LETRS Unit 1-4 Post Test
1. 1. Which statement best describes the relation- c. Accurate, fast word recognition is
ship between reading comprehension and word necessary for development of read-
decoding in a beginning reader's development? ing fluency and text comprehen-
sion.
2. 2. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten a. oral language comprehension
teacher guides the students in conversation
about the day's activities. She writes down what
is said on large chart paper, then reads it to the
class. This activity would aid their literacy devel-
opment primarily by promoting which skill?
3. 3. What is the most important implication of the D. Reading depends on construct-
Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recogni- ing pathways between the phono-
tion? logical, orthographic, and meaning
processors.
4. 4. After results of a winter screening, six sec- B. Analyze the screening results
ond-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" and gather additional diagnostic
range. What is the next step the teacher team assessment data.
should take?
5. 5. How is the word sn - ow divided? B. onset-rime
6. 6. How many spoken syllables are there in fright- C. 3
ening?
7. 7. How many spoken syllables are there in A. 1
cleaned?
8. 8 What is the main reason that the ability to This skill ultimately supports the
identify, segment, blend, and manipulate indi- ability to read words "by sight."
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, LETRS Unit 1-4 Post Test
vidual phonemes in spoken words is important
for reading an alphabetic writing system?
9. 9. Students with relative weaknesses in basic asks students to look in a mirror
phonemic awareness are most likely to make while they describe the way that tar-
progress if the teacher provides which practice? get phonemes are formed in the
mouth
10. 10. Which student is demonstrating the most the student substituting a sound in
advanced level of phonemic awareness? a given word and saying the new
word
11. A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of substitution of a voiced for an un-
phonological error did she make? voiced consonant
12. Having students listen to a word, say it, and then those who have mastered basic
mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an phonemic awareness
instructional activity that would be most appro-
priate for which students?
13. How can phonics instruction be organized to be around a preplanned progression
most effective? through a logical skill sequence
14. Which word group might a teacher include in plan, squirm, train
a lesson focused on identification of consonant
blends?
15. Which word group might a teacher include in a phone, throne, shown
lesson focused on reviewing consonant digraphs
16. 16. Which characteristic likely describes a stu- b. may be unsure of terms such as
dent at the prealphabetic phase? word, sentence, letter, initial, final,
left, right
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1. 1. Which statement best describes the relation- c. Accurate, fast word recognition is
ship between reading comprehension and word necessary for development of read-
decoding in a beginning reader's development? ing fluency and text comprehen-
sion.
2. 2. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten a. oral language comprehension
teacher guides the students in conversation
about the day's activities. She writes down what
is said on large chart paper, then reads it to the
class. This activity would aid their literacy devel-
opment primarily by promoting which skill?
3. 3. What is the most important implication of the D. Reading depends on construct-
Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recogni- ing pathways between the phono-
tion? logical, orthographic, and meaning
processors.
4. 4. After results of a winter screening, six sec- B. Analyze the screening results
ond-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" and gather additional diagnostic
range. What is the next step the teacher team assessment data.
should take?
5. 5. How is the word sn - ow divided? B. onset-rime
6. 6. How many spoken syllables are there in fright- C. 3
ening?
7. 7. How many spoken syllables are there in A. 1
cleaned?
8. 8 What is the main reason that the ability to This skill ultimately supports the
identify, segment, blend, and manipulate indi- ability to read words "by sight."
1/6
, LETRS Unit 1-4 Post Test
vidual phonemes in spoken words is important
for reading an alphabetic writing system?
9. 9. Students with relative weaknesses in basic asks students to look in a mirror
phonemic awareness are most likely to make while they describe the way that tar-
progress if the teacher provides which practice? get phonemes are formed in the
mouth
10. 10. Which student is demonstrating the most the student substituting a sound in
advanced level of phonemic awareness? a given word and saying the new
word
11. A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of substitution of a voiced for an un-
phonological error did she make? voiced consonant
12. Having students listen to a word, say it, and then those who have mastered basic
mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an phonemic awareness
instructional activity that would be most appro-
priate for which students?
13. How can phonics instruction be organized to be around a preplanned progression
most effective? through a logical skill sequence
14. Which word group might a teacher include in plan, squirm, train
a lesson focused on identification of consonant
blends?
15. Which word group might a teacher include in a phone, throne, shown
lesson focused on reviewing consonant digraphs
16. 16. Which characteristic likely describes a stu- b. may be unsure of terms such as
dent at the prealphabetic phase? word, sentence, letter, initial, final,
left, right
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