ABCTE - ELEMENTARY - LITERACY
QUIZZES WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Which of the following answers means "the written letters or symbols of a language"?
a. Morphology
b. Orthography
c. Orthology
d. Etymology - Correct Answers -b. Orthography
A performance assessment indicates that a first grade student struggles to recognize
grade-level sight words. Which of the following activities is likely to be most beneficial to
this student?
a. Sending home sight-word flashcards as homework
b. Daily spelling tests of sight words
c. Reading books containing high-frequency words
d. Working together using letter manipulatives to build sight words - Correct Answers -d.
Working together using letter manipulatives to build sight words
Which of the following words contains four phonemes?
a. Tan
b. Bright
c. Straight
d. Fake - Correct Answers -b. Bright
Studies find that fluency instruction based on "repeated reading"
a. is inferior to independent silent reading.
b. is a better method than silent reading.
c. inhibits automaticity.
d. works best in a round-robin setting. - Correct Answers -b. is a better method than
silent reading.
Which of the following is a crucial skill for fluency?
a. Expression
b. Decoding
c. Segmenting
d. Comprehension - Correct Answers -b. Decoding
, What is one of the first things that young students need to learn in order to read any
text?
a. Letter-to-sound correlations
b. How print moves across and down the page
c. That words are made up of separate letters
d. That punctuation separates sentences - Correct Answers -b. How print moves across
and down the page
Sounds that consist of a blend of two separate vowel sounds such as /oi/ in oil or /oy/ in
toy are
a. vowel digraphs.
b. vowel diphthongs.
c. consonant-influenced vowels.
d. consonant blends. - Correct Answers -b. vowel diphthongs.
The alphabetic principle is best described as
a. the written form of the smallest sound segment of a word.
b. the association of sounds with letters.
c. the idea that morphology influences thought.
d. the clue used to help identify an unknown word in a sentence. - Correct Answers -b.
the association of sounds with letters.
Systematic phonics instruction is
a. based on a digraph's ability to represent phonemes.
b. secondary to implicit phonics instruction.
c. explicit in its approach.
d. likely to initially inhibit traditional spelling. - Correct Answers -c. explicit in its
approach.
In a unit on spelling conventions, a teacher chooses to work on the word get before the
word gem. This is because
a. get features an unvoiced consonant.
b. the "g" in get is a more common usage.
c. /t/ is easier than /m/.
d. get has only two phonemes. - Correct Answers -b. the "g" in get is a more common
usage.
A second-grade student is reluctant to read independently. Which of the following steps
should the teacher consider next to encourage the student to read?
a. Set natural consequences for not reading.
b. Involve the librarian to adjust the text level.
c. Have the student read aloud to the class.
d. Interview the student about her interests and hobbies. - Correct Answers -d. Interview
the student about her interests and hobbies.
QUIZZES WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Which of the following answers means "the written letters or symbols of a language"?
a. Morphology
b. Orthography
c. Orthology
d. Etymology - Correct Answers -b. Orthography
A performance assessment indicates that a first grade student struggles to recognize
grade-level sight words. Which of the following activities is likely to be most beneficial to
this student?
a. Sending home sight-word flashcards as homework
b. Daily spelling tests of sight words
c. Reading books containing high-frequency words
d. Working together using letter manipulatives to build sight words - Correct Answers -d.
Working together using letter manipulatives to build sight words
Which of the following words contains four phonemes?
a. Tan
b. Bright
c. Straight
d. Fake - Correct Answers -b. Bright
Studies find that fluency instruction based on "repeated reading"
a. is inferior to independent silent reading.
b. is a better method than silent reading.
c. inhibits automaticity.
d. works best in a round-robin setting. - Correct Answers -b. is a better method than
silent reading.
Which of the following is a crucial skill for fluency?
a. Expression
b. Decoding
c. Segmenting
d. Comprehension - Correct Answers -b. Decoding
, What is one of the first things that young students need to learn in order to read any
text?
a. Letter-to-sound correlations
b. How print moves across and down the page
c. That words are made up of separate letters
d. That punctuation separates sentences - Correct Answers -b. How print moves across
and down the page
Sounds that consist of a blend of two separate vowel sounds such as /oi/ in oil or /oy/ in
toy are
a. vowel digraphs.
b. vowel diphthongs.
c. consonant-influenced vowels.
d. consonant blends. - Correct Answers -b. vowel diphthongs.
The alphabetic principle is best described as
a. the written form of the smallest sound segment of a word.
b. the association of sounds with letters.
c. the idea that morphology influences thought.
d. the clue used to help identify an unknown word in a sentence. - Correct Answers -b.
the association of sounds with letters.
Systematic phonics instruction is
a. based on a digraph's ability to represent phonemes.
b. secondary to implicit phonics instruction.
c. explicit in its approach.
d. likely to initially inhibit traditional spelling. - Correct Answers -c. explicit in its
approach.
In a unit on spelling conventions, a teacher chooses to work on the word get before the
word gem. This is because
a. get features an unvoiced consonant.
b. the "g" in get is a more common usage.
c. /t/ is easier than /m/.
d. get has only two phonemes. - Correct Answers -b. the "g" in get is a more common
usage.
A second-grade student is reluctant to read independently. Which of the following steps
should the teacher consider next to encourage the student to read?
a. Set natural consequences for not reading.
b. Involve the librarian to adjust the text level.
c. Have the student read aloud to the class.
d. Interview the student about her interests and hobbies. - Correct Answers -d. Interview
the student about her interests and hobbies.
