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LETRS Units 1-4 Post-TestWhich statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word
decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Developing decoding skills is secondary to the development of text comprehension skills.
Reading comprehension strategies directly facilitate the development of decoding skills.
Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency and text
comprehension.
These skills develop independently of one another. - ANSAccurate, 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?
oral language comprehension
basic understanding of orthographic patterns
phonological awareness
syntactic processing - ANSoral language comprehension
What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition?
Context is a primary driver of word recognition during reading.
Reading is primarily a visually driven process, dependent on the "brain's letterbox."
Students can compensate for weak phonology if they know the meaning of many words.
Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors. - ANSReading 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?
Coordinate what lesson students are receiving in the core instruction program.
Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
Interview each student to determine his or her interests.
Place the students in groups based on the leveled text they can read. - ANSAnalyze the
screening results and gather additional diagnostic assessment data.
How is the word sn - ow divided?
, syllable
onset-rime
phoneme-grapheme
phoneme - ANSonset-rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening?
1
2
3
4 - ANS3
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?
1
2
3
4 - ANS
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?
This skill ultimately supports the ability to read words "by sight."
Each letter in a word represents an individual phoneme.
Semantic (meaning-making) processes are our primary concern.
Wordplay and love of language are important characteristics of independent readers. - ANSThis
skill ultimately supports the ability to read words "by sight."
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to make
progress if the teacher provides which practice?
shows a letter and asks the students to produce a corresponding phoneme
asks students to listen to words such as flap, rap, snap, and boat and choose the one that
doesn't rhyme
models how to repeat and clap the syllables in words
asks students to look in a mirror while they describe the way that target phonemes are formed in
the mouth - ANSasks students to look in 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?
the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word
the student saying each syllable in a three-syllable word
the student breaking a word into its onset and rime
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