KPEERI Study Guide 2 2023, Reading Rockets Modules
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Print awareness:
a. develops faster in girls than in boys
b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print
c. is present at the time of a child's birth
d. none of the above
b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print
Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness?
a. knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page
b. knowing that print proceeds from left to right on a page
c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children
d. knowing that print is an expression of written language
c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children
Children's performance on print awareness tasks:
a. cannot predict future reading achievement
b. can be a predictor of future reading achievement
c. is a way of measuring how fast they can read
d. none of the above
b. can be a predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print include:
a. being read to by adults
b. playing with magnetic letters
c. pretend reading
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Children with print awareness are able to:
a. count the number of words in a sentence
b. distinguish between a word and a letter on a page
c. recognize the logo for McDonald's on a billboard
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
_______ does NOT encourage development of print awareness:
a. teaching a lesson about the parts of a book (cover, title page, author,
illustrator)
b. using a "big book" to read a story aloud
c. leading the song,Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
d. helping a student write his name
c. leading the song,Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Activities that help promote print awareness in children include:
a. labeling objects in a classroom
b. reading aloud to students
c. pointing out punctuation marks at the end of sentences
d. all of the above
,d. all of the above
Children who begin school without print awareness:
a. tend to be better readers than other students
b. will never learn to read
c. may be at risk for reading difficulty
d. none of the above
c. may be at risk for reading difficulty
Pretending to write a shopping list:
a. can help a child develop print awareness
b. may be bad if the child does not know the alphabet
c. has no effect on learning
d. none of the above
a. can help a child develop print awareness
Phonemic awareness is:
a. a strong predictor of future reading success
b. a sub skill of phonological awareness
c. a foundational reading skill
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
There are _______ sounds in the English language:
a. exactly 26
b. more than 60
c. more than 40
d. exactly 52
c. more than 40
Phoneme blending is:
a. easier than syllable blending
b. harder than onset and rime
c. easier than identifying rhyming words
d. easier than phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution
b. harder than onset and rime
The onset sound(s) is the:
a. last sound in a syllable
b. the vowel and any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable
c. the vowel sound in a syllable
d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable
d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _________ language."
a. spoken
b. written
c. informal
d. formal
a. spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes?
a. 5
b. 4
, c. 3
d. 2
d. 2
Phonological awareness is:
a. a person's ability to hear sound structures of speech
b. a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
c. a print-free skill set
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual
words?
a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
b. by placing the letters between asterisks b
c. by placing the letters in parentheses (b)
d. by placing the letters between percent signs %b%
a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
c. 3
Which of the following is an example of phoneme segmentation?
a. a child telling his teacher that the first sound in run is /r/
b. a child sounding out an unknown word ("/b/ /e/ /s/ /t/ ... best")
c. a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
d. a child telling his teacher that the last sound in cup is /p/
c. a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
Phonics instruction teaches:
a. the relationship between letters and sounds in written form
b. the understanding that speech is made up of individual sounds
c. the awareness that print carries meaning
d. none of the above
a. the relationship between letters and sounds in written form
Phonics instruction has an impact on a child's:
a. reading ability
b. writing ability
c. both reading and writing ability
d. neither reading nor writing ability
c. both reading and writing ability
Teaching students that the letters ph represent the /f/ sound is an example of
what type of instruction?
a. whole language
b. vocabulary
c. phonics
d. all of the above
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Print awareness:
a. develops faster in girls than in boys
b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print
c. is present at the time of a child's birth
d. none of the above
b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print
Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness?
a. knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page
b. knowing that print proceeds from left to right on a page
c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children
d. knowing that print is an expression of written language
c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children
Children's performance on print awareness tasks:
a. cannot predict future reading achievement
b. can be a predictor of future reading achievement
c. is a way of measuring how fast they can read
d. none of the above
b. can be a predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print include:
a. being read to by adults
b. playing with magnetic letters
c. pretend reading
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Children with print awareness are able to:
a. count the number of words in a sentence
b. distinguish between a word and a letter on a page
c. recognize the logo for McDonald's on a billboard
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
_______ does NOT encourage development of print awareness:
a. teaching a lesson about the parts of a book (cover, title page, author,
illustrator)
b. using a "big book" to read a story aloud
c. leading the song,Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
d. helping a student write his name
c. leading the song,Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Activities that help promote print awareness in children include:
a. labeling objects in a classroom
b. reading aloud to students
c. pointing out punctuation marks at the end of sentences
d. all of the above
,d. all of the above
Children who begin school without print awareness:
a. tend to be better readers than other students
b. will never learn to read
c. may be at risk for reading difficulty
d. none of the above
c. may be at risk for reading difficulty
Pretending to write a shopping list:
a. can help a child develop print awareness
b. may be bad if the child does not know the alphabet
c. has no effect on learning
d. none of the above
a. can help a child develop print awareness
Phonemic awareness is:
a. a strong predictor of future reading success
b. a sub skill of phonological awareness
c. a foundational reading skill
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
There are _______ sounds in the English language:
a. exactly 26
b. more than 60
c. more than 40
d. exactly 52
c. more than 40
Phoneme blending is:
a. easier than syllable blending
b. harder than onset and rime
c. easier than identifying rhyming words
d. easier than phoneme addition, deletion, and substitution
b. harder than onset and rime
The onset sound(s) is the:
a. last sound in a syllable
b. the vowel and any following consonant sounds at the end of a syllable
c. the vowel sound in a syllable
d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable
d. sounds before the vowel in a syllable
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _________ language."
a. spoken
b. written
c. informal
d. formal
a. spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes?
a. 5
b. 4
, c. 3
d. 2
d. 2
Phonological awareness is:
a. a person's ability to hear sound structures of speech
b. a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
c. a print-free skill set
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from actual
words?
a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
b. by placing the letters between asterisks b
c. by placing the letters in parentheses (b)
d. by placing the letters between percent signs %b%
a. by placing the letters between slashes /b/
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
c. 3
Which of the following is an example of phoneme segmentation?
a. a child telling his teacher that the first sound in run is /r/
b. a child sounding out an unknown word ("/b/ /e/ /s/ /t/ ... best")
c. a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
d. a child telling his teacher that the last sound in cup is /p/
c. a child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
Phonics instruction teaches:
a. the relationship between letters and sounds in written form
b. the understanding that speech is made up of individual sounds
c. the awareness that print carries meaning
d. none of the above
a. the relationship between letters and sounds in written form
Phonics instruction has an impact on a child's:
a. reading ability
b. writing ability
c. both reading and writing ability
d. neither reading nor writing ability
c. both reading and writing ability
Teaching students that the letters ph represent the /f/ sound is an example of
what type of instruction?
a. whole language
b. vocabulary
c. phonics
d. all of the above
