CALP Test Study Terminology And Guide
With Correct Solutions 2024
2 .Biggest .Predictors .of .Reading .Success .- .correct .answer.P.A. .& .Letter .Naming
Greek, .Latin, .Anglo-Saxon .- .correct .answer.3 .Layers .of .English .language
Latin
55% .of .English .words .- .correct .answer.-Technical .sophisticated .words, .used .in .more
.formal .contexts-literature .and .textbooks .affixes .added .to .roots .audience, .contradict,
.disruptive, .retract, .survival, .transfer
-Affix: .construction, .erupting, .conductor
-Multisyllabic
-Schwa .is .prevalent;
-Few .vowel .digraphs
-R-controlled: .port, .form
-Vce: .scribe, .vene
Suffixes:-cial, .-cious, .-cient, .-tial, .-tious, .-tient
Anglo-Saxon
20%-25% .of .English .words .- .correct .answer.Short .common .every .day, .often .1-syllable
.words .that .are .familiar .words, .words .used .in .ordinary .life .and .often .found .in .school .primer
.books. .Compound .Words! .Many .have .non-phonetic .spellings .such .as .blood, .cry, .laugh,
.mother, .run, .wash
-Closed: .mad
-Open: .go
-VCe: .lame
-vowel .team: .boat
-Consonant .-le: .tumble
-R-controlled: .barn
-Consonant .pairs: .gn, .kn, .wr
-final .stable .syllables .ble, .zle, .kle
4 .characteristics .of .a .letter .- .correct .answer.Name, .Shape, .Sound, .Feel
How .many .syllables .are .in .the .word, ."unpacked" .- .correct .answer.2
4 .Components .of .a .lesson .plan .activity .- .correct .answer.1. .Emphasis
2. .Preparation
3. .Practice
4. .Closure
, 6 .Syllable .types .- .correct .answer.1. .Closed
2. .Open
3. .Vowel .consonant .e
4. .Two .adjacent .vowels
5. .Vowel .r
6. .Final .Stable .Syllable
Percentage .of .English .words .that .have .predictable .spelling .from .regular .rules. .- .correct
.answer.For .about .84% .of .English .words, .spelling .is .completely .predictable .from .regular
.rules.
History .of .English .- .correct .answer.-Norman .Conquest .(William .the .Conquerer) .resulted
.in .more .than .10,000 .French .words. .Anglo-French .compound .words: .gentlemen, .faithful.
.Spelling .based .on .French .such .as .the ."our" .in .journey, .ch .pronounced .as ./sh/ .and .the
.que .as ./k/ .in .antique. .The .conquest .resulted .in .a .decline .of .Old .English. .During .Mature
.Middle .English, .Chaucer .wrote .The .Canterbury .Tales .in .the .late .1300s .(Renaissance
.period) .The .Latin .vocabulary .conveyed .both .abstract .and .humanistic .ideas. .Index,
.library, .medicine, .instant. .Latin .prefixes: .ad-, .pro-. .Suffixes:
-ent, .-ion, .-al. .English .is .a .polygot.
Our .communication .system .in .English .started .in .400AD.
Celts—Anglo=Saxon .(first .to .put .words .on .paper)—Vikings .(Germanic .language)—
French .(Norman .conquest)—Greek .and .Roman .(Renaissance).
Anglo-Saxon .(win)-French .(succeed)—Latin .(triumph).
ASAPE-Identifiers .to .determine .reading/spelling .situations .- .correct .answer.The .key .to
.unlocking .the .reading .code:
A-Adjacent .Letters-a .letter .may .make .a .specific .sound .next .to .another .letter .(a .makes ./o/
.after .w= .watch)
S-Syllables-a .vowel .may .make .a .specific .sound .in .a .specific .syllable .(closed .syllable
.short .sound, .open .syllable .long .sound)
A-Accent-a .vowel .sound .may .change .when .it .is .not .accented .("ar" .sound .in ."car" .vs.
.when .ar .is .unaccented, .it .is .pronounced ./er/ .as .in ."dollar")
P-Position-a .letter .may .make .a .specific .sound .in .I,M,F .position .(a .as ./uh/ .in .final: ."soda", .x
.in .initial .position .sounds ./x/, .and .e .in .final .is .silent
E-Etymology-may .reveal .origins .behind .a .seemingly .irregular .word. .K .and .G .are .used .to
.pronounced ."knight" .and ."gnat", .number ."two" .comes .from .Old .Eng ."twa" .(tway)
Percentages .of .English .that .comes .from .other .languages .- .correct .answer.20-25%
.Anglo-Saxon
60% .Latin
10-12% .Greek
Percentage .of .English .words .that .are .predictable .from .regular .rules. .- .correct
.answer.84%