MS Foundations of Reading UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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MS Foundations Of Reading
MS Foundations of Reading UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
affix - CORRECT ANSWER- an attachment to the end or beginning of base or root word. a
generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes
alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER- repetition of initial phoneme either across syllables or ...
MS Foundations of Reading UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
affix - CORRECT ANSWER- an attachment to the end or beginning of base or root word. a
generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes
alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER- repetition of initial phoneme either across syllables or
across words
allophone - CORRECT ANSWER- phonetic variant of a phoneme in a particular language
ex. star tar city
alphabetic principle - CORRECT ANSWER- understanding that spoken words are
decomposed into phonemes, and that the letters in written words represent the phonemes in
spoken words when spoken words are represented in text
balanced literacy - CORRECT ANSWER- an approach to reading instruction that strikes a
compromise between phonics approaches and whole language approaches-- ideally the most
effective strategies are drawn from the two approaches and synthesized together
basal reader - CORRECT ANSWER- kind of book that is used to teach reading. it is based on
an approach in which words are used as a whole. the words are used over and over in each
succeeding lesson, new words are added regularly
blending - CORRECT ANSWER- combining parts of a spoken word into a whole
representation of the word
decodable texts - CORRECT ANSWER- texts which do not contain irregular words. usually
designed to reinforce certain rules that have previously been taught in phonics lessons
decoding - CORRECT ANSWER- using knowledge of the conventions of spelling-sound
relationships and knowledge about pronunciation of irregular words to derive a pronunciation
of written words
, term that relates to the phonics and other word-level skills students learn that help them
figure out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word encountered in print
"Sound it out"
Sometimes referred to as "word attack skills" or "word identification skills" because the
purpose of the skill learning is to break the code of written words down and translate the
letters, affixes, syllables, and other word parts in a spoken word.
digraph - CORRECT ANSWER- group of 2 successive letters who phonetic value is a single
sound
diphthong - CORRECT ANSWER- a gliding monosyllabic speech sound that starts at or near
the articulatory position for one vowel and move to or toward the position of another ex oy in
toy or ou in out
extrinsic phonics - CORRECT ANSWER- phonics taught as a supplemental learning aid
rather than as an integral part of the program of reading instruction, often in separate
workbooks during special time periods
fluent reading - CORRECT ANSWER- fast, smooth, effortless and automatic reading of text
(can be silent reading or not) with attention focused on the meaning of the text
grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER- a unit (letter or letters) of a writing system that represents
one phoneme: a single symbol the has one phonemic correspondent within any particular
word
homonym - CORRECT ANSWER- word which is spelled and pronounced identically to
another word, but has a different meaning ex. pool and pool table
homophone - CORRECT ANSWER- a word which is spelled differently from another word,
but pronounced identically ex. two to too and hoarse vs. horse
idiom - CORRECT ANSWER- a phrase or expression that is understood in a given language.
this expression has a meaning that differs from typical syntactic patters or that differs from
the literal meaning of its parts taken together
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