RICA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Digraph - ANS A pair of characters used to write one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph, ng, qu,
sh, th
Phoneme - ANS The smallest contrastive unit in the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage - ANS The child uses letters from the alphabet but shows no
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
Semiphonetic - ANS Writing that demonstrates some awareness that letters represent speech
sounds, beginning and/or ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented but medial
vowells are omitted
Phonetics - ANS A branch of linguistics that comprise the study of sounds
Phonology - ANS Concerned with the given sounds contribution to the language of the
system
Transitional - ANS Beginning to use visual memory, mayk, maik, make
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,Etymology - ANS Is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have
changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment - ANS Have students identify the sound of the middle,
beginning, or end of the word
Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) - ANS Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b - ANS Help student focus on directionality of each letter as student
traces it
Alphabetic Principle - ANS Words are composed of letters that represent sounds, using
relationship between letters and phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones - ANS Words that sound the same but have different meaning
Automaticity - ANS The ability to do things without occupying the mind
Intonations - ANS Variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish words
Rythyms - ANS A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong - ANS 2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication - ANS Forming or dividing words into syllables
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, Context Clues - ANS Built into sentences with difficult word to help decipher the difficult
word
Cross-Cirricular - ANS Example would be incorporating writing skills into every subject matter
Structural Analysis - ANS Used for reading complex words in upper grades, a word is divided
into multi-letter parts
Retelling - ANS After a child reads a story, they retell the story
Web Diagram - ANS Help students learn to categorize and organize their thinking about a
topic
Graphemes - ANS English letter or letters that represent phonemes
Vowells - ANS Sounds made when the air leaving lungs is vibrated in voice box, and clear
passage from voice box to mouth
Consonants - ANS Sounds that occur when the airflow is obstructed by mouth, teeth or lips
Onset - ANS Think syllable! The initial consonant sound or blend (first)
Rime - ANS Think syllable! The vowell sound and any consonant sounds that follow (second)
Phonogram - ANS Rimes that have the same spelling, also known as word families: cat, baat,
sat
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Digraph - ANS A pair of characters used to write one phoneme (distinct sound) ch, ph, ng, qu,
sh, th
Phoneme - ANS The smallest contrastive unit in the sound of language
Precommuniative Stage - ANS The child uses letters from the alphabet but shows no
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
Semiphonetic - ANS Writing that demonstrates some awareness that letters represent speech
sounds, beginning and/or ending consonant sounds of syllables are represented but medial
vowells are omitted
Phonetics - ANS A branch of linguistics that comprise the study of sounds
Phonology - ANS Concerned with the given sounds contribution to the language of the
system
Transitional - ANS Beginning to use visual memory, mayk, maik, make
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,Etymology - ANS Is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have
changed over time
Phonemic Awareness Assessment - ANS Have students identify the sound of the middle,
beginning, or end of the word
Rhyming Texts Benefit (Kindergarten) - ANS Fostering phonological awareness
Difficulty with d and b - ANS Help student focus on directionality of each letter as student
traces it
Alphabetic Principle - ANS Words are composed of letters that represent sounds, using
relationship between letters and phenomes of an unknown string of letters or to spell
Homophones - ANS Words that sound the same but have different meaning
Automaticity - ANS The ability to do things without occupying the mind
Intonations - ANS Variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish words
Rythyms - ANS A timing pattern among syllables
Dipthong - ANS 2 letters that make one sound
Syllabication - ANS Forming or dividing words into syllables
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, Context Clues - ANS Built into sentences with difficult word to help decipher the difficult
word
Cross-Cirricular - ANS Example would be incorporating writing skills into every subject matter
Structural Analysis - ANS Used for reading complex words in upper grades, a word is divided
into multi-letter parts
Retelling - ANS After a child reads a story, they retell the story
Web Diagram - ANS Help students learn to categorize and organize their thinking about a
topic
Graphemes - ANS English letter or letters that represent phonemes
Vowells - ANS Sounds made when the air leaving lungs is vibrated in voice box, and clear
passage from voice box to mouth
Consonants - ANS Sounds that occur when the airflow is obstructed by mouth, teeth or lips
Onset - ANS Think syllable! The initial consonant sound or blend (first)
Rime - ANS Think syllable! The vowell sound and any consonant sounds that follow (second)
Phonogram - ANS Rimes that have the same spelling, also known as word families: cat, baat,
sat
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