(D668) ELEMENTARY LITERACY
CURRICULUM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
What is blending in phonemic awareness?
The ability to combine individual sounds (phonemes) to form a whole
word. (EX: what word has the sounds /c/ /l/ /o/ /p/? clop.)
What is addition in phonemic awareness?
The ability to add a phoneme to an existing word to create a new
word. (EX: take the word plan and add a /t/ sound at the end. plant)
What is deletion in phonemic awareness?
The ability to remove a phoneme from a word and create a new word.
(EX: take the word ground and remove the /g/ sound. round)
What is substitution in phonemic awareness?
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,The ability to replace one phoneme in a word with another phoneme
to create a new word. (EX: take the word top and change the /t/ sound
to a /h/ sound. hop)
What IS Phonemic awareness?
- means being able to pick out (isolate) and move around with the
different sounds in words.
- foundation of reading and spelling
- is the alphabetic principle
- teaches that letters stand for sounds in language
- activities include putting sounds together to make words, breaking
words down into individual sounds, and changing sounds to make
new words.
What phonemic awareness is NOT.
- not the same as phonics, phonics is about matching sounds to letters.
- not about knowing what whole words mean, it is just about sounds.
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,- not about looking, you do not need to see words to hear them.
What is Phonological Awareness?
The ability to hear and manipulate the spoken parts of words and
sentences.
What is Phonemic Awareness?
The ability to work with the individual sound or phoneme in spoken
words.
What are the different Phonemic Awareness Skills?
Isolation, segmentation, blending, addition, deletion, and substitution.
What is isolation in phonemic awareness?
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, The ability to identify and articulate individual sounds in specific
positions within a word, such as the beginning, middle, or end. (EX:
the first sound in the word cat is /c/.)
What is segmentation in phonemic awareness?
The ability to break down a word into its individual sounds or
phonemes in order. (EX: what are the sounds in the word boat? /b/
/oa/ /t/.)
Phoneme grapheme mapping
The matching of phonemes (sounds) in words with the graphemes
(letters) that represent them.
- Helpful for students dealing with challenges such as dyslexia or
limited english skills.
Phoneme
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CURRICULUM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
What is blending in phonemic awareness?
The ability to combine individual sounds (phonemes) to form a whole
word. (EX: what word has the sounds /c/ /l/ /o/ /p/? clop.)
What is addition in phonemic awareness?
The ability to add a phoneme to an existing word to create a new
word. (EX: take the word plan and add a /t/ sound at the end. plant)
What is deletion in phonemic awareness?
The ability to remove a phoneme from a word and create a new word.
(EX: take the word ground and remove the /g/ sound. round)
What is substitution in phonemic awareness?
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,The ability to replace one phoneme in a word with another phoneme
to create a new word. (EX: take the word top and change the /t/ sound
to a /h/ sound. hop)
What IS Phonemic awareness?
- means being able to pick out (isolate) and move around with the
different sounds in words.
- foundation of reading and spelling
- is the alphabetic principle
- teaches that letters stand for sounds in language
- activities include putting sounds together to make words, breaking
words down into individual sounds, and changing sounds to make
new words.
What phonemic awareness is NOT.
- not the same as phonics, phonics is about matching sounds to letters.
- not about knowing what whole words mean, it is just about sounds.
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,- not about looking, you do not need to see words to hear them.
What is Phonological Awareness?
The ability to hear and manipulate the spoken parts of words and
sentences.
What is Phonemic Awareness?
The ability to work with the individual sound or phoneme in spoken
words.
What are the different Phonemic Awareness Skills?
Isolation, segmentation, blending, addition, deletion, and substitution.
What is isolation in phonemic awareness?
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, The ability to identify and articulate individual sounds in specific
positions within a word, such as the beginning, middle, or end. (EX:
the first sound in the word cat is /c/.)
What is segmentation in phonemic awareness?
The ability to break down a word into its individual sounds or
phonemes in order. (EX: what are the sounds in the word boat? /b/
/oa/ /t/.)
Phoneme grapheme mapping
The matching of phonemes (sounds) in words with the graphemes
(letters) that represent them.
- Helpful for students dealing with challenges such as dyslexia or
limited english skills.
Phoneme
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