CALT Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers
What is the origin and meaning of "ang" - Correct AnswersLatin; bend
What does the Conner's Report help
... [Show More] diagnose? - Correct AnswersADD
Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms are _______? - Correct AnswersMorphemes
Define prosody - Correct AnswersFlow of speech
Define euphony - Correct Answerssound/pleasing sound
Reading nonsense words on a norm-referenced test is used to assess what? - Correct Answersword attack
What is the origin of the "schwa" or unstressed vowel sound? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the affixing of base words? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of combining words? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of compound words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the affixing of roots? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Sadly has how phonemes? - Correct Answers5
Sadly has how many syllables? - Correct Answers2
What is the base word of sadly? - Correct AnswersSad
What is the suffix of sadly? - Correct Answers-ly
How many morphemes does sadly have? - Correct Answers2
What is sadly's word origin? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of vowel pairs? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of chameleon prefixes? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the consonant cluster ch pronounced (k)? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of Medial Y? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of the consonant pairs gn, kn, & wr? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of roots that end in ct and pt? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of initial consonant clusters rh, pt, pn, & ps? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of common, everyday words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of the letter c, s, & t pronounced (sh)? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, & wh? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Who coined the term congenital word blindness? - Correct AnswersJames Hinshelwood
What are the three languages that have most influenced the English Language? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon/Old English, Latin, & Greek
What is the term for not being able to recall names? - Correct Answersdysnomia
What is the term for letter representation of a sound- written unit? - Correct Answersgrapheme
What is the term for the difficulty in remembering words? - Correct Answersdysphasia
What is the term for one who can read well but is severely unable to comprehend? - Correct Answershyperlexia
What is the term for analytic instruction that presents the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts like unblending in spelling? (whole to part) - Correct Answersanalytic phonics
What is significant about 1066 AD? - Correct AnswersThe Normand invasion of England
Who saw patients unable to read, spell, or write, but could determine no physical cause? (1920's) - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
Who recognized that treatment was educational and prescribed specialized multisensory teaching techniques and in the 30's worked closely w/a # of educators including Anna Gillingham? - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel T. Orton
What is the term for the writing system of language?
(correct, spelling, usage) - Correct AnswersOrthography
What is the term for the whole to part phonics approach, key sight words, relevant phonic generalizations, symbol/sound correspondences, top-down method? - Correct Answersanalytic phonics (deductive phonics)
What is the term for a vowel and the rest of the consonants in a syllable? ex: cat=at - Correct AnswersRime
What is the term for the vocabulary of a language? - Correct AnswersLexical
What is the term for two or more letters whose sounds flow smoothly together? - Correct AnswersBlend
What is the term for two adjacent vowels in the same syllable whose sounds blend together with a slide or shift during productivity? - Correct AnswersDiphthong
What is the term for two adjacent letters in the same syllable that represent one sound? - Correct AnswersDigraph
What is the term for combined sounds represented by letters to pronounce a word? - Correct AnswersBlends
What is the term that applies to a letter which may represent more than one sound or to a sound which may be spelled in more than one way? (k, c//ck, k) - Correct AnswersEquivocal
What is the term for the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters? - Correct AnswersAlphabetic Principle
What is the term for the smallest unit of sound in a syllable? - Correct AnswersPhoneme
What is the term for the simplest form of an English word to which affixes may be added? - Correct AnswersBase Word
What is the term for the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language? - Correct AnswersPhonology
What is the term for the rhythmic flow of oral reading? - Correct AnswersProsody
What is the term for the overlapping, changing, or modifying of adjacent speech sounds? Ex: hugged->hissed - Correct AnswersCoarticulation
What is the term for the mental activity of receiving, understanding, weighing, ordering, remembering, and examining sounds, especially speech sounds? - Correct AnswersAuditory Processing
What is the term for the meaningful components of language? - Correct AnswersSemantics
What is the term for the knowledge that words are made up of individual sounds? Skills included are: syllabication, rhyming, blending sounds into words, isolating beginning - Correct AnswersPhonological Awareness
What is the term for the initial stage of spelling in which novice writers understand that a symbol stands for a unit or units of sound and attempts to represent that sound? - Correct AnswersInvented Spelling
What is the term for the active part of the memory system w/a distinctly limited time element or retention? - Correct AnswersShort-term Memory
What is the term for the accurate and effortless word identification at the single word level? - Correct AnswersAutomaticity
What is the term for the ability to retain the visual image of a two dimensional symbol, especially the sequence of symbols in whole words or the sequence of words in phrases? - Correct AnswersVisual Memory
What is the term for the ability to retain the shape of a letter through muscle movement and feel the sound as it is made? - Correct AnswersTactile-Kinesthetic Memory
What is the term for the ability to listen and remember sounds, words, and sentences in sequence (listening to a song and repeating the words back)? - Correct AnswersAuditory Memory
What is the term for the ability to hear likenesses and differences in the sounds of phonemes and words? - Correct AnswersAuditory Discrimination
What is the term for the ability to decode single words correctly with the freedom from mistake or error? - Correct AnswersAccuracy
What is the term for the study of the characteristics of speech sounds? - Correct AnswersPhonetics
What is the term for the study of origins and historical development of words? - Correct AnswersEtymology
What is the term for the study of language and the language structure? - Correct AnswersLinguistics
What is the term for the study of how sounds and words are put together to form meaning? (cat to cats- pluralization) - Correct AnswersMorphology
What is the term for when the student learns sounds represented by letters, and blends those sounds to pronounce words- part to whole phonics, generalizations for symbol/sound correlation? - Correct AnswersSynthetic Phonics (Inductive Phonics)
What is the term for spelling? - Correct AnswersEncoding
What is the term for the speed of reading while maintaining accuracy and automaticity? - Correct AnswersRate
What term specifies the order of words and the organization of words w/in a variety of sentence types? (sentence structure/grammar) - Correct AnswersSyntax
What is the term for the set of rules that dictates behavior context and rules of conversation? - Correct AnswersPragmatics
What is the term for the series of letters or signs arranged in a customary order or sequence each of which represents a spoken sound of a language? - Correct AnswersAlphabet
What is the term for the scientific study of speech sounds? - Correct AnswersPhonetics
What is the term for repeating words or phrases either immediately or hours later (often in autistic children)? - Correct AnswersEcholalia
What is the term that is related to touch? - Correct AnswersTactile
What is the term that is related to seeing? - Correct AnswersVisual
What is the term that is related to muscle movement and memory? - Correct AnswersKinesthetic
What is the term that is related to hearing? - Correct AnswersAuditory
What is the term that is related to reading with rapidity and automaticity? - Correct AnswersFluency
What is the term that means putting stress on a word or part of a word by opening your mouth wider, making your voice louder and higher, and holding the sound longer? - Correct AnswersAccent
What is the term pertaining to the simultaneous use of multiple senses? - Correct AnswersMultisensory
What is the term pertaining to parts that are built to a whole?
(Part-whole) - Correct AnswersSynthetic
What is the term pertaining to a whole that is broken into constituent parts? - Correct AnswersAnalytic
What is the term for partial or complete impairment of the ability to communicate resulting from brain injury? (speech disorder) - Correct AnswersDysphasia
Oi, oy, ou, and ow are all what? - Correct AnswersDiphthongs
What is the term for a math disability? - Correct AnswersDyscalculia
What is the term pertaining to the loss of ability to read because of brain injury? - Correct AnswersAlexia
What is the term pertaining to letters or sounds that are beside each other within a word or syllable? - Correct AnswersAdjacent
What is the term pertaining to a language disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language? It impairs expression, understanding, and reading, etc. - Correct AnswersAphasia
What is the term for keeness of vision? - Correct AnswersAcuity
What is the term for the instruction that connects sound and letter, application of phonics in an approach to teach reading and spelling, stressing symbol and sound relations? - Correct AnswersPhonics
What is the term for information that must be presented in a sequence that builds logically on previously taught materials? - Correct AnswersSequential teaching
What is the term for including more than one level or focus of practice? - Correct AnswersHeterogeneous practice
What is the term for early term of dyslexia? - Correct AnswersWord blindness
What is the term for the disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language (spoken or written)? - Correct AnswersSpecific learning disability
What is the term for the difficulty with verbal expression, difficulty with syntax, morphology, and semantics?
(used gestures and sign language) - Correct AnswersExpressive language
What is the term for difficulty in the ability to attend to process, comprehend, retain, or integrate spoken language? - Correct AnswersReceptive language
What is the term for the deficit in phonological awareness and rapid naming? - Correct AnswersDouble deficit
What is the term for the conscious choice of and evaluation of the strategies used to accomplish a task? - Correct AnswersMetacognition
What is the term for clearly stated, direct, purposeful instruction? - Correct AnswersExplicit instruction
What is the term for body of word knowledge? - Correct AnswersLexicon
What is the term for awareness of speech sounds and phonemes in spoken words? - Correct AnswersPhonemic Awareness
What is the term for arranging alphabetically? - Correct AnswersAlphabetizing
What is the term for the type of assessments that measure knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain (what they know)? - Correct AnswersCriterion referenced test
What is the term for the area of the brain that is used for visual-verbal associations? - Correct AnswersAngular gyrus
What is the term for the area of the brain that is used for step-by-step word analysis? - Correct AnswersParieto-temporal region
What is the term for the area of the brain that is used for articulation and slower work analysis? - Correct AnswersLeft inferior frontal region
What is the term for the area of the brain that is used for skilled reading? - Correct AnswersOccipital-temporal region
What is the term for all consonants preceding the vowel in a syllable? - Correct AnswersOnset
What is the term for a word with an unexpected pronunciation or spelling? - Correct AnswersIrregular word
What is the term for a word made from another by the addition of a suffix or prefix? - Correct AnswersDerivative
What is the term for a variation of speech sound that is not a separate phoneme? - Correct AnswersAllophone
What is the term for a unit of speech sound organized around a vowel? - Correct AnswersSyllable
What is the term for a syllable with two adjacent vowels in initial, medial, or final position? - Correct AnswersVowel pair syllable
What is the term for a syllable that has an r after the vowel? - Correct AnswersVowel-r syllable
What is the term for a syllable that ends in one vowel, one consonant, and final e? - Correct AnswersVce syllable
What is the term for a suffix that begins with a consonant? - Correct AnswersConsonant suffix
What is the term for a specific sensory pathway? - Correct AnswersModality
What is the term for a practice session with only one focus? - Correct AnswersHomogeneous practice
What is the term for a nonphonetic, recurring syllable that is fairly stable in its pronunciation and spelling? - Correct AnswersConsonant -le syllable
What is the term for a morpheme which may not stand alone as an independent word as -ing? - Correct AnswersBound morpheme
What is the term for a meaningful unit of language? - Correct AnswersMorpheme
What is the term for a letter or letters added to the end of a base word to change its form or usage? - Correct AnswersSuffix
What is the term for tests that measure sight word reading? - Correct AnswersWoodcock Johnson, Woodcock Reading, WIAT
Which language only accounts for 10% of our language? - Correct AnswersFrench
Who came up with congenital word blindness? - Correct AnswersDr. W. P. Morgan
Which of Chall's stages is college and beyond; reading is for one's own needs and purpose; synthesize new knowledge? - Correct AnswersChall's Stage 5
Which of Chall's stages is increased fluency, simple stories, making meaning out of text, grade 2-3, ages 7 to 8? - Correct AnswersChall's Stage 2
What is the term for words that have different meanings but are spelled the same; pronunciation made be the same or different- wind/wind - Correct AnswersHomographs
What is the name of the test that measures sight word reading? - Correct AnswersTOWRE
(ch) and (j) are examples of ? - Correct AnswersAffricate
Who created alphabetic phonics? - Correct AnswersAylett Cox
What is the term for a letter or letters added to the beginning of a base word to change its meaning? (for euphony, the final consonant may be dropped or changed to match) - Correct AnswersPrefix
What is the term for a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound? - Correct AnswersGrapheme
What is the language written in symbols or letters, each which singly or in combination stands for a speech sound? - Correct AnswersAlphabet language
What is the term for a diacritical marking for long vowel? - Correct AnswersMacron
What is the term for a class of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed? - Correct AnswersConsonants
Who coined the phrase "Word Blindness?" - Correct AnswersAdolf Kussmaul
What is the term for a diacritical marking for a short vowel? - Correct AnswersBreve
What is the term for a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract? - Correct AnswersVowels
What is the term for two consonant sounds having the same origin in the mouth but differing qualities such as voicedness? - Correct AnswersCognate
Why was 504 formed? - Correct Answers504 was enacted to protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination based solely on their disability.
Why do you double the "n" in the word beginning but not in the word opening? - Correct AnswersThe "n" in begin is in the accented one vowel consonant syllable. In open, it is in the unaccented syllable.
Who was the most recent advocate of decoding? - Correct AnswersDr. Reid Lyon
Who was the neuropsychiatrist who coined the name strephosymbolia (twisted symbols) for dyslexia? - Correct AnswersDr. Samuel Orton
Which word does not contain the silent "e" - Correct AnswersAwe
What is the origin "ch" (sh) like in chef? - Correct AnswersFrench
Which test measures whether a child is ADHD? - Correct AnswersConnor Test
Which test is NOT used for identifying phonemic awareness? - Correct AnswersPeabody Picture Test
Which process combines synthetic and analytic phonics? - Correct AnswersSyllable division
Which do you use when dealing with homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms? - Correct AnswersSemantics
When you teach a long vowel sound by first teaching a short vowel then moving to long vowel, how is this taught? - Correct AnswersDiscovery Method
When students need help with long vowel sounds, what should you do? - Correct AnswersRead words containing particular long vowel sounds to gain speed and automaticity.
What year was IDEA established? - Correct Answers1975
What type of test is based on the material just taught? - Correct AnswersCurriculum based test
What syllable do you find the schwa sound? - Correct AnswersUnaccented vowel
What sound does "c" make before the letters of e, i, or y? - Correct Answers(s)
What revisions were made to IDEA in 1992? - Correct AnswersClarification on assistive technology and supplemental aides
What is the origin of the word "Lexia?" - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the best way to teach going from short vowel sounds to long vowel sounds? - Correct AnswersTake off the final consonant
What are the four components of language? - Correct Answersall of the answers
What is phonology? - Correct AnswersSound units
What are semantics? - Correct AnswersMeaning of words and sentences
What is syntax? - Correct AnswersThe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
What are pragmatics? - Correct Answersthe appropriate use of language in different contexts
What is another name for Preparation or writing on the board or table top? - Correct AnswersChalk Talk
What is IDEA? - Correct AnswersIndividuals with Disabilities Education Act
The amended law of IDEA forms what? - Correct Answersthe basis for Special Education in all 50 states
Dyslexia is an example of a foundation of what? - Correct AnswersIDEA
To maintain certification, what must a therapist have? - Correct Answers10 clinical hours a year
The presence of fluid in the middle ear which can result in hearing loss or speech- language difficulties is called what? - Correct AnswersAcute Otis Media
The Norman Conquest (Battle of Hastings) caused the French influence on the English language in what time period? - Correct Answers1066
Socratic Method of asking questions to lead students to discover new information is called what? - Correct AnswersDiscovery
This results in students being able to understand and connect the new info- what is it called? - Correct AnswersDiscovery
Is "gymnasium" Latin, Greek, French, or Anglo-Saxon? - Correct AnswersGreek
In the word PERMIT, what affect does changing the accent have? - Correct AnswersChanges the meaning
How does a teacher in a rural area charge? - Correct AnswersSliding scale- based on the ability of the person to pay
In 1900, a Scottish ophthalmologist reported 2 cases of "word blindness." Who was this doctor? - Correct AnswersJames Hinshelwood
How do you qualify for 504? - Correct AnswersA student has to have a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more of their major life activities.
Which one of these are neurological? - Correct AnswersAll of the answers are correct.
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Construction and Reconstruction: construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis. Reading is used for one's own needs and purposes. Reading is more efficient than listening. - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 5
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Multiple Viewpoints: analyze texts, understand multiple points of view. Child is reading widely from a broad range of complex materials, both expository and narrative, with a variety of viewpoints. - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 4
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Reading for learning the New: expand vocabulary, build background and word knowledge, develop strategic habits. Reading is used to learn new ideas, to gain new knowledge, to experience new feelings, to learn new attitudes, generally from one viewpoint. - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 3
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Confirmation and Fluency: decoding skills, fluency, strategies. The child reads simple, familiar stories and selections with increasing fluency. - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 2
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Initial Reading and decoding: Letters represent sounds and sound-spelling relationships. The child learns the relationship between letters and sounds and between printed and spoken words. - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 1
Which of Chall's stages is this?
Pre-reading "pseudo reading"- oral language development. Child "pretends" to read, retells story when looking at pages of book previously read to him/her, names of alphabet; recognizes some signs; prints own name; plays with books; pencils and paper - Correct AnswersDr. Chall's stage 0
Beginning in the 1400's, what was the movement of vowels to the back and top of the mouth called? - Correct AnswersThe Great Vowel Shift (Time of Chaucer)
According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), which of the following represents the strongest indication of a reading disability? - Correct AnswersA deficit in phonology
What is the origin of these words: hydro, hydrogen, hydrant? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of these words: scent, scene= "sc" = (s)? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of these words: telephone, telegraph= tele? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of short words with "th"? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of these words ending in -ic: charasmatic, music, chronic? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of these words with 'ch' = (ch): chair, chin? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of these chameloen prefixes im, ir, in: illegal, impossible? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of these words with k in longer words: kilometer, kinesthetic? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of these words with ti, si, and ci =(sh): station, facial? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of wild, old, kind words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of words with silent h: hour, herb? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of photo: photography, photosynthesis? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of soft c before e or i: certain, city? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of silent initial p: pneumonia, psychology? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of basic color words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of tu= (choo): eventual, fortunate? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of the terms for outer body parts? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of connective o: democrat, photograph? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of bio= biology, biosphere? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of "wh", "ng", "wr"? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of words with "ssion": mission, expression, usually with a short vowel? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of ending -ology: biology, geology? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of "Floss" words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of "ture" = (cher): adventure, nature? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of "ch"= (k): school, monarch? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of most sight words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of connectives i, u, and ul: mediate, monument, muscular, solitude? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of 2 syllable consonant 'le' words like bubble? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of therm: thermos, thermostat? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of "k" in short words: kelp, kind? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of words with 'sion' (shun) after I or N: emulsion, suspension? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of 'ck', 'tch', and 'dge' words? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of 'ct', 'pt': strict, act, erupt? (if base word ends in 'ct' the suffix will be -or; actor...) - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of 'th' in longer words: athlete, thyroid? - Correct AnswersGreek
Who is the 2000's most current researcher and findings on phonemic awareness? - Correct AnswersReid Lyon
Who is known for the terms "word blindness and visual memory" in 1895? - Correct AnswersJames Hinshelwood
What is the origin of the name of the numbers 1-1000? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of 'ph' = (f): phobia? - Correct AnswersGreek
What is the origin of short words with silent letters: knot, doubt? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
Which is not one of the three periods that influenced the English language? - Correct AnswersIrish
Who developed in 1985 the Phonological Awareness Development Hierarchy: words in sentences, syllables in words. - Correct AnswersIsabell Lieberman
What is the origin of usually one-syllable words, common in everyday speech and primary grades? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of words that often involve Science, medical, school (social studies) textbooks, or arts? - Correct AnswersGreek
Who is the person that stated in the Journal of Learning Disabilities, "individuals with dyslexia are distinguished by their phonologically based decoding disability..." - Correct AnswersLouisa Motes
What is the origin of common words in technical, sophisticated words in literature and upper grades? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of most vowel teams: oa, oi, etc? - Correct AnswersAnglo-Saxon
What is the origin of usually multiple syllables? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the origin of y = (long i sound): cyclone, gym, type - Correct AnswersGreek
Who is the person credited in 1920 had children trace letters, naming sound while writing= VAK? - Correct AnswersGrace Fernald
When do you drop the final e? - Correct AnswersWhen a baseword ends in a silent e after one or more consonants, drop the e before adding a vowel suffix.
Which program was published by Educators Publishing service that is a comprehensive program including specific directions for instruction, practice materials, and criterion reference posttests? - Correct AnswersMTA
Who is the person that coined the term "strephosymbolia" in 1925 to replace "word blindness"? - Correct AnswersSamuel Orton
What is IEP? - Correct AnswersIndividualized Education Plan
Who is the diagnostician in 1933 that trained Beth Slingerland, a teacher that wrote the Slingerland Method? - Correct AnswersAnna Gillingham
What did the amendment in 1997 to section 504 of the IDEA do? - Correct AnswersProvided for educational placement for juvenile delinquents
What is analytic teaching? - Correct AnswersWhole to part
What is an example of analytic teaching? - Correct AnswersWord association like rhyme- mat, cat, fat= student can read bat
What is criterion referenced test? - Correct AnswersMeasures a student's performance based on mastery of a specific set of skills
What is an example of criterion referenced test? - Correct AnswersAll of the answers are correct
What is the origin and meaning of astro? - Correct AnswersGreek- Star
What is the origin and meaning of bio? - Correct AnswersGreek- life
What is the origin and meaning of cogn? - Correct AnswersLatin- know
What is the origin and meaning of duc, duce, duct? - Correct AnswersLatin- lead
What is the origin and meaning of geo? - Correct AnswersGreek- earth
What is the origin and meaning of man, manu? - Correct AnswersLatin- hand
What is the origin and meaning of rupt? - Correct AnswersLatin- break
What is the origin and meaning of vac? - Correct AnswersLatin- empty
What is the origin and meaning of vid, vis? - Correct AnswersLatin- to see
What is the assessment that classifies a student in terms of achievement or improvement of grade-level performance? - Correct AnswersOutcome measure
What type of data provides information about knowledge to be applied to short-term goals? - Correct AnswersFormative data
A screening and progress monitoring tool developed at the University of Oregon - Correct AnswersDynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
A screening tool for early literacy skills - Correct AnswersTexas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI)
What type of assessment measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain? - Correct AnswersCriterion- referenced test
What type of assessment provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and weaknesses? - Correct AnswersDiagnostic test
What is echolalia? - Correct AnswersRepeats other's words or phrases or sounds
Where does the word lexia come from? - Correct AnswersGreek
Which word does not contain an r controlled vowel? - Correct Answersmerry
What is synthetic teaching? - Correct AnswersPart to whole- phonics to whole word
What is a schwa? - Correct Answersunaccented vowel sound of (uh)
What is the origin of auto? - Correct AnswersGreek
What does auto mean? - Correct Answersself- unaided
What is the origin of chrono? - Correct AnswersGreek
What does chrono mean? - Correct Answerstime
What is the origin of cred? - Correct AnswersLatin
What does cred mean? - Correct AnswersBelief
What is the origin on fer? - Correct AnswersLatin
What does fer mean? - Correct AnswersBear
What is the origin of (o)logy? - Correct AnswersGreek
What does (o)logy mean? - Correct Answersstudy of
What is the origin of pop? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the meaning of pop? - Correct Answerspeople
What is the origin of trans? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the meaning of trans? - Correct AnswersAcross
What is the origin of vert, vers? - Correct AnswersLatin
What is the meaning of vert, vers? - Correct AnswersTurn
A teacher notes a student has difficulty with reading fluency. The parent expresses concerns also. The teacher makes notes on what she sees in this child.
What type of assessment is this? - Correct AnswersInformal assessment
Which assessment measures knowledge that has been taught? - Correct AnswersCurriculum-referenced test
Which type of data provides information about knowledge to be applied to long-term, comprehensive goals? - Correct AnswersSummative data
Which standardized assessment must be administered and scored according to prescribed procedures? - Correct AnswersFormal assessment
Which assessment is a periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific instruction? - Correct AnswersProgress monitoring
Which brief assessment identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of instruction? - Correct AnswersScreening
What are nonsense words that are phonetically regular called? - Correct AnswersPseudowords
Which type of assessment is not standardized? - Correct AnswersInformal Assessment
Which type of assessment measures performance in relation to a norm cohort or group? - Correct AnswersNorm-referenced test
Why is the final "n" in opening not doubled when adding a vowel suffix -ing to open? - Correct AnswersAccent- never double an unaccented syllable
Which of these everyday words come from the Greek? - Correct Answersphysical
Which test is not used for identifying phonemic awareness? - Correct AnswersPeabody Pic Test
In which word does (e) serve no purpose? - Correct Answersawe
Who first invented the term strephosymbolia? - Correct AnswersOrton Gillingham
What disorder is easily confused with ADD? - Correct AnswersDyslexia
Which prefixes mean almost the same? - Correct Answerstrans, inter
What measures a student's performance in comparison to the performance of same-age students on the same assessment? (bell curve) - Correct AnswersNorm-referenced test
What is the study of how sounds and words are put together to form meaning? ex: (cat to cats)- pluralization - Correct AnswersMorphology
What are the meaning components of language? - Correct AnswersSemantics
Which term describes the way in which words may be ordered in phrases and sentences? (sentence structure and grammar) - Correct AnswersSyntax
Which term describes the practical application of language conversations- how the same word can have difference meanings in different settings? - Correct AnswersPragmatics
In Latin Roots, the prefixes con- will change to com-, and in- will change to im- for what purpose? - Correct AnswersPronounciation
What is visual acuity? - Correct Answerssharpness of vision, how clearly a person sees
What is visual perception? - Correct Answersthe ability to make sense of what the eye sees
Who is a recent researcher with the most current findings on Phonemic Awareness? - Correct AnswersReid Lyon
What is a characteristic of a dyslexic? - Correct AnswersCreative
The placement of the accent in the word permit does what? - Correct AnswersDetermine meaning
A student is able to read but it is a word by word process. What type of activities would help improve fluency? - Correct AnswersAll of the above
Recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and blending sounds into a word are all part of -? - Correct AnswersDecoding (reading)
Which of the following is not a feature of Chall's Pre-reading Stage, ages 6 months to 6 years? - Correct AnswersSound symbol association
Which of the following are Greek elements? - Correct AnswersEu, chloro
In which group do all the words contain three speech sounds? - Correct AnswersNight, through, sawed
Current research regarding the brain and developmental dyslexia has led to the conclusion that-? - Correct AnswersA "glitch" may have taken place during fetal development
An individual with dyslexia might experience delays in social development as demonstrated by -? - Correct AnswersAll of the above
Grade equivalent scores-? - Correct AnswersAre not a dependable representation of progress
The Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Education Battery is- - Correct AnswersAn academic achievement test and a norm referenced test
To teach syllable division, Mr. Smart first taught his students to recognize closed (or VC) syllables. He then showed the class words such as napkin, impact, and mascot and discussed accent. Later, he demonstrated how the words could be divided into two syllables. Finally, he gave the students syllables and asked them to construct words. This is an example of -? - Correct AnswersSynthetic and analytic instruction
Which item is true about a linguistics-based beginning reading approach? - Correct AnswersLearning to recognize word families like the "at" family (bat, cat, hat, etc)
Research by NICHD indicates that of the students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education services- ? - Correct Answers70-80% have deficit in reading
According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), which of the following represents the strongest indication of a reading disability? - Correct AnswersA deficit in phonology
A person who has, has a history of having, or is regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major functions is entitle to benefits under- ? - Correct AnswersBoth Section 504 and IDEA
An appropriate education for a student with a disability under the Section 504 regulations could consist of -? - Correct AnswersAll of the above
According to the IMSLEC & ALTA Codes of Ethics, as an MSL teacher/therapist you should- ? - Correct AnswersProvide reasonable expectations of student outcomes to students and parents
Your private student has reached all of the benchmarks you have administered throughout the curriculum. His parents want you to recommend placement for the coming school year. You should- ? - Correct AnswersGive parents documentation of the services he has received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
Which prefix has a final consonant that changes based on the initial letter of the base word or root? The result is easier to say and often results in a double consonant. (ex: irregular not inregular) - Correct AnswersChameleon Prefix
What is the term when an R is after a combination (er) will unlock the combination and will make the vowel short (ex: errand, berry, merry) - Correct AnswersCombination-R controlled vowel sound
What is used to rate ADD/ADHA? - Correct AnswersConners Report
Which of the following consonant phonemes require the use of the lips for articulation? - Correct Answers(p), (m), and (f)
A middle school student is unfamiliar with the meaning of the word anthropomorphic. What linguistic knowledge would best enable the student to understand this word? - Correct AnswersMorphology
What is the rationale for teaching pragmatics through the use of oral language to prepare students to comprehend text? - Correct AnswersTeaching pragmatics through oral language may positively impact a student's understanding of implied meaning in written language.
In addition to phonological processing, which of the following is an essential component of an effective evaluation for dyslexia? - Correct AnswersSpelling
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), enacte in 1975 as PL 94-142, was updated in 1990 and reauthorized in 2004. Under IDEA, "Specific Learning Disability" is an identifiable category of disability with eight academic domains. Dyslexia is included as one condition under the SLD umbrella ensuring which of the following for students with an identification under IDEA: - Correct AnswersEligibility for special education and related services
The component of phonological processing that includes the skills of word retrieval from long-term memory and word recoding and has a strong impact on reading fluency is phonological - ? - Correct AnswersNaming
Which subtype of executive function that includes the capabilities of processing, storage, and retrieval impacts the decoding difficulty seen with dyslexia? - Correct AnswersWorking memory
Which of the following factors interrelate to affect overall reading comprehension achievement? - Correct AnswersLanguage comprehension and decoding
What steps should an academic language therapist take if a local school district reaches out requesting the records of a former student? - Correct AnswersReceive written consent from the adult student, or from the parent or legal guardian of the minor student.
What term defines reading well but severely unable to comprehend? - Correct AnswersHyperlexia
What term defines a written unit that represents a spelled sound? - Correct AnswersGrapheme
What term defines a speech sound? - Correct AnswersPhoneme
What term defines two letters that make one sound in the same syllable (sh, oo)? - Correct AnswersDigraph
What term defines three letters that make one sound in the same syllable (igh, tch)? - Correct AnswersTrigraph
What term defines two letters that make an unexpected sound (wh, qu)? - Correct AnswersCombination
What term defines four letters that make one sound (eigh)? - Correct AnswersQuadrigraph
What term defines two vowels that blend two sounds in the same syllable (oi, oy, ou, ow)? - Correct AnswersDiphthong
When did the English language began with Norman invasion? - Correct Answers1066 A.D.
What term teaches the whole, teaches how to break into component parts? - Correct AnswersAnalytic phonics
What term defines difficulty in remembering words? - Correct AnswersDysphasia
What term defines difficulty in recalling names and words? - Correct AnswersDysnomia
Individual Education Plan (IEP) - Correct Answersa document that specifies educational goals and plans for a child with special needs
What is MTA? - Correct AnswersMultisensory Teaching Approach
What is heuristic learning? - Correct AnswersDiscovery learning
What is haptics? - Correct Answersthe use of touch in communication
How do you code a final stable syllable? - Correct AnswersWith half a bracket
What do we call two letters that come together to make one sounds? - Correct AnswersA digraph
What kind of syllable ends in a consonant +le? - Correct AnswersA final stable syllable
How do you divide a VCV patterned word? - Correct AnswersUsually after the initial vowel.
What kind of a syllable ends in a vowel? - Correct AnswersAn open syllable, a v-e, and fss (silent vowel e)
In an open accented syllable, the vowel is --? - Correct AnswersLong
What is a trigraph? - Correct AnswersThree letters that come together to make one sound
What do we call a shortened form of a word where an apostrophe is used to take the place of missing letters? - Correct AnswersA contraction
What are the two kinds of letters in the alphabet? - Correct AnswersVowels and consonants
What grapheme makes the sound of (ed), (d), (t)? - Correct Answersvowel suffix -ed
A vowel in a v-e syllable is ---? - Correct AnswersLong
Where do you usually divide VCCV words? - Correct AnswersBetween the consonants.
What are the two kinds of suffixes? - Correct AnswersVowel and consonant
How do you form the plural possessive if the plural does not end in "s"? - Correct AnswersAdd 's
What is a final stable syllable? - Correct AnswersConsonant +le
What is a suffix? - Correct AnswersOne or more letters added to the end of a base word to change its form
What kind of a syllable ends in a vowel that is not a silent "e"? - Correct AnswersAn open syllable
What is a derivative? - Correct AnswersA base word with a suffix added or a prefix added
Is a final stable syllable ever accented? - Correct AnswersNo
Why is the first vowel long in a V/CV patterned word? - Correct AnswersIt is in an open accented syllable
What do we call two letters that make an unexpected sound? - Correct AnswersA combination
What mark goes over an unaccented combination? - Correct AnswersA tilde
What kind of letters have voiced unblocked sounds? - Correct AnswersVowels
What is the purpose of a key word? - Correct AnswersTo unlock the sound of a letter
What is a homonym? - Correct AnswersTwo words that sound the same but mean different things and are spelled differently
What is a phrase? - Correct AnswersPart of a sentence, fragment, or clause
Open, closed, V-e, and F.S.S. stand for what? - Correct AnswersThe four kinds of syllables
What two vowels can be long when followed by two consonants in a one syllable word? - Correct AnswersI and O
How do you form the plural possessive of a noun? - Correct AnswersForm the plural, add an apostrophe if the plural from ends in s. If the plural form does not end in s, add s to the plural form.
In the 'wr' situation, what letter is silent? - Correct Answersw
How do you spell the sound (ch) after a short vowel? - Correct Answerstch
Is diagraph 'ea' regular for spelling? - Correct AnswersNo
What letter is regular for spelling for the sound of (z) in the initial position? - Correct Answersz
How do you spell the sound of (oi) in the final position? - Correct Answersoy
How do you spell the sound of (j) before an a, o, or u? - Correct Answersj
What is the initial and medial spelling of the sound (ou)? - Correct Answersou
What is the regular spelling of the final sound (au)? - Correct AnswersAw
How do you spell the final position sound (k) after a long vowel? - Correct Answers-ke
What letter is regular for spelling the sound of (z) between a long vowel and a silent e? - Correct Answerss
What is the regular spelling of the final position sound of (k) after a short vowel? - Correct Answersck
When do you spell the final sound (s) as ce? - Correct AnswersWhen the vowel before the (s) is long
How do you regularly spell the sound of (j) before an i, e, or vowel y? - Correct Answersg
What is the dropping rule? - Correct AnswersIn a base word with a final consonant e + a vowel suffix, we drop the e and add the vowel suffix
When do you spell the final sound (s) with the letters 'se'? - Correct AnswersAfter two vowels or a consonant
How do you make a word plural that ends in a sound like (ch), (ks), (s) or (sh) sibilant sound (hissing, snake sound)? - Correct AnswersAdd suffix -es
How do you spell the sound of (ch) after a combination? - Correct AnswersDigraph ch
Is digraph 'oa' regular for spelling? - Correct AnswersNo
What is the pattern of the base word that requires doubling of the final consonant? - Correct AnswersThe base word must be one syllable and must end in one consonant with one vowel before it and be accented.
How do you spell the final position sound (k) after a short vowel in a multisyllable word? - Correct AnswersWith the letter 'c'
How do you spell the final position sound o? - Correct AnswersDigraph ow
What kind of suffix alerts you to change the base word in some way? - Correct AnswersA vowel suffix
Can you drop and double at the same time? - Correct AnswersNo
What is the regular spelling for the sound of (er)? - Correct AnswersCombination er
The sound (zhun) is regularly spelled as ? - Correct AnswersFinal stable syllable sion
If the base word ends in a silent 'e', what must you do before adding a vowel suffix? - Correct AnswersDrop the silent e
What is the Changing Rule? - Correct AnswersIn a base word with a final consonant and Y, change the y to an i before adding any suffix except one that begins with i
How do you make a word plural that ends in 'y' after a consonant? - Correct AnswersChange the y to i and add suffix -es
What is the regular spelling for the final sound (shun)? - Correct AnswersFinal stable syllable tion [Show Less]