What is a consonant digraph? - ANSWER-A group of consonants in which all letters represent a
single sound. Church, school, phone, shoe.
What is a consonant blend? - ANSWER-When two or more consonants are blended together,
but each sound may be heard in the blend. The most common beginning consonant blends
include: block, break, clamp, crust, drop, frisk, train, flax, glitter, grow, play, price, slice, smart,
spunk and stab
When teaching students relationships between sounds and letters, and between letters and
words, what practices should teachers best follow? - ANSWER-Incorporate multi-sensory
modalities with a variety of instructional strategies and materials to help students with
different strengths, needs and learning styles.
What is NOT a common academic standard for kindergarten students in decoding and
identifying words? - ANSWER-Decoding monosyllabic words by referring to the initial and final
consonant, short vowel and long vowel sounds. This is a standard for 1st grade.
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What are common academic standards for kindergarten students in decoding and identifying
words? - ANSWER--Showing knowledge that letter sequences correspond to phoneme
sequences.
-Understanding that word sounds and meaning change along with word letters.
-Matching letters to consonant sounds; reading simple, monosyllabic site words.
What strategies are helpful in building word identification skills of emergent readers? -
ANSWER--Reinforcing phonemic awareness when reading aloud.
-Using dictionaries to look up unfamiliar words.
-Studying and reviewing commonly used sight words at the students' ability level.
What strategy is NOT helpful in teaching emergent reading word identification skills? -
ANSWER-Allowing for invented spelling in written asssignments or in-class work.
According to English Language Arts and Reading, what are students in 1-3 grades expected to
do? - ANSWER-Select texts independently using author knowledge, difficulty estimation and
personal interest.
A student is able to apply strategies to comprehend the meaning of unfamiliar words; can
supply definitions for several meanings; and is able to reflect on her background knowledge in
order to decipher a word's meaning. These features of effective reading belong to which
category? - ANSWER-Vocabulary
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Who wrote Pilgrim's Progress? - ANSWER-John Bunyan
What is a fallacy? - ANSWER-An error in reasoning.
What is a fallacy of inconsistency? - ANSWER-A statement that contradicts itself, "There are
exceptions to all general statements."
A student encounters a multisyllabic word. What should she do first? What should she do next?
- ANSWER-Locate the vowels, then locate familiar word parts.
What is the Three Cueing Systems model? - ANSWER-1. Gather meaning drawn from context or
pictures
2.Syntax (arrangement of words)
3. Visual information, meaning letters or parts of word.
In the Three Cueing Systems, what relates most to how sounds are used to communicate
meaning? - ANSWER-Phonological awareness.
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How do you achieve a balanced language program? - ANSWER-Spend time on many different
skills, such as listening, speaking, writing, viewing, responding, synthesizing information and
reading for a variety of purposes.
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a teaching technique that depends on... - ANSWER-
Cooperative Leaning and Reading Comprehension.
Dialects are often characterized as... - ANSWER-Less socially acceptable.
How should a reading specialist help a teacher who feels his strategies aren't effective? -
ANSWER-Meet to discuss areas the teacher is most concerned about and decide on the
teacher's goals.
What is round-robin reading? - ANSWER-The practice of allowing children to take turns reading
portions of a text aloud to the rest of the group during class.
What are the critiques of round-robin reading? - ANSWER-Creates a boring atmosphere, since
only one student is actively engaged at a time.
The words chow, whoosh and stalk all contain... - ANSWER-Digraphs (letter combinations where
a completely new sound is formed).
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