RICA 2026 EXAMPREP PRACTICE SET
SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS
◉ Sight words that should be taught:. Answer: 1. high frequency
words (common everyday words: as, of, the, where)
2. words w irregular spelling (ex. dove, guest)
3. words students want to know (ex. dinosaur)
4. words introduced in lessons (your academic vocabulary)
◉ Morphology. Answer: Study of word formation (working with
Prefixes, Suffixes, and roots)
◉ Morphological clues. Answer: 1. using prefixes, suffixes, and root
words to identify words
2. recognize words by analyzing syllables
3. context clues
◉ Decoding. Answer: the analysis of letters in a word to determine
pronunciation/ translate text into speech
, ◉ Encoding. Answer: Ability to spell using phonic patterns
◉ Orthology. Answer: the conventional spelling system of a language
◉ Consonant Blend. Answer: Two or more consecutive consonants
which retain their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ vowel digraph. Answer: consists of two vowels that together
represent one sound- like the "oa" in boat that makes the long o
sound.
◉ Consonant Digraph. Answer: Two consecutive consonants that
represent one phoneme, or sound (e.g., /ch/, /sh/).
◉ r-controlled vowels. Answer: The letter r affects the sound of the
vowel(s) that precedes it (er, ir, ur, ar, or) there neither a long or
short vowel
◉ Dipthong. Answer: 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first
vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel (the vowel
sounds glide together) (Ex. snout=ou/boy=oy)
SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS
◉ Sight words that should be taught:. Answer: 1. high frequency
words (common everyday words: as, of, the, where)
2. words w irregular spelling (ex. dove, guest)
3. words students want to know (ex. dinosaur)
4. words introduced in lessons (your academic vocabulary)
◉ Morphology. Answer: Study of word formation (working with
Prefixes, Suffixes, and roots)
◉ Morphological clues. Answer: 1. using prefixes, suffixes, and root
words to identify words
2. recognize words by analyzing syllables
3. context clues
◉ Decoding. Answer: the analysis of letters in a word to determine
pronunciation/ translate text into speech
, ◉ Encoding. Answer: Ability to spell using phonic patterns
◉ Orthology. Answer: the conventional spelling system of a language
◉ Consonant Blend. Answer: Two or more consecutive consonants
which retain their individual sounds (e.g., /bl/ in block; /str/ in
string).
◉ vowel digraph. Answer: consists of two vowels that together
represent one sound- like the "oa" in boat that makes the long o
sound.
◉ Consonant Digraph. Answer: Two consecutive consonants that
represent one phoneme, or sound (e.g., /ch/, /sh/).
◉ r-controlled vowels. Answer: The letter r affects the sound of the
vowel(s) that precedes it (er, ir, ur, ar, or) there neither a long or
short vowel
◉ Dipthong. Answer: 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first
vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel (the vowel
sounds glide together) (Ex. snout=ou/boy=oy)
