigraph - Answer -three consonant letters that represent only one distinct speech
sound (tch, dge)
consonant-le syllable - Answer -a final separate syllable containing a consonant followed by the
letters le
Questions with Correct
Answers Graded Perfect Score
3 components of reading fluency - Answer -1. accuracy
2. automaticity
3. proper expression
3 potential sources that may cause comprehension problems - Answer -1. access to vocabulary
and background knowledge
2. working and long-term memory
3. standards on coherence (metacognition)
A kindergarten student who shows proficiency with phoneme isolation, identification, and categorization
is ready to begin working on - Answer -Phoneme blending & segmentation
A reasonable reading rate - Answer -mimics speech
A student who misspells he word "capture" as "kapture" needs to understand... - Answer -the
spelling pattern for /k/ when followed by a, o, u, or a consonant.
A student who misspells the word "fail" as "fayl" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
grapheme <oi> is used in the beginning or middle of a syllable.
A student who misspells the word "health" as "hellth" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
words "heal" and "health" are related.
A student who misspells the word "psychic" as "sikic" needs to understand... - Answer -that the
word psychic is of Greek origin.
A student who misspells the word "slack" as "slak" needs to understand... - Answer -how both
pattern and position influence the spelling of the phoneme /k/.
Affricatives... - Answer -are a combination of stop and fricative produced when air is forced out
with some hissing or buzzing, one voiced/unvoiced pair (/ch/ and /j/).
All examples of fricatives - Answer -/f/, /th/, /v/, /sh/
All vowel sounds are - Answer -voiced/ continuants
, alphabetic principle - Answer -an understanding that letters and letter patterns represent the
sounds of spoken words
Approximately how many words does the average learn each year? - Answer -3,000
Approximately what percent of children acquire age-appropriate word reading skills but unexpectedly
experience comprehension difficulties? - Answer -10%
Aqueduct has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -3/2
Biodegradable has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -6/4
breve - Answer -a curved mark indicating the vowel over which it is placed is short
closed syllable - Answer -syllable with a single vowel followed by one or more consonants in the
final position
coarticulation - Answer -the articulation of two or more speech sounds together, so that one
influences the other
cohesive devices - Answer -semantic and syntactic links that help readers bridge and integrate
information within and between sentences and paragraphs
cohesive devices= - Answer -cohesive ties and connectives
cohesive tie - Answer -takes its meaning from another part of the sentence or other
sentences/examples include pronoun referents, repetition, synonyms and substitutions, and ellipsis
Commission has how many syllables and how many morphemes? - Answer -3/3
Common deficits that impact reading fluency - Answer -processing speed, rapid automatic naming
(RAN), word recognition, and working memory
connectives - Answer -words or phrases that signal logical relationships between the parts of a
sentence or between separate sentences and paragraphs
Consolidated Alphabetic Phase - Answer -Mastered phonemic awareness, processing longer, more
sophisticated morphemes
consonant blend - Answer -two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual
sounds ( /bl/ in block; /str/ in string)
consonant digraph - Answer -two consecutive consonants that represent only one distinct (ch, sh,
wh, ck)
consonant trigraph - Answer -three consonant letters that represent only one distinct speech
sound (tch, dge)
consonant-le syllable - Answer -a final separate syllable containing a consonant followed by the
letters le
