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2025 ALTA CALT EXAM WITH COMPLETEQUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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Four Principles of the ALTA Code of Ethics Correct Answer
Principles: Maintain the highest standards of integrity, clinical
competence, and professional communication with: 1)students,
2)parents/legal guardians, 3)administrators/ allied professionals,
and 4)maintain highest standards of commitment to the
profession and ALTA.
accent Correct Answer putting stress on a word or word part or
on a phrase by opening one's mouth wider, making the sound
louder, longer and the voicer goes higher
Purpose of RTI Correct Answer to separate those with SLD with
those who are victims of poor instruction
progress monitoring in a multisensory reading program Correct
Answer for all students regardless of tier, track progress in
phoneme segmentation, letter identification, grapho-phonemic
knowledge, word recognition, fluency, spelling, oral vocabulary,
comprehension, and composition
probes Correct Answer used for progress monitoring and can
guide instruction
interventions Correct Answer must be research based, early
intervention is important
DRA-2 Correct Answer informal reading inventory, measures
accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. word analysis component
measures phonological awareness and phonics.
,Aimsweb and FAIR Correct Answer online progress monitoring
programs
SPED evaluation may include Correct Answer family, health,
developmental, and educational history;
formal test of cognitive abilities (WJ IV);
diagnostic of reading, spelling, and writing skills GORT;
and language development CTOPP-2;
social emotional status and Attention BASC-II
IEP Correct Answer bases on assessment results
Spelling Complexity Correct Answer caused by multiple spellings
of the same sound
Reading Fluency as an aspect of the Reading Growth Continuum
Correct Answer Wolf and Katzir-Cohen, fluency is a
Developmental linguistic process that begins before learning to
read and extends well past the read to learn phase, fluency can
begin with letter names, sounds, etc. fluency should continue in
later grades.
Spelling Correct Answer requires syntactic, phonological,
morphological, semantic, and orthographic knowledge
Prephonetic Spelling Correct Answer made up of pictures and
letter like figures
Semiphonetic spelling Correct Answer involves connecting
speech to print at a syllable level
phonetic spelling Correct Answer every sound represented in
spelling, but not conventional spellings
,Phonology Correct Answer the system of rules that determines
how sounds are used in language, teachers should know in order
to correct students and diagnose problems
Teaching order of spelling Correct Answer teach the most
common patterns first, trying to teach them all at once is
confusing for poor spellers, frequency of use and situational rules
should guide instruction
"Normalize" spelling Correct Answer attempts have been made,
but were unsuccessful
Morphological rules Correct Answer can help spelling
Multisensory spelling Correct Answer must be taught in order to
go beyond phonological spelling, should not be memorized,
teachers should guide learning, should be taught through
auditory/ visual/ kinesthetic discovery
Dictation Correct Answer Can dictate sounds, words, or
sentences for daily practice
Irregular words Correct Answer don't match pronunciations or
infrequent spellings, tracing and copying can help students learn
these words.
Spelling with homophones Correct Answer should not be taught
in pairs. The most common spelling or most frequently used
should be taught first. After the spelling and usage of the first one
is mastered, the second can be introduced.
Spelling lists in the regular curriculum: Correct Answer Monday:
introduce pattern and pattern words
Tuesday: Add content area words and sort according to regular
spelling, spelling rule, or irregular
, Wednesday-Thursday: Work with all words especially irregular
spellings
Friday: Assess
Grading in spelling (best practice) Correct Answer Grade using a
rubric in order to give credit to what is correct
Cacography Correct Answer bad handwriting and spelling and
can cause numerous problems in life
Writing system Correct Answer handwriting, spelling, composition
Kindergarten writing Correct Answer first and last name, the
names of friends
1st grade writing Correct Answer reading 1st drafts and a variety
of composition
Letter formation Correct Answer needs to be taught directly and
explicitly, inability to form a letter may cause more handwriting
issues than fine motor skills
Keyboarding vs. handwriting Correct Answer computers are not
as readily available as pencil and paper and do not provide
kinesthetic reinforcement
Importance of handwriting Correct Answer legible and automatic
handwriting increases the quality and quantity of compositions,
beginning readers reinforce letter shape through handwriting,
instruction allows students to complete assignments faster.
spelling improves because students spend less brain power
concerned with letter formation. Errors are easier to find
Kinesthetic memory Correct Answer earliest, strongest, and most
reliable form of memory
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