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Informed teachers are _____ assurance against reading failure. correct answers our best phonics correct answers the study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent phonemic awareness correct answers conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (constants and vow...

b. The Three Cueing Systems model omits or obscures the role of phonology. correct answers 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...

According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which of the following is true? a. Every state is about the same, on average. b. Approximately 50 percent of fourth-graders are "proficient" or "advanced." c. There is a steady increase in reading scores acros...

Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development? correct answers Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency and text comprehension. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten t...

When a child is able to segment words by syllables, the next step in his or her learning is to: correct answers segment words by the beginning sound and rest of the word. The "online" memory system that remembers speech long enough to extract meaning from it, or that holds onto words during wri...

Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss the meanings of words being taught. correct answers False The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context, depends on correct answers knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences...

Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics lessons? correct answers timed reading of learned words The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context, depends on (select all that apply): correct answers -knowledge of phonem...

academic language correct answers written or spoken language that is more stylistically formal than spoken conversational language; language that is most often used in academic discourse or text. adjective correct answers A part of speech that describes a noun or person (e.g., windy, blue). ad...

Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development? correct answers Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of reading fluency and text comprehension. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten t...

A teacher asks her students to highlight the main ideas in an expository passage. This activity best addresses which component of reading instruction? correct answers comprehensive The main factors that influence comprehension are the reader, the text, task, and the context. correct answers True ...

Ways of closing the language gap for language-poor children early on include (select all that apply): correct answers improving daycare and preschool programs. -AND- coaching of infants' parents. -AND- interventions to stimulate language development in young at-risk children. Every word a stud...

With first-grade students, how much instructional time should be spent on English language arts? correct answers 2 hours or more Teachers should depend heavily on the results of screeners such as Acadience Reading K-6 Next to determine what skills should be taught to students. correct answers fal...

Once students decode well, which statement describes the relationship between vocabulary and reading comprehension? correct answers Vocabulary is the best single predictor of reading comprehension. In teaching the word invisible, the teacher broke it into the parts in - vis - ible and talked abou...