LETRS Unit 1 Sessions 1-8
Assessment/Quizzes and answers2023-2024.
phonics
the study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent; also used as a
descriptor for code-based instruction
phonemic awareness
the conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken
syllables and the ability to consciously manipulate those sounds.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
pictographs
primitive writing system that directly represented or made pictures of the intended meaning
(hieroglyphics)
logographs
writing system where symbols were used to represent meanings rather than sound (Chinese
radicals and Mayan gylphs)
syllabic symbols
writing system that directly represented whole syllables (cherokee)
alphabetic writing
a system in which graphic signs represent individual consonants and vowels, or phenomes
syllable
,a unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant
after the vowel
morphemes
The smallest units of meaning in a language; meaningful parts of words; it may be a word or part
of a word; it may be a single sound (plural /s/); one syllable (suffix -ful) or multiple syllables
(prefix inter-)
orthography
A writing system for representing language.
shallow orthography
the sound-symbol correspondences in the alphabetic writing system are regular and predicable,
with one sound represented by one symbol or letter (Spanish)
deep orthography
the sound-symbol correspondences in the alphabetic writing system represent both morphemes
(meaningful parts) and speech sound (English)
morphophonemic
a deep alphabetic writing system organized by both "sound-symbol" correspondences and
morphology (English orthography falls under this category) Consider examples that share a
consistently spelled root or meaningful part (morpheme) but have different pronunciations of the
root: compress, compression (s, or sh) rite or ritual (t or ch)
cognate
a word in one language that shares a common ancestor and meanings with a word from another
language; promblema or diagrama
metalinguistic awareness
, the ability to think about and reflect on the structure of language itself The invention of the
alphabet was an achievement in metalinguistic awareness.
Simple View of Reading (SVR)
word recognition x language comprehension = reading comprehension
word recognition
the accurate and fast retrieval of decoded word forms; essential for the development of reading
(SVR)
language comprehension
listening comprehension or the linguistic processes involved in the comprehension of oral
language (SVR)
decoding
The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound
symbol correspondences; also the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out.
LETRS Unit 1, Session 2
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language?
a. It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences.
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
c. It may use unusual or topic-specific vocabulary.
d. Its sounds are coarticulated in words.
Assessment/Quizzes and answers2023-2024.
phonics
the study of the relationships between letters and the sounds they represent; also used as a
descriptor for code-based instruction
phonemic awareness
the conscious awareness of the individual speech sounds (consonants and vowels) in spoken
syllables and the ability to consciously manipulate those sounds.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
pictographs
primitive writing system that directly represented or made pictures of the intended meaning
(hieroglyphics)
logographs
writing system where symbols were used to represent meanings rather than sound (Chinese
radicals and Mayan gylphs)
syllabic symbols
writing system that directly represented whole syllables (cherokee)
alphabetic writing
a system in which graphic signs represent individual consonants and vowels, or phenomes
syllable
,a unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel; it may or may not have a consonant
after the vowel
morphemes
The smallest units of meaning in a language; meaningful parts of words; it may be a word or part
of a word; it may be a single sound (plural /s/); one syllable (suffix -ful) or multiple syllables
(prefix inter-)
orthography
A writing system for representing language.
shallow orthography
the sound-symbol correspondences in the alphabetic writing system are regular and predicable,
with one sound represented by one symbol or letter (Spanish)
deep orthography
the sound-symbol correspondences in the alphabetic writing system represent both morphemes
(meaningful parts) and speech sound (English)
morphophonemic
a deep alphabetic writing system organized by both "sound-symbol" correspondences and
morphology (English orthography falls under this category) Consider examples that share a
consistently spelled root or meaningful part (morpheme) but have different pronunciations of the
root: compress, compression (s, or sh) rite or ritual (t or ch)
cognate
a word in one language that shares a common ancestor and meanings with a word from another
language; promblema or diagrama
metalinguistic awareness
, the ability to think about and reflect on the structure of language itself The invention of the
alphabet was an achievement in metalinguistic awareness.
Simple View of Reading (SVR)
word recognition x language comprehension = reading comprehension
word recognition
the accurate and fast retrieval of decoded word forms; essential for the development of reading
(SVR)
language comprehension
listening comprehension or the linguistic processes involved in the comprehension of oral
language (SVR)
decoding
The ability to translate a word from print to speech, usually by employing knowledge of sound
symbol correspondences; also the act of deciphering a new word by sounding it out.
LETRS Unit 1, Session 2
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
Which is a characteristic of discourse in spoken language?
a. It generally uses complete, well-formed sentences.
b. It does not use paragraphs and tends to be disorganized.
c. It may use unusual or topic-specific vocabulary.
d. Its sounds are coarticulated in words.
