WGU C910 Elementary Reading Examination sample prep
Questions and Answers; certified for accuracy 2025/2026
Explain the Balanced Literacy Framework - correct answer read aloud, guided reading,
shared reading, independent reading, and word study.
What reading skills are taught within the Balanced Literacy Framework? - correct
answer Concepts of Print, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency,
Vocabulary, and Comprehension.
Why is a morning message helpful for emergent readers? - correct answer To read
and address different teaching points through a daily message
Why is it important to include a variety of levels and student-created print materials in a
balanced literacy environment? - correct answer To build the basic skills necessary for
literacy development by demonstrating to students with disabilities the function and
utility of language in an intentional, purposeful, and intensive way.
What is the definition of phonemic awareness? - correct answer an oral language
ability that students demonstrate when they can play with the sounds in words. For
example, they can change a sound in word to make a new word, blend sounds together
to make a word, or break words into individual sounds. It helps students read by
sounding out and blending letter sounds together, and to spell by breaking apart the
sounds in a word.
Explain the Alphabetic Phase - correct answer Categories used to clarify the text-
based elements of the complex, interactive relationships among the many influences on
reading skills
Pre-alphabetic: - correct answer identifies few letter names or distinguishes few
phonemes in words or recognizes few written words, each primarily in a limited context
(less than 1st grade)
, Partial alphabetic: - correct answer identify the names and major sounds of most
consonants. Likely to use some of these letter-sound associations as decoding and
spelling cues.
Full alphabetic: - correct answer decode many words letter-by-letter. Likely use initial
and final letters as decoding cues. Recognize many words by sight, produce fewer
miscues when decoding aloud
Consolidated alphabetic: - correct answer groups common patterns of letters and
sounds as units. This allows her to decode multi-syllable, novel, and nonsense words by
analogy
Automatic: - correct answer decodes fluently
What is RTI? - correct answer a multi-tier approach to the early identification and
support of students with learning and behavior needs
What is Tier 1 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
UNIVERSAL - all students receive high-quality, scientifically based instruction provided
by qualified personnel to ensure that their difficulties are not due to inadequate
instruction
What is Tier 2 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
TARGETED - Students not making adequate progress in the regular classroom in Tier 1
are provided with increasingly intensive instruction matched to their needs on the basis
of levels of performance and rates of progress.
What is Tier 3 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
INTENSIVE - At this level, students receive individualized, intensive interventions that
target the students' skill deficits.
DIBELS Assessment - correct answer A set of procedures and measures for assessing
the acquisition of early literacy skills. They are designed to be short (one minute)
Questions and Answers; certified for accuracy 2025/2026
Explain the Balanced Literacy Framework - correct answer read aloud, guided reading,
shared reading, independent reading, and word study.
What reading skills are taught within the Balanced Literacy Framework? - correct
answer Concepts of Print, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency,
Vocabulary, and Comprehension.
Why is a morning message helpful for emergent readers? - correct answer To read
and address different teaching points through a daily message
Why is it important to include a variety of levels and student-created print materials in a
balanced literacy environment? - correct answer To build the basic skills necessary for
literacy development by demonstrating to students with disabilities the function and
utility of language in an intentional, purposeful, and intensive way.
What is the definition of phonemic awareness? - correct answer an oral language
ability that students demonstrate when they can play with the sounds in words. For
example, they can change a sound in word to make a new word, blend sounds together
to make a word, or break words into individual sounds. It helps students read by
sounding out and blending letter sounds together, and to spell by breaking apart the
sounds in a word.
Explain the Alphabetic Phase - correct answer Categories used to clarify the text-
based elements of the complex, interactive relationships among the many influences on
reading skills
Pre-alphabetic: - correct answer identifies few letter names or distinguishes few
phonemes in words or recognizes few written words, each primarily in a limited context
(less than 1st grade)
, Partial alphabetic: - correct answer identify the names and major sounds of most
consonants. Likely to use some of these letter-sound associations as decoding and
spelling cues.
Full alphabetic: - correct answer decode many words letter-by-letter. Likely use initial
and final letters as decoding cues. Recognize many words by sight, produce fewer
miscues when decoding aloud
Consolidated alphabetic: - correct answer groups common patterns of letters and
sounds as units. This allows her to decode multi-syllable, novel, and nonsense words by
analogy
Automatic: - correct answer decodes fluently
What is RTI? - correct answer a multi-tier approach to the early identification and
support of students with learning and behavior needs
What is Tier 1 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
UNIVERSAL - all students receive high-quality, scientifically based instruction provided
by qualified personnel to ensure that their difficulties are not due to inadequate
instruction
What is Tier 2 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
TARGETED - Students not making adequate progress in the regular classroom in Tier 1
are provided with increasingly intensive instruction matched to their needs on the basis
of levels of performance and rates of progress.
What is Tier 3 Instruction? What type of student grouping? - correct answer
INTENSIVE - At this level, students receive individualized, intensive interventions that
target the students' skill deficits.
DIBELS Assessment - correct answer A set of procedures and measures for assessing
the acquisition of early literacy skills. They are designed to be short (one minute)
