RICA Practice Study Guide Questions With Complete Answers.

Primary Purpose of Reading Assessments - correct answer Entry Level Assessment, On-Going Monitoring Assessment, Summative Assessment Onset and Rime - correct answer The initial phonological unit of any word (e.g. c in cat) and the string of letters that follow, usually a vowel and final consonants (e.g. at in cat). Phonemic Awareness - correct answer The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds-phonemes--in spoken words. Phonological Awareness - correct answer The ability to recognize that words are made up of a variety of sound units. Phoneme - correct answer The smallest unit of sound in a language that holds meaning. Sound Manipulation - correct answer Adding and deleting beginning and ending letters in words. Alphabetic Principle - correct answer The understanding that words are made up of letters and letters represent sounds. (1) Pre-Communicative (2) Semi-Phonetic (3) Phonetic (4) Transitional (5) Conventional - correct answer What are the 5 stages of spelling development? Pre-communicative Stage - correct answer Spelling- Children at this level do not write at least one letter for each sound. Some sounds in words are not represented. The child's first attempts to write will typically reveal no understanding of the alphabetic principle. Phonetic Stage - correct answer Spelling- These students know that letters represent sounds and at least one letter represents a sound in a word. Transitional - correct answer Spelling- The child knows most of the orthographic patterns of English. All sounds have letters, and for the most part, the child chooses the correct letter or combination of letters to represent sounds. Conventional - correct answer Spelling- The child spells almost all words correctly. THe only mistakes at this level occur when the child tries to spell new words with irregular spellings. In isolation and in context - correct answer What are the two ways to assess spelling development? (1) Visual (2) Visual Use of Color (3) Auditory (4) Kinesthetic (5) Tactile - correct answer What are 5 multisensory techniques that help children how to spell? Sound/Spelling Assessments - correct answer Read different sentences, student chooses one with incorrect spelling word. Sight Word Assessment - correct answer Student reads the sight words for the teacher. Dictation of Words w/spelling patterns - correct answer Not a spelling test. Isolate sounds and monitor to give assistance. Oral Fluency Assessment - correct answer Reading passage, time them and cross out incorrect words and tally correct words. Observation Notes - correct answer During lesson take notes on students work and behavior towards their work. Consonant Blends - correct answer Said rapidly. Example: pl, sp Consonant Digraphs - correct answer The term used to describe two letters that come together to make one sound. That sound is separate from the sound the letters would make if they were alone. Vowel-Digraphs - correct answer Two vowel letters that make one sound. "If two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking." That is, the first vowel makes its long sound and the other is silent. R-Controlled Vowels - correct answer A vowel followed by r no longer has its short sound. Notice that the sound of a in "car" is not the sound of a in "cat." L-Controlled Vowels - correct answer A vowel followed by l has a short sound. Example: chalk, help, milk Dipthong - correct answer Made up of two vowel sounds that make a unique sound when put together, often very different from the sound each vowel makes on its own. Often the person has to move his mouth from one position to another. Syllabication - correct answer the division of words into syllables, either in speech or in writing. Decoding - correct answer Translating written words into the sounds and meanings of spoken words Encoding - correct answer Translating spoken words into written words. Phonics Instruction - correct answer Systematic, direct, explicit Semantic Maps - correct answer Target word in center; supporting information in outside bubbles. Morphemic Analysis/Structural Analysis - correct answer Look at parts of word to determine meaning. Morphemes - correct answer Some words and all affixes. Example: 1=(shoe) 2=(walk)(ed) 3=(un)(kind)(ly) Affixes - correct answer Both prefixes and suffixes. Homograph - correct answer Two words, same spelling, different pronunciations. Idioms and Puns - correct answer A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ). Literal, Inferential, and Evaluative - correct answer What are the three levels of comprehension? Literal Comprehension - correct answer Surface meaning of text. Inferential Comprehension - correct answer Interpret what was read and what was not in the text. Evaluative Comprehension - correct answer Readers ability to make judgments about what was read. Ballad - correct answer Form of poetry set to music. Couplet - correct answer A pair of lines in a poem, usually rhyme. Epic - correct answer Long poem telling a story. Usually heroic. Sonnet - correct answer 14 lines of poetry; strict rhyming. Expository Text Structures - correct answer Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Compare and Contrast, Sequence, Description Phonograms - correct answer A symbol representing a vocal sound. Example: -tch, -dge, -igh, -eigh Homophones - correct answer Each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew. Indicators of Fluency - correct answer Accuracy, Pacing, and Prosody Three stages of writing - correct answer Pre-phonetic, semi-phonetic, phonetic Pre-phonetic - correct answer Writing- Initial and final sounds Semi-phonetic - correct answer Writing- Final and medial sounds Phonetic