RICA Test Prep Latest Update 2023

sound deletion - ANSWERSThe teacher says word, for example, "bill," has students repeat it, and then instructs students to repeat the word without the first sound, "ill". oral blending - ANSWERSThe teacher says each sound, for example, "/b/, /ɑ/, /l/" and students respond with the word, "ball." phoneme isolation - ANSWERSrecognizing the individual sounds in words, for example, "Tell me the first sound you hear in the word paste" (/p/) phoneme substitution - ANSWERSone can turn a word (such as "cat") into another (such as "hat") by substituting one phoneme (such as /h/) for another (/k/). Phoneme substitution can take place for initial sounds (cat-hat), middle sounds (cat-cut) or ending sounds (cat-can). onset - ANSWERSthe part of the syllable that precedes the vowel of the syllable rime - ANSWERSthe part of a syllable which consists of its vowel and any consonant sounds that come after it Elkonin Box - ANSWERSA strategy for segmenting sounds in a word that involves drawing a box to represent each sound in a word. phonemic awareness - ANSWERSThe ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.