LETRS Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

LETRS for Early Childhood Educators - Unit 2 Final Study Guide Questions & Answers. How many vowel phonemes does the English language have? - CORRECT ANSWER 19 During production of a speech sound, the vocal folds may open and close rapidly, causing vibration. Which term describes speech sounds made this way? - CORRECT ANSWER voiced sounds Which of the following can be challenges for children who are native Spanish speakers? - CORRECT ANSWER The English language uses sevearl consonant soun...

LETRS Module 1-3 Written Exam Correctly Answered. Verbal reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER In the later stages of reading development (grades 5 and up) which strand of the "reading rope" takes on more and more importance in explaining reading comprehension? decoding unknown words - CORRECT ANSWER Phoneme awareness has the closest relationship with which aspect of literacy in an alphabetic writing system? FEL/fill - CORRECT ANSWER Which misspelling is an example of a students failure to recogni...

LETRS Session 4: What Skills Support Proficient Reading? Study Guide Exam Questions. Which processor or processors were required in this activity? Select all that apply. (blast) a. orthographic processor b. phonological processor c. meaning processor d. context processor - CORRECT ANSWER a. orthographic processor b. phonological processor Which processor or processors were activated in this activity? Select all that apply. (I answered the phone when I heard it ring) a. orthographic pro...

LETRS FINAL EXAM PREDICTION QUESIONS AND ANSWERS. affricate - CORRECT ANSWER /ch/ and /j/ closed syllable - CORRECT ANSWER syllable ends in one or more consonants and has a short vowel sound digraph - CORRECT ANSWER a two-letter combination that represents one speech sound. decoding - CORRECT ANSWER used to decipher a new word by sounding it out. encoding - CORRECT ANSWER produce written symbols for spoken language

LETRS Unit 1 Assessment Final Prep Test. b. The Three Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology. - CORRECT ANSWER What is one important distinction between the Four-Part Processing Model for Word Recognition and the Three Cueing Systems model? a. The Four-Part Processing Model emphasizes visual processes. b. The Three Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology. c. The Three Cueing Systems model emphasizes the role of phonology. d. The Three Cueing Sy...

LETRS Unit 1 Session 4 Questions Correctly Solved. A significant shortcoming of the Three Cueing Systems model, compared to the Four-Part Processing Model, is that it obscures the role of ________________ in word recognition. - CORRECT ANSWER orthographic processing Which best describes the activity of the reading brain in proficient readers, compared to beginning readers? - CORRECT ANSWER It is more automatic.

LETRS Unit 1 Session 7 Check for Understanding Study Exam. Large-scale studies have shown that about half of first-graders who struggle with reading will catch up by third grade without any special interventions. - CORRECT ANSWER false What is the primary purpose of progress-monitoring assessments? - CORRECT ANSWER They help teachers determine if a particular instructional approach is working to bring a student closer to a target level of reading skill Which characteristics describe typic...

LETRS Unit 2 Session 1 Correctly Answered Questions. The phonological processor allows us to do which of the following? Select all that apply. a. perceive sounds b. remember sounds c. interpret sounds d. produce speech - CORRECT ANSWER Select All Choices The written representation of a speech sound is known as a grapheme. true false - CORRECT ANSWER true Providing direct, detailed phonemic awareness instruction is only necessary for students who struggle with reading. true f...

LETRS Unit 2 Session 7 Study Guide Exam Quiz. Students in Ehri's prealphabetic phase need instruction in basic oral language skills before manipulating phonemes. - CORRECT ANSWER True Sound chaining should begin with substituting the middle sounds and end sounds in a word, as these are most difficult. - CORRECT ANSWER False Which of the following principles are important for teaching phonological skills in particular? Select all that apply. - CORRECT ANSWER a. Focus students' attention ...

LETRS Unit 2, Session 1 Complete Advanced Test. A student with general phonological awareness can learn to read fluently, even if the student has not yet developed awareness of speech sounds at the phoneme level. - CORRECT ANSWER False If a student analyzes the sounds and syllables in a word, it is easier for the student to store the word in semantic memory. - CORRECT ANSWER True