TExES Science of Teaching Reading (293) Exam Study Guide

TExES Science of Teaching Reading (293) Exam Study Guide phonemes - Ans:-the smallest individual sounds in a word phonetics - Ans:-the sounds of human speech phonology - Ans:-the systematic organization of sounds in language phonics - Ans:-the relationship between symbols of an alphabetic writing system and sounds of a language morphology - Ans:-the study of forms of words; this includes prefixes, roots, and suffixes. morphemes - Ans:--are a combination of sounds that have meaning in speech or writing and cannot be divided into smaller grammatical parts. -are the smallest units of meaning in a word orthography - Ans:-the conventions for proper spelling in a language ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/7 syntax - Ans:-rules that govern the construction of words in order to make phrases, clauses, and sentences semantics - Ans:-the study of word or symbol meaning pragmatics - Ans:-the study of language in use, not in its structure; or the appropriate use of language segmentation - Ans:-refers to recognizing the boundaries between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken language precommunicative spelling - - Ans:-when students use scribble shapes and sometimes letter-like shapes for spelling words but are unable to make the forms semiphonetic spelling - Ans:-when children have some letter awareness. They may spell a lengthy word with a few letters, spelling play as "pa" or talk as "tk" phonetic spelling - Ans:-when students spell the way they hear the word pronounced such as "wuz" for was or "uv" for of. This is also known as "invented spelling. transitional spelling - Ans:-when students use some conventional spelling but still misspell many irregular words ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/7 conventional spelling - Ans:-when children know and use most basic spelling rules and spell most words correctly. They can often recognize misspelled words, which is a tremendous help in editing either their own or others' writing drafts. process of learning - spelling - Ans:-1. precommunicative spelling 2. semiphonetic spelling 3. phonetic spelling 4. transitional spelling 5. conventional spelling Which of the following practices by a prekindergarten teacher best reflects an assets-based approach to reading instruction? - Ans:-planning instruction in various areas of reading using continually adjusted flexible groupings according to each child's current assessed knowledge and skills A first-grade student has been identified as having dyslexia and has begun intervention. Which of the following approaches to instruction would be most effective to enhance the student's reading development? - Ans:-providing the student with systematic, explicit multimodal instruction in all the essential, evidence-based components of reading formative assessment - Ans:-A third-grade teacher frequently uses an online application at the end of a lesson that allows the teacher to post a small task or que