Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension
and word decoding in a beginning reader's development? Correct
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Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency
and text comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten 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 development
primarily by promoting which skill? Correct Answer: phonological awareness
What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processiong Model for
Word Recognition? Correct Answer: Reading depends on constructing pathways
between the phonological, orthographic, and meaning processors.
After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "somewhat at
risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should take? Correct Answer:
Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
How is the word sn-ow divided? Correct Answer: onset - rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Correct Answer: Three
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Correct Answer: Two
What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend, and manipulate
individual phonemes in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic
writing system? Correct Answer: Each letter in a word represents an individual
phoneme
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to
make progress if the teacher provides which practice? Correct Answer: asks
students to look into a mirror while they describe the way that target phonemes are
formed in the mouth
Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic awareness?
Correct Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the
new word
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A student spells skin as sgin. What type of phonological error did she make?
Correct Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in the
word is an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which
students? Correct Answer: those who have mastered basic phonemic awareness
How can phonics instruction be organized to be most effective? Correct Answer:
around a preplanned progression through a logical scope and sequence
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on identification of
consonant blends? Correct Answer: plan, squirm, train
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on reviewing
consonant digraphs? Correct Answer: phone, throne, shown
In the early alphabetic phase of word-reading development, students know some
letter-sound correspondences and most letter names. A student at this level is most
likely to progress with what type of instruction? Correct Answer: blending 2-3
phoneme-grapheme correspondences within simple, one-syllable word [Show Less]