KPEERI Exam Study Guide questions with correct answers

A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a vowel sound CORRECT ANSWER syllable Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their individual sounds CORRECT ANSWER consonant blend Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or sound CORRECT ANSWER consonant digraph Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to predict the identities and meanings of unknown words. These may be drawn from the immediate sentence containing the word, from text already read, from pictures accompanying the text, or from definitions, restatements, examples, or descriptions in the text. CORRECT ANSWER context clues Sounds that can be held for several seconds without distortion CORRECT ANSWER continuous sounds Sequences for how information is selected, sequenced, organized, and practiced. These occur within each component of reading where a logical progression of skills would be evident: easier skills are introduced before more difficult skills, so that skills build progressively. CORRECT ANSWER Coordinated Instructional Sequences Instruction that builds upon previously learned concepts. CORRECT ANSWER Cumulative Instruction Text in which a high proportion of words comprise