LETRS -UNITS 1-4 (2023/2024)
Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word decoding in
a beginning reader's development? - (correct answer)Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in conversation about the day's
activities. She writes down what is said on large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity
would aid their literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? - (correct answer)oral language
comprehension
After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" range. What is
the next step the teacher team should take? - (correct answer)Analyze the screening results and gather
additional diagnosis assessment data.
How is the word sn-ow divided? - (correct answer)onset-rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? - (correct answer)3
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? - (correct answer)1
What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend, and manipulate individual
phonemes in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic writing system? - (correct answer)This
skill ultimately supports the ability to read words, "by sight."
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to make progress if the
teacher provides which practice? - (correct answer)asks students to look in a mirror while they describe
the way that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic awareness? - (correct answer)the
student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word.
A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did she make? - (correct
answer)substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an
instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which students? - (correct answer)those who
have mastered basic phonemic awareness
How can phonics instruction be organized to be most effective? - (correct answer)around a preplanned
progression through a logical skill sequence
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on identification of consonant blends? -
(correct answer)plan, squirm, train
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on reviewing consonant digraphs? -
(correct answer)phone, throne, shown
In the early alphabetic phase of word-reading development, students know some letter-sound
correspondences and most letter names. A student at this level is most likely to progress with what type
of instruction? - (correct answer)blending 2-3 phoneme-grapheme correspondences within simple, one-
syllable words
Which statement best describes the relationship between reading comprehension and word decoding in
a beginning reader's development? - (correct answer)Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for
development of reading fluency and text comprehension.
Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in conversation about the day's
activities. She writes down what is said on large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity
would aid their literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? - (correct answer)oral language
comprehension
After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the "somewhat at risk" range. What is
the next step the teacher team should take? - (correct answer)Analyze the screening results and gather
additional diagnosis assessment data.
How is the word sn-ow divided? - (correct answer)onset-rime
How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? - (correct answer)3
How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? - (correct answer)1
What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend, and manipulate individual
phonemes in spoken words is important for reading an alphabetic writing system? - (correct answer)This
skill ultimately supports the ability to read words, "by sight."
Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are most likely to make progress if the
teacher provides which practice? - (correct answer)asks students to look in a mirror while they describe
the way that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic awareness? - (correct answer)the
student substituting a sound in a given word and saying the new word.
A student spells skin as "sgin." What type of phonological error did she make? - (correct
answer)substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
Having students listen to a word, say it, and then mentally reverse the sounds in the word is an
instructional activity that would be most appropriate for which students? - (correct answer)those who
have mastered basic phonemic awareness
How can phonics instruction be organized to be most effective? - (correct answer)around a preplanned
progression through a logical skill sequence
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on identification of consonant blends? -
(correct answer)plan, squirm, train
Which word group might a teacher include in a lesson focused on reviewing consonant digraphs? -
(correct answer)phone, throne, shown
In the early alphabetic phase of word-reading development, students know some letter-sound
correspondences and most letter names. A student at this level is most likely to progress with what type
of instruction? - (correct answer)blending 2-3 phoneme-grapheme correspondences within simple, one-
syllable words
