Subtest 1 * RICA Flashcards * Exam
Questions and Answers
What is phonemic awareness? - ANS-The ability to identify, hear, and work with the
smallest units of sound known as phonemes.
NOT the same as phonological awareness, but a sub-category of phonological
awareness.
Ex: phonemic awareness is narrow, and deals only with phonemes and manipulating
the individual sounds of words
- blending /c/, /a/, and /t/ are the individual sounds that make up to form the word "cat".
- segmenting individual phonemes
What is phonological awareness? - ANS-Includes the phonemic awareness ability, and
it also includes the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate larger units of sound such as
rimes and onsets.
Ex: segmenting compound words
How do students demonstrate that they have phonemic awareness? - ANS-- Oral
blending and segmentation
- Counting phonemes
- Comparing word lengths
- Sound manipulation: adding and deleting
- Rhyming and songs
- Onset-rime
Relationship between
- Phonemic Awareness + Phonics? - ANS-The ability to identify the sounds in words
leads the ability to identify written words.
identify words orally ---> identify written words
,Relationship between
- Phonemic Awareness + Sounds? - ANS-Identifying individual sounds leads to blending
these sounds in a word.
3 ways to provide universal access for Phonological Awareness? - ANS-- Focus on
mastery of key skills to support reading foundation, such as segmenting and oral
blending.
- Pre-teach and re-teach skills, during differentiated instruction.
- Provide additional practice using hands-on methods for phoneme counting and
segmenting.
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for Special Needs - ANS-- mastery of
key skills
- pre-teach and re-teach skills
** additional practice using various methods
- multi-sensory, visuals, tactile, auditory, kinesthetic
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for ELLs - ANS-* Pre-teach phonemes
not in primary language.
* Use correct sequence of phoneme instruction in order to prevent confusion of sounds.
* Differentiate instruction for letters that are similar in sound.
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for Advanced Learners - ANS-*
Increase pace of phonemic awareness.
* Blend phonemic awareness and phonics lessons.
* Incorporate reading of simple texts and phonetic writing.
What is print awareness? - ANS-Students understand that oral language can be written,
then read.
Name the 3 concepts about print - ANS-- recognizing the directionality of print
- tracking print in connected text
- book-handling skills
describe: Letter Identification - ANS-Students are able to identify capital and lowercase
letters in isolation and within the context of reading material.
, describe: Letter Formation - ANS-Students are able to form written capital and
lowercase letters using various formats
(i.e. paper/pencil, clay, sand)
Name types of instruction to teach
- Letter Recognition - ANS-- sing alphabet song
- introduce letters in isolation
- identify letters within context
- hands-on activities with letter identification, matching upper and lowercase,
sequencing
4 pairs of letters that are
- visually and auditorily similar - ANS-- p and q
- d and b
- w and m
- m and n
4 ways to practice writing letters and words - ANS-- practice writing capital and
lowercase letters
- use kinesthetic methods by making air letters
- use tactile methods bu writing letters in sand,, using clay, yarn.
- writing center
What is a Grapheme? - ANS-A written representation of a sound.
What is a Phoneme? - ANS-A sound for a written letter.
3 ways students can demonstrate
- Phonemic Awareness - ANS-- letter-sound correspondence
- adding and deleting sounds
- substituting sounds
STRATEGIES for universal access to teach structural, syllabic and orthographic
analysis
- special needs - ANS-- differentiated instruction building on skills mastered, using
various modalities
Questions and Answers
What is phonemic awareness? - ANS-The ability to identify, hear, and work with the
smallest units of sound known as phonemes.
NOT the same as phonological awareness, but a sub-category of phonological
awareness.
Ex: phonemic awareness is narrow, and deals only with phonemes and manipulating
the individual sounds of words
- blending /c/, /a/, and /t/ are the individual sounds that make up to form the word "cat".
- segmenting individual phonemes
What is phonological awareness? - ANS-Includes the phonemic awareness ability, and
it also includes the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate larger units of sound such as
rimes and onsets.
Ex: segmenting compound words
How do students demonstrate that they have phonemic awareness? - ANS-- Oral
blending and segmentation
- Counting phonemes
- Comparing word lengths
- Sound manipulation: adding and deleting
- Rhyming and songs
- Onset-rime
Relationship between
- Phonemic Awareness + Phonics? - ANS-The ability to identify the sounds in words
leads the ability to identify written words.
identify words orally ---> identify written words
,Relationship between
- Phonemic Awareness + Sounds? - ANS-Identifying individual sounds leads to blending
these sounds in a word.
3 ways to provide universal access for Phonological Awareness? - ANS-- Focus on
mastery of key skills to support reading foundation, such as segmenting and oral
blending.
- Pre-teach and re-teach skills, during differentiated instruction.
- Provide additional practice using hands-on methods for phoneme counting and
segmenting.
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for Special Needs - ANS-- mastery of
key skills
- pre-teach and re-teach skills
** additional practice using various methods
- multi-sensory, visuals, tactile, auditory, kinesthetic
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for ELLs - ANS-* Pre-teach phonemes
not in primary language.
* Use correct sequence of phoneme instruction in order to prevent confusion of sounds.
* Differentiate instruction for letters that are similar in sound.
3 ways to differentiate Phonological Awareness for Advanced Learners - ANS-*
Increase pace of phonemic awareness.
* Blend phonemic awareness and phonics lessons.
* Incorporate reading of simple texts and phonetic writing.
What is print awareness? - ANS-Students understand that oral language can be written,
then read.
Name the 3 concepts about print - ANS-- recognizing the directionality of print
- tracking print in connected text
- book-handling skills
describe: Letter Identification - ANS-Students are able to identify capital and lowercase
letters in isolation and within the context of reading material.
, describe: Letter Formation - ANS-Students are able to form written capital and
lowercase letters using various formats
(i.e. paper/pencil, clay, sand)
Name types of instruction to teach
- Letter Recognition - ANS-- sing alphabet song
- introduce letters in isolation
- identify letters within context
- hands-on activities with letter identification, matching upper and lowercase,
sequencing
4 pairs of letters that are
- visually and auditorily similar - ANS-- p and q
- d and b
- w and m
- m and n
4 ways to practice writing letters and words - ANS-- practice writing capital and
lowercase letters
- use kinesthetic methods by making air letters
- use tactile methods bu writing letters in sand,, using clay, yarn.
- writing center
What is a Grapheme? - ANS-A written representation of a sound.
What is a Phoneme? - ANS-A sound for a written letter.
3 ways students can demonstrate
- Phonemic Awareness - ANS-- letter-sound correspondence
- adding and deleting sounds
- substituting sounds
STRATEGIES for universal access to teach structural, syllabic and orthographic
analysis
- special needs - ANS-- differentiated instruction building on skills mastered, using
various modalities
