Kpeeri Exam Verified Questions and Correct Answers 2025
Graded A+
Phonics based approach -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -direct, no guessing
-learning letter sounds and decoding words
-need to know letter codes/rules
-controlled text- decodable
-includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension
Whole language based approach -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -learn whole
words and use context clues to figure them out
-guess, make inferences, emphasize meaning
-authentic text
National Reading Panel Report -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -5 domains for
effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
Print awareness is -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ recognizing written language
and understanding how it's used
-knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page and
from left to right on a page, and print is an expression of written
language
-does not have anything to do with handwriting
Children with print awareness are able to -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -count
the number of words in a sentence
-distinguish btw a word and a letter on a page
-recognize the logo for McDonalds on a billboard (logo represents
,a concept)
Children's performance on print awareness tasks -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -
is a reliable predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️
-being read to by adults
-playing with magnetic letters
-pretend reading
Children who begin school without print awareness -CORRECT ANSWER
✔️ -are at risk for developing reading difficulties
Prefix -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ a syllable or word that comes before a root
word to change its meaning
suffix -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ an affix that is added at the end of the word
Syllable -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a unit of speech organized around a
vowel sound
-every syllable contains a vowel
Onset -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ initial consonant sound of a syllable
-sounds before the vowel in a syllable
Rime -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ A Vowel and any following consonants of a
syllable
Phonemic awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a strong predictor of future
reading success
-a subskill of phonological awareness
-a foundational reading skill
Phoneme blending -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -easier than phoneme
addition, deletion, and substitution
, Phonological awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a person's ability to hear
sound structures of speech
-a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
-print-free skill set
Phoneme segmentation -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck (/t/ /r/ /u/ /k/)
Example of phonemic awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a child
categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound (involves
sounds and does not involve letters)
Digraphs such as "sh" make _______ sounds -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ 1
When teaching phonological awareness teachers should -
ANSWER ✔️ -use multisensory activities
-teach each skill to mastery
-start with the simplest skills and build to harder skills
Phonemic awareness is one part of ______________, which also
includes activities on phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more -
ANSWER ✔️ phonological awareness
How many speech sounds are in the English language? -
ANSWER ✔️ between 42-44
Schwa -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -vowel in an unaccented syllable, usually
says 'uh'
-ex, chocolate, about, family
Phonics instruction -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -teaches the relationship
between letters and sounds in written form
-impacts a child's reading and writing ability
Graded A+
Phonics based approach -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -direct, no guessing
-learning letter sounds and decoding words
-need to know letter codes/rules
-controlled text- decodable
-includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension
Whole language based approach -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -learn whole
words and use context clues to figure them out
-guess, make inferences, emphasize meaning
-authentic text
National Reading Panel Report -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -5 domains for
effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
Print awareness is -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ recognizing written language
and understanding how it's used
-knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page and
from left to right on a page, and print is an expression of written
language
-does not have anything to do with handwriting
Children with print awareness are able to -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -count
the number of words in a sentence
-distinguish btw a word and a letter on a page
-recognize the logo for McDonalds on a billboard (logo represents
,a concept)
Children's performance on print awareness tasks -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -
is a reliable predictor of future reading achievement
Activities that help children become aware of print -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️
-being read to by adults
-playing with magnetic letters
-pretend reading
Children who begin school without print awareness -CORRECT ANSWER
✔️ -are at risk for developing reading difficulties
Prefix -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ a syllable or word that comes before a root
word to change its meaning
suffix -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ an affix that is added at the end of the word
Syllable -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a unit of speech organized around a
vowel sound
-every syllable contains a vowel
Onset -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ initial consonant sound of a syllable
-sounds before the vowel in a syllable
Rime -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ A Vowel and any following consonants of a
syllable
Phonemic awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a strong predictor of future
reading success
-a subskill of phonological awareness
-a foundational reading skill
Phoneme blending -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -easier than phoneme
addition, deletion, and substitution
, Phonological awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a person's ability to hear
sound structures of speech
-a person's ability to manipulate sound structures of speech
-print-free skill set
Phoneme segmentation -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a child telling his teacher
there are four sounds in truck (/t/ /r/ /u/ /k/)
Example of phonemic awareness -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -a child
categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound (involves
sounds and does not involve letters)
Digraphs such as "sh" make _______ sounds -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ 1
When teaching phonological awareness teachers should -
ANSWER ✔️ -use multisensory activities
-teach each skill to mastery
-start with the simplest skills and build to harder skills
Phonemic awareness is one part of ______________, which also
includes activities on phonemes, rhymes, syllables, and more -
ANSWER ✔️ phonological awareness
How many speech sounds are in the English language? -
ANSWER ✔️ between 42-44
Schwa -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -vowel in an unaccented syllable, usually
says 'uh'
-ex, chocolate, about, family
Phonics instruction -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️ -teaches the relationship
between letters and sounds in written form
-impacts a child's reading and writing ability
