KPEERI Test Prep UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Print Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
Onset Sound - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
Phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER- The smallest part of spoken language.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- A persons ability to hear sound structures
of speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print free skill
set.
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate
discrete, individual sounds in words.
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER- The relationship between letters and spoken
words.
Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER- A specific letter or group of letters that represents a
specific sound. (cat=3 graphemes, chat=3 graphemes)
Phonics Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER- Understand the relationship between letters and
sounds, recognize unfamiliar words, and improve reading comprehension.
Fluent Readers - CORRECT ANSWER- - Read text accurately, quickly, and with expression.
- Read smoothly with appropriate phrasing.
- Connect ideas, focus on meaning, and recognize words.
Automaticity - CORRECT ANSWER- Refers to accurate and speedy word recognition.
, Academic Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER- Words that cross academic disciplines (such
as determine, illustrate, and average).
Semantic Gradients - CORRECT ANSWER- A way to broaden and deepen students'
understanding of related words. Students consider a continuum of words by order of degree.
(Example: Arranging words that describe the speed of movement from fastest to slowest).
Semiphonetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER- A student who writes 'u' for 'you' is in this stage
of spelling development.
Invented Spelling - CORRECT ANSWER- Is a sound-letter approach to spelling words.
Digraph - CORRECT ANSWER- A combination of two letters representing one sound.
Precommunicative Stage of Spelling - CORRECT ANSWER- A child who writes the letter L
for the word hippopotamus in Gentry's stages of spelling.
Cooperative Learning - CORRECT ANSWER- Involves students working together as
partners, in small groups, and on defined tasks.
Metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER- Thinking about thinking.
Informal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- Provide information that teachers can use to
plan ongoing instruction, to identify struggling readers, and to determine instructional groups.
Example of Common Informal Reading Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- Phonemic
Awareness assessment, qualitative reading inventory, and running records.
Chall's Stage 0 - CORRECT ANSWER- Pre-reading - 6 mo - 6 yrs -
- oral language is important
- begin to recognize letters
- there is language in books
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Print Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- Understanding the function of print and how it is
organized on a page.
Onset Sound - CORRECT ANSWER- Sounds before the vowel in a syllable.
Phoneme - CORRECT ANSWER- The smallest part of spoken language.
Phonological Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- A persons ability to hear sound structures
of speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech, and a print free skill
set.
Phonemic Awareness - CORRECT ANSWER- The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate
discrete, individual sounds in words.
Alphabetic Principle - CORRECT ANSWER- The relationship between letters and spoken
words.
Grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER- A specific letter or group of letters that represents a
specific sound. (cat=3 graphemes, chat=3 graphemes)
Phonics Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER- Understand the relationship between letters and
sounds, recognize unfamiliar words, and improve reading comprehension.
Fluent Readers - CORRECT ANSWER- - Read text accurately, quickly, and with expression.
- Read smoothly with appropriate phrasing.
- Connect ideas, focus on meaning, and recognize words.
Automaticity - CORRECT ANSWER- Refers to accurate and speedy word recognition.
, Academic Vocabulary - CORRECT ANSWER- Words that cross academic disciplines (such
as determine, illustrate, and average).
Semantic Gradients - CORRECT ANSWER- A way to broaden and deepen students'
understanding of related words. Students consider a continuum of words by order of degree.
(Example: Arranging words that describe the speed of movement from fastest to slowest).
Semiphonetic Stage - CORRECT ANSWER- A student who writes 'u' for 'you' is in this stage
of spelling development.
Invented Spelling - CORRECT ANSWER- Is a sound-letter approach to spelling words.
Digraph - CORRECT ANSWER- A combination of two letters representing one sound.
Precommunicative Stage of Spelling - CORRECT ANSWER- A child who writes the letter L
for the word hippopotamus in Gentry's stages of spelling.
Cooperative Learning - CORRECT ANSWER- Involves students working together as
partners, in small groups, and on defined tasks.
Metacognition - CORRECT ANSWER- Thinking about thinking.
Informal Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- Provide information that teachers can use to
plan ongoing instruction, to identify struggling readers, and to determine instructional groups.
Example of Common Informal Reading Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER- Phonemic
Awareness assessment, qualitative reading inventory, and running records.
Chall's Stage 0 - CORRECT ANSWER- Pre-reading - 6 mo - 6 yrs -
- oral language is important
- begin to recognize letters
- there is language in books
