QUESTIONS WITH PRACTICE SOLUTION
GRADED A+
◉ Evidence-based practices. Answer: Teaching methods supported
by research to enhance learning outcomes.
◉ Orthography. Answer: The conventional spelling system of a
language.
◉ Phoneme / grapheme correspondence. Answer: The relationship
between sounds and their written symbols.
◉ Developmental progression. Answer: The typical stages of growth
in oral language, spelling, and written expression.
◉ Structured language and literacy teaching. Answer: Explicit,
systematic, multisensory, diagnostic, and cumulative approaches to
instruction.
◉ Phonemic awareness. Answer: The ability to hear, identify, and
manipulate phonemes in spoken words.
,◉ Alphabetic principle. Answer: Understanding that letters
represent sounds in spoken language.
◉ Handwriting instruction. Answer: Teaching methods for writing in
both print and cursive forms.
◉ Stages of spelling development. Answer: The phases through
which children progress in learning to spell.
◉ Transcription instruction. Answer: Teaching methods for oral
dictation and copying written text.
◉ Letter sequences & syllable spellings/types. Answer: Patterns that
govern how letters and syllables are formed in words.
◉ English language structure. Answer: The systematic organization
of language components, including phonetics and orthographic
patterns.
◉ High-frequency word instruction. Answer: Teaching strategies
focused on commonly used words in writing.
◉ Morphological awareness. Answer: Understanding the structure
and formation of words.
, ◉ Keyboarding instruction. Answer: Teaching typing skills,
appropriate for students in grade 3 and above.
◉ Writing-to-learn opportunities. Answer: Short writing activities
that help students understand content.
◉ Discipline-specific text types. Answer: Unique forms of writing
that are characteristic of specific academic disciplines.
◉ Scaffolded interdisciplinary writing projects. Answer: Writing
assignments designed to support learning across multiple subjects.
◉ Syntax. Answer: The arrangement of words and phrases to create
well-formed sentences.
◉ Sentence Construction. Answer: Teaching explicit and systematic
instruction in identifying fragments and run-on sentences and in
generating compound and complex sentences.
◉ Paragraph-Level Organization. Answer: Instruction including
topic sentence, details, transition words, and conclusion.