LETRS 1-4 Final Assessment Questions with Solutions
1. If a second-grader lacks fluency when reading aloud, what is the language skill that the
teacher should assess first?: phonology and decoding
2. Which statement best describes the relationship between reading compre- hension and
word decoding in a beginning reader's development?: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
3. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in conversation
about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on large chart paper, then reads it
to the class. This activity would aid their literacy development primarily by promoting which
skill?: Oral Language Comprehension
4. What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition?: Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, ortho- graphic, and meaning
processors.
5. After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "some- what at risk"
range. What is the next step the teacher team should take?: Analyze the screening results and gather
additional diagnostic assessment data.
6. How is the word sn-ow divided?: onset - rime
7. How many spoken syllables are there in frightening?: Two
8. How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?: Two
9. What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend, and manipulate
individual phonemes in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic writing system?: The
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, skill ultimately supports the ability to read words "by sight"
10. Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to
make progress if the teacher provides which practice?: asks students to look into a mirror while they
describe the way that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
11. Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness?: the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word
12. A student spells skin as sign. What type of phonological error did she make?-
: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
13. Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in
the word is an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which students?: those
who have mastered basic phonemic awareness
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1. If a second-grader lacks fluency when reading aloud, what is the language skill that the
teacher should assess first?: phonology and decoding
2. Which statement best describes the relationship between reading compre- hension and
word decoding in a beginning reader's development?: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
3. Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in conversation
about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on large chart paper, then reads it
to the class. This activity would aid their literacy development primarily by promoting which
skill?: Oral Language Comprehension
4. What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processing Model for Word
Recognition?: Reading depends on constructing pathways between the phonological, ortho- graphic, and meaning
processors.
5. After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "some- what at risk"
range. What is the next step the teacher team should take?: Analyze the screening results and gather
additional diagnostic assessment data.
6. How is the word sn-ow divided?: onset - rime
7. How many spoken syllables are there in frightening?: Two
8. How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned?: Two
9. What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend, and manipulate
individual phonemes in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic writing system?: The
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, skill ultimately supports the ability to read words "by sight"
10. Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to
make progress if the teacher provides which practice?: asks students to look into a mirror while they
describe the way that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
11. Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness?: the student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word
12. A student spells skin as sign. What type of phonological error did she make?-
: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
13. Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in
the word is an instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which students?: those
who have mastered basic phonemic awareness
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