LETRS Unit 3 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Which is the best definition of the term sight words? - Answer-any words a reader can recognize instantly and read
A teacher groups the following words on a word wall: (mind, kind, find, bind, and rind) What do the words have in common? Select ...
Which is the best definition of the term sight words? - Answer-any words a reader can
recognize instantly and read
A teacher groups the following words on a word wall: (mind, kind, find, bind, and rind)
What do the words have in common? Select all that apply. - Answer--They share a
spelling pattern.
-Their spellings are somewhat irregular.
How often should teachers introduce students to new irregular, high-frequency words? -
Answer-three to five times per week
Leveled texts are ranked on objective readability criteria, gradually becoming more
difficult as students progress through the levels. - Answer-false
Over the course of a week of phonics instruction, which step in the Transfer to Text
Process is the first that can be phased out? - Answer-Practice reading skill words in
isolation before reading them in a passage.
A school library has available a series of lavishly illustrated predictable texts written in
verse. What are the most appropriate ways to use these in the classroom? - Answer-
Use them as teacher read-alouds to enhance oral language and comprehension skills
Students are reading a decodable text that uses only pattern words or high-frequency
words students have been taught. What level of reading accuracy is reasonable to
expect? - Answer-95%
If a teacher follows a systematic process for transferring phonics skills to text, it's
reasonable to expect students to read a decodable passage independently after a week
of instruction. - Answer-true
Successful implementation of an RTI or MTSS model depends on collaboration among
all faculty. - Answer-true
Based on the assessment data presented in this session, what can you conclude about
how teachers' professional development (PD) affects students' performance outcomes?
- Answer-PD to build teacher expertise and provide coaching supports significantly
improved student performance.
, Your district has selected a solid, research-based core instructional program for
reading. Which guideline best explains how an individual teacher should implement this
program? - Answer-Follow it, but if necessary supplement it, or adjust the pacing to
meet students' needs.
What proportion of students are likely to need Tier 2 or Tier 3 instruction even when Tier
1 instruction is effective? - Answer-at least 20%
The quality of Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction is the most important variable affecting
student progress in grades K-3. - Answer-false
A good phonics lesson should include opportunities for students to directly apply the
phoneme-grapheme relationships that have been explicitly taught. Which text type
would best provide the practice needed? - Answer-decodable text
What is the best key word to put on a sound-symbol card to teach short e, i, /ĕ/. -
Answer-echo
Of all the phonic correspondences represented in these words, which pattern is likely to
be learned after the others? - Answer-gale
Which of the following is the best example of a well-designed word list for a word
chaining activity? - Answer-rat, chat, chap, chip, rip, rap
A first-grade teacher has posted a word wall using alphabetical order to list the high-
frequency words the students must learn. For example, under A are the words aunt,
along, an, add, April, and above. How could the teacher best ensure that students will
recognize and spell words that begin with a? - Answer-Teach systematic decoding of
sound-symbol correspondences beginning with short a.
Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics
lessons? - Answer-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): - Answer--knowledge of phoneme-grapheme
correspondences
-the ability to blend phonemes and graphemes quickly.
The term phonics may be used to refer to.... - Answer--the system of phoneme-
grapheme correspondences that are the basis for an alphabetic orthography.
-an essential component (one of the five pillars) of effective reading instruction
-a strategy for decoding new words and storing them in orthographic memory.
Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss
the meanings of words being taught. - Answer-false
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