Chapter 5 Quiz
- Question 1 1 out of 1 points
When children are able to convert letters into sounds and blend them to recognize words, this is called Answer Correct Answer: phonics. - Question 2 1 out of 1 points
A phoneme is Answer Correct Answer: the smallest unit of speech. - Question 3 1 out of 1 points
All but which of the following are appropriate criteria for phonemic awareness instruction? Answer Correct Answer: They should occur once each week. - Question 4 1 out of 1 points
All but which of the following are reasons why similar sounds have different spellings? Answer Correct Answer: Graphemes have various rules and generalizations. - Question 5 1 out of 1 points
Students learn long-vowel spelling patterns, r-controlled vowels, and diphthongs and other less common vowel patterns in which stage of spelling development? Answer Correct Answer: within-word - Question 6 1 out of 1 points
Effective teachers teach children to use phonics generalizations Answer Correct Answer: selectively, to help them remember some spelling patterns. - Question 7 1 out of 1 points
Meaningful phonics instruction Answer Correct Answer: All of the above are true. - Question 8 1 out of 1 points
A complete spelling program Answer Correct Answer: teaches spelling strategies. - Question 9 1 out of 1 points
Students explore, compare, and contrast word features with a set of words the teacher has prepared. The students are engaged in a Answer Correct Answer: word sort. - Question 10 1 out of 1 points
When children learn to recognize the "odd" word in a set of three words, the child is Answer Correct Answer: categorizing sounds in words. - Question 11 1 out of 1 points
How do children learn the alphabetic code? Answer Correct Answer: by learning phonemes, graphemes, and graphophonemic relationships - Question 12 1 out of 1 points
Components of phonemic awareness include all but which of the following? Answer Correct Answer: Children write the sounds they hear. - Question 13 1 out of 1 points
When young children blend sounds together in order to combine them to form a word, they are engaged in Answer Correct Answer: sound-blending activities. - Question 14 1 out of 1 points
Elkonin boxes can be used in all but which of the following ways? Answer Correct Answer: practicing manuscript writing - Question 15 1 out of 1 points
Mr. Morrow helps his first grade EL students see that the letter 'a' can be pronounced differently by showing them the words apron, at, want, laugh, chalk, play, what, game, chart, saw, and peach. He does this because he knows that Answer Correct Answer: vowel sounds are difficult for students acquiring English. - Question 16 1 out of 1 points
All but which of the following is an one of the 37 most common rimes? Answer Correct Answer: ilt - Question 17 1 out of 1 points
All but which of the following is one of the most useful phonics generalizations? Answer Correct Answer: Q is always followed by u - Question 18 1 out of 1 points
Researchers have found that, of the following, the most powerful predictor of later reading achievement is:
Answer Correct Answer: phonemic awareness
- Question 19 1 out of 1 points
Each second grade student was given 15 word cards and 2 envelopes. The children were told to place all of the words with the long a sound in one envelope and all of the words with the short a sound in another envelope. These children were participating in a:
Answer Correct Answer: word sorts activity
- Question 20 1 out of 1 points
The term used to describe the smallest units of speech is:
Answer Correct Answer: phoneme - Question 21 1 out of 1 points
When young children begin to write, they often create unique spellings called:
Answer Correct Answer: invented spellings - Question 22 1 out of 1 points
In the word slate, the rime is:
Answer Correct Answer: ate - Question 23 1 out of 1 points
For most students, phonics instruction should be completed by the end of:
Answer Correct Answer: third grade - Question 24 1 out of 1 points
In the English language there are approximately:
Answer Correct Answer: 44 phonemes
- Question 25 1 out of 1 points
A first grade teacher showed his students a picture and then he drew a row of boxes. He explained that each box represented one sound in the name of the picture. The teacher moved a marker into each box as he pronounced the name of the picture. In this lesson, the teacher was using:
Answer Correct Answer: Elkonin boxes - Question 26 1 out of 1 points
1. Every morning a group of kindergarten students participate in a phonemic awareness activity in which they isolate and draw out the beginning sounds in words. The children enjoy exaggerating the initial sounds in their own names and other familiar words. This is an example of a:
Answer Correct Answer: a) segmenting activity
b)
- Question 27 1 out of 1 points
10. The term used to describe the spelling patterns of written language is:
Answer Correct Answer: orthography - Question 28 1 out of 1 points
10. Although phonemic awareness has many components, the two most important components are:
Answer Correct Answer: blending and segmenting)
- Question 29 1 out of 1 points
10. When attempting to decode words, struggling readers usually have the most difficulty with:
Answer Correct Answer: vowels)
- Question 30 1 out of 1 points
10. Of the following, the most appropriate technique to help students who are English Learners (EL) develop phonemic awareness is:
Answer Correct Answer: a) Elkonin boxes
b)
- Question 31 1 out of 1 points
10. Phonemic awareness is best taught:
Answer Correct Answer: in the context of authentic literacy activities)
- Question 32 1 out of 1 points
10. The word slipper contains an example of a:
Answer Correct Answer: consonant blend
- Question 33 1 out of 1 points
10. When teaching phonics generalizations, teachers should be aware that:
Answer Correct Answer: a) only a few generalizations have a high degree of usefulness for readers
b)
- Question 34 1 out of 1 points
10. Researchers suggest that the ratio of instructional time spent on real reading and writing to time spent on phonics instruction should be:
Answer Correct Answer: 3 to 1c)
- Question 35 1 out of 1 points
10. An example of a word that follows the CVCe generalization is:
Answer Correct Answer: a) cake
b)
- Question 36 1 out of 1 points
10. In the word think, the onset is:
Answer Correct Answer: th)
- Question 37 1 out of 1 points
10. The alphabetic principle refers to the understanding that:
Answer Correct Answer: a link exists between letters and sounds - Question 38 1 out of 1 points
10. Phonemes are represented in written language as:
Answer Correct Answer: Graphemes - Question 39 1 out of 1 points
10. Phonemic awareness instruction should be:
Answer Correct Answer: planned and purposeful)
- Question 40 1 out of 1 points
10. A term that refers to the origin of words is:
Answer Correct Answer: etymology)
- Question 41 1 out of 1 points
10. Which of the following is an example of a word family:
Answer Correct Answer: run, fun, sun)
- Question 42 1 out of 1 points
A term that is used to explain the relationships between phonemes and graphemes is:
Answer Correct Answer: phonicsd)