CSET Subtest 1 Exam Questions & Answers.
1. Phoneme smallest part of spoken language that makes ditterence in the meaning
of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
2. Grapheme smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
3. Phonemic
aware- ness ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds phoneme in
words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
4. Decoding analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
5. blending when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
6. morpheme unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such as
the word "book"
7. semantics the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
8. syntax examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning, the
study of how sentences are formed
9. Fast mapping young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess of a
words meaning
10. Reading
assess- ments formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet knowledge, concepts
about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word
recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
11. How to teach
phonemic
aware- ness 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds in the word jam. 2. say the
word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
12. Phonologica
l awareness
not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is narrow-
identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological awareness
is broad- includes
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identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as
words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
13. phonics teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written lan- guage and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken
language. Critisism is the english spellings are too irregular for phonics
to help.
14. Teaching phonics Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and design
resource ma- terial, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing
assessment.
15. fluency exercises student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading,
partner reading, readers theatre
16. text
comprehen- monitoring comprehension, using graphic and semantic organizers,
sion actvities answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, mak- ing use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
17. Generes in
writ- ing narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores impotance of event,
de- scriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a
stand on issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
18. novels like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper characters
19. short stories condensed story, popular in elementary schools
20. folk tales old as language. adapt from culture to culture enriched with customes and
beliefs. Usually narrative, author is never known, include fairy tales,
legends, fables, tall tales and humorous.
21. Study in book pages 52-56
22. Four river valley
civilizations Mesopotania, Egypt, India, Chins
(Near East)
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1. Phoneme smallest part of spoken language that makes ditterence in the meaning
of words. if has two phoneme /i/ /f/ chech /ch/ /e/ /k/
2. Grapheme smallest part of written language that represent a phoneme in the
spelling of a word
3. Phonemic
aware- ness ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds phoneme in
words. The understanding that that sounds work together to make
words. Helps in reading
4. Decoding analysis of spoken or written symbols in order to understand their
meaning
5. blending when children combine individual phonemes to form words.
6. morpheme unit of meaning that cannot be divided into smaller elements such as
the word "book"
7. semantics the analysis and study of meaning of words, phrases and sentences
8. syntax examination of various ways that words combine to create meaning, the
study of how sentences are formed
9. Fast mapping young children are able to use context to arrive at a quick guess of a
words meaning
10. Reading
assess- ments formal and informal reading assessments. Aphabet knowledge, concepts
about print, phonemic awareness, phonics test, high frequency word
recognition, oral reading inventory, spelling inventory.
11. How to teach
phonemic
aware- ness 1. teacher says "im going to say the sounds in the word jam. 2. say the
word out loud 3. write the word down, 4. read the word together
12. Phonologica
l awareness
not the same as phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is narrow-
identifying and manipulating individual sounds. Phonological awareness
is broad- includes
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, CSET Subtest 1 Exam Questions & Answers.
identifying and manipulating larger parts of spoken language such as
words, syllables, onsets and rhymes as well as phonemes
13. phonics teaches children the relationship between the letters(graphemes) of
written lan- guage and the individual sounds(phonemes) of spoken
language. Critisism is the english spellings are too irregular for phonics
to help.
14. Teaching phonics Assess, plan, explicitly teach and model phonics, select and design
resource ma- terial, provide fluency practice, provide ongoing
assessment.
15. fluency exercises student adult reading, choral reading, tape assisted reading,
partner reading, readers theatre
16. text
comprehen- monitoring comprehension, using graphic and semantic organizers,
sion actvities answering questions, generating questions, recognizing story structure,
summarizing, mak- ing use of prior knowledge, usinf mental imagery
17. Generes in
writ- ing narrative-tells a story, interpretive- explains, explores impotance of event,
de- scriptive- describes a person place or thing, persuasive- takes a
stand on issue, expository- inform, explains a subject to reader
18. novels like a short story but expands on plot, adds subplots, deeper characters
19. short stories condensed story, popular in elementary schools
20. folk tales old as language. adapt from culture to culture enriched with customes and
beliefs. Usually narrative, author is never known, include fairy tales,
legends, fables, tall tales and humorous.
21. Study in book pages 52-56
22. Four river valley
civilizations Mesopotania, Egypt, India, Chins
(Near East)
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