LATEST LETRS UNIT 3 COMBINED SESSIONS 1-8 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss the meanings of words being taught. - ANSWER False The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context, depends on - ANSWER knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and the ability to blend phonemes and graphemes quickly. The term phonics may be used to refer to - ANSWER the system of phoneme- grapheme correspondences that are the basis for an alphabetic orthography, an essential component of effective reading instruction and a strategy for decoding new words and storing them in orthographic memory. Which of the following are typical of meaning-emphasis approaches to instruction? - ANSWER emphasis on reading leveled texts individually and use of context (such as illustrations) to read words in texts Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics lessons? - ANSWER timed reading of learned words Regularly spelled words - ANSWER three, day, bird, goose, mouse, maybe, go, have Irregularly spelled words - ANSWER yacht, love, father, you Why is the letter "x" referred to as an odd letter? - ANSWER Letter "x" can represent two phonemes. Which word contains a consonant trigraph? - ANSWER ditch (-tch) Which is an example of a consonant blend? - ANSWER shr What is the difference between a digraph and a blend? - ANSWER Blends represent more than one sound; digraphs represent one sound. Which of the following sets includes ONLY consonant blends? - ANSWER fl, br, nd How many phonemes are in the word "flax"? - ANSWER 5 How many phonemes are in the word "quick"? - ANSWER 4 Which pair of words has the same number of phonemes? - ANSWER tax and flash Which of the following sets includes only words with vowel teams? - ANSWER slight, drain, snow Which is the most consistent pattern in the way English uses vowel graphemes? - ANSWER Single letters are used to spell short vowel phonemes. What makes the vowel-r combination difficult for students to learn to read and spell? - ANSWER The sounds made by the vowel and the "r" overlap and influence each other. Consonant Digraph examples - ANSWER chimp, girth, wash VCe (Vowel-Consoant-e) examples - ANSWER broke, flame, site Silent Letter Grapheme examples - ANSWER bomb, knee, knight Vowel Team examples - ANSWER knee, sail, knight Vowel-r examples - ANSWER girth, star, fur Consonant Blend examples - ANSWER broke, chimp, flame, star Floss Rule Words - ANSWER loss, stuff, full, fizz Non-floss rule words - ANSWER gift, gas, his, gel Complete this sentence: A complex syllable is a syllable that contains a - ANSWER consonant blend Complete this sentence: Vowel teams in English can have up to ___ letters. - ANSWER Four Which group of words include only words that have consonant digraphs, and no words with blends? - ANSWER father, shin, reach, rough, phone, bang Which set of words illustrates both the Floss Rule and the "-ck" Rule? - ANSWER slick, kiss, cuff Roughly half of all words in English can be spelled correctly based on established sound-symbol correspondences. - ANSWER True When students are "graduating" to the next Ehri's phases, their approach to reading will be qualitatively different than the previous phase. - ANSWER True Students with solid phonics skills tend to recognize sight words more quickly, regardless of how regular the words' spelling are. - ANSWER True Kasey has solid phonemic awareness and knows all 26 letters. Her phonetic spellings of speech sounds are logical, but she is just learning to spell words. Which phase best describes her? - ANSWER Later Alphabetic Which is the best way to assess students' ability to recognize real words in print? - ANSWER Have students do timed and untimed readings of graded word lists; sight words should be recognized within one second. Which of the following should be a major instructional focus for students at the consolidated alphabetic phase? - ANSWER Have students decode two- and three- syllable words and learn to plan before writing, and compose according to the plan. Which grouping of letters best supports instruction in letter formation and why? - ANSWER Group all letters that begin with a downstroke (b, n) together Which is the most effective order of instruction for teaching a new letter formation? - ANSWER Skywrite with wide arm motions; write as teacher describes; practice Which of the following letter-sound correspondences should be taught early on? - ANSWER m,s,t,a