KPEERI Exam Study Guide
2023/2024 Latest Update.
A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a
vowel sound - Answer syllable
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their
individual sounds - Answer consonant blend
Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or
sound - Answer consonant digraph
Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to
predict the identities and meanings of unknown words. These may
be drawn from the immediate sentence containing the word, from
text already read, from pictures accompanying the text, or from
definitions, restatements, examples, or descriptions in the text. -
Answer context clues
Sounds that can be held for several seconds without distortion
- Answer continuous sounds
Sequences for how information is selected, sequenced, organized,
and practiced. These occur within each component of reading where
a logical progression of skills would be evident: easier skills are
introduced before more difficult skills, so that skills build
progressively. - Answer Coordinated Instructional Sequences
Instruction that builds upon previously learned concepts. - Answer
Cumulative Instruction
Text in which a high proportion of words comprise sound-symbol
relationships that have already been taught. - Answer Decodable
Text
These words contain phonic elements that were previously taught. -
Answer Decodable Words
A prefix or suffix added to a root or base to form another word
(e.g., -un in unhappy , -ness in likeness). - Answer Derivational
affix
The matching instruction that can meet the different needs of learners in
a given classroom. - Answer Differentiated Instruction
(Keyword: different)
,A group of two consecutive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound
(e.g.,
,/ea/ in bread; /ch/ in chat; /ng/ in sing) - Answer
Digraph (Remember the word digraph has a
digraPH)
A vowel produced by the tongue shifting position during articulation;
a vowel that feels as if it has two parts, especially the vowels spelled
ow, oy, ou, and oi. -
Answer Dipthong
(Remember the sentence, "wOW, yOU look good in that thong
(diphthong)! :)
The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students
through its application, and arranges for extended guided
practice until mastery is achieved. - Answer Direct Instruction
Planned instruction to pre-teach new, important, and difficult words
to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words that
students will encounter in their reading. - Answer Direct Vocabulary
Instruction
Strategies that help students engage the meanings of a text
(e.g., asking questions at critical junctures; modeling the
thought process used to make inferences; constructing mental
imagery). - Answer During Reading Comprehension Strategies
A language-based disability that affects both oral and written
language. It may also be referred to as reading disability, reading
difference, or reading disorder.
- Answer Dyslexia
A part of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with
improving the clarity, organization, concision, and correctness of
expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; compared to
revising, a smaller-scale activity often associated with surface aspects
of a text. - Answer Editing
A framework used during phonemic awareness instruction. These
are sometimes referred to as Sound Boxes. When working with
words, the teacher can draw one box per sound for a target word.
Students push a marker into one box as they segment each sound in
the word. - Answer Elkonin Boxes
The skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are developmental precursors
to conventional forms of reading and writing. - Answer Emergent Literacy
, The ability to translate language into print (writing) is .-
Answer Encoding
(Remember prefix en- means "put into", you are putting sounds
into print). Students whose first language is not English and who
are in the process of
2023/2024 Latest Update.
A word part that contains a vowel or, in spoken language, a
vowel sound - Answer syllable
Two or more consecutive consonants which retain their
individual sounds - Answer consonant blend
Two consecutive consonants that represent one phoneme, or
sound - Answer consonant digraph
Sources of information outside of words that readers may use to
predict the identities and meanings of unknown words. These may
be drawn from the immediate sentence containing the word, from
text already read, from pictures accompanying the text, or from
definitions, restatements, examples, or descriptions in the text. -
Answer context clues
Sounds that can be held for several seconds without distortion
- Answer continuous sounds
Sequences for how information is selected, sequenced, organized,
and practiced. These occur within each component of reading where
a logical progression of skills would be evident: easier skills are
introduced before more difficult skills, so that skills build
progressively. - Answer Coordinated Instructional Sequences
Instruction that builds upon previously learned concepts. - Answer
Cumulative Instruction
Text in which a high proportion of words comprise sound-symbol
relationships that have already been taught. - Answer Decodable
Text
These words contain phonic elements that were previously taught. -
Answer Decodable Words
A prefix or suffix added to a root or base to form another word
(e.g., -un in unhappy , -ness in likeness). - Answer Derivational
affix
The matching instruction that can meet the different needs of learners in
a given classroom. - Answer Differentiated Instruction
(Keyword: different)
,A group of two consecutive letters whose phonetic value is a single sound
(e.g.,
,/ea/ in bread; /ch/ in chat; /ng/ in sing) - Answer
Digraph (Remember the word digraph has a
digraPH)
A vowel produced by the tongue shifting position during articulation;
a vowel that feels as if it has two parts, especially the vowels spelled
ow, oy, ou, and oi. -
Answer Dipthong
(Remember the sentence, "wOW, yOU look good in that thong
(diphthong)! :)
The teacher defines and teaches a concept, guides students
through its application, and arranges for extended guided
practice until mastery is achieved. - Answer Direct Instruction
Planned instruction to pre-teach new, important, and difficult words
to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words that
students will encounter in their reading. - Answer Direct Vocabulary
Instruction
Strategies that help students engage the meanings of a text
(e.g., asking questions at critical junctures; modeling the
thought process used to make inferences; constructing mental
imagery). - Answer During Reading Comprehension Strategies
A language-based disability that affects both oral and written
language. It may also be referred to as reading disability, reading
difference, or reading disorder.
- Answer Dyslexia
A part of writing and preparing presentations concerned chiefly with
improving the clarity, organization, concision, and correctness of
expression relative to task, purpose, and audience; compared to
revising, a smaller-scale activity often associated with surface aspects
of a text. - Answer Editing
A framework used during phonemic awareness instruction. These
are sometimes referred to as Sound Boxes. When working with
words, the teacher can draw one box per sound for a target word.
Students push a marker into one box as they segment each sound in
the word. - Answer Elkonin Boxes
The skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are developmental precursors
to conventional forms of reading and writing. - Answer Emergent Literacy
, The ability to translate language into print (writing) is .-
Answer Encoding
(Remember prefix en- means "put into", you are putting sounds
into print). Students whose first language is not English and who
are in the process of
