NYSTCE Multi-Subject:Teachers of
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Phonemes -
correct answer ✅A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken
language that makes a difference in the meaning of words.
Phonemes are represented by letters between slash marks. English
has 41 phonemes.
Grapheme -
correct answer ✅A grapheme is the smallest part of written
language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a word. A
grapheme may be just one letter, such as b, d, f, p, s; or several
letters, such as ch, sh, th, -ck, ea, -igh.
Phonics -
correct answer ✅Phonics is the fairly predictable relationship
between phonemes and graphemes.
,NYSTCE Multi-Subject:Teachers of
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
phonological awareness -
correct answer ✅knowledge of sounds and syllables and of the
sound structure of words
Onset -
correct answer ✅The initial consonant(s) sound of a syllable
Ex: bag is b- and swim is sw-
Rime -
correct answer ✅The part of a syllable that contains the vowel and
all that follows it
Ex) bag is -ag and swim is -im
Phoneme Isolation -
correct answer ✅recognize individual sounds in a word
Phoneme Identity -
correct answer ✅recognize the same sounds in different words
, NYSTCE Multi-Subject:Teachers of
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
phoneme categorization -
correct answer ✅recognize a word with a sound that does not
match the sounds in other words
phoneme blending -
correct answer ✅combining phonemes to make a word. Then they
write and read the word
phoneme segmentation -
correct answer ✅breaking a word into separate sounds and
counting them
phoneme deletion -
correct answer ✅recognize the word that remains when a
phoneme is removed from another word
phoneme addition -
correct answer ✅make a new word by adding a phoneme to an
existing word
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
Phonemic Awareness -
correct answer ✅The ability to hear, identify,and manipulate the
individual sounds, phonemes, in oral language.
Phonemes -
correct answer ✅A phoneme is the smallest part of spoken
language that makes a difference in the meaning of words.
Phonemes are represented by letters between slash marks. English
has 41 phonemes.
Grapheme -
correct answer ✅A grapheme is the smallest part of written
language that represents a phoneme in the spelling of a word. A
grapheme may be just one letter, such as b, d, f, p, s; or several
letters, such as ch, sh, th, -ck, ea, -igh.
Phonics -
correct answer ✅Phonics is the fairly predictable relationship
between phonemes and graphemes.
,NYSTCE Multi-Subject:Teachers of
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
phonological awareness -
correct answer ✅knowledge of sounds and syllables and of the
sound structure of words
Onset -
correct answer ✅The initial consonant(s) sound of a syllable
Ex: bag is b- and swim is sw-
Rime -
correct answer ✅The part of a syllable that contains the vowel and
all that follows it
Ex) bag is -ag and swim is -im
Phoneme Isolation -
correct answer ✅recognize individual sounds in a word
Phoneme Identity -
correct answer ✅recognize the same sounds in different words
, NYSTCE Multi-Subject:Teachers of
Childhood (Grade 1- Grade 6)
LITERACY AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ARTS Exam Questions And Answers
phoneme categorization -
correct answer ✅recognize a word with a sound that does not
match the sounds in other words
phoneme blending -
correct answer ✅combining phonemes to make a word. Then they
write and read the word
phoneme segmentation -
correct answer ✅breaking a word into separate sounds and
counting them
phoneme deletion -
correct answer ✅recognize the word that remains when a
phoneme is removed from another word
phoneme addition -
correct answer ✅make a new word by adding a phoneme to an
existing word
