MTEL FOUNDATIONS OF READING
questions and answers 2024\2025 GradeA+
Decoding
- correct answer Process of converting printed words into their spoken forms by using knowledge of
letter-sound correspondences and word structure.
Decodable Texts
- correct answer Coherent texts in which most of the words are comprised of an accumulating sequence
of letter-sound correspondences that students have learned and are learning.
Graphophonemic Knowledge
- correct answer Knowledge of letters and letter combinations and the sounds that represent them.
Instructional Level
- correct answer Reading level in which no more than 1 in 10 words is difficult for the reader (with good
comprehension)
Irregular Words
- correct answer Words in which some or all of the letters do not represent thier most common sounds.
,Morphemes
- correct answer Smallest meaningful units of language.
Orthography
- correct answer Writing system of language.
Phonics
- correct answer The study and use of symbol-sound (grapheme-phoneme) relationships to help
students identify words.
Rime
- correct answer The part of a syllable that includes the vowel and what follows it.
Sight Words
- correct answer Words that are recognized immediately.
Sounding Out
- correct answer Process of saying each sound that represents a letter(s) in a word and blending the
sounds together to read the word.
Syllable
- correct answer Unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel.
, Letter Combinations
- correct answer Groups of consecutive letters that represent a particular sound or sound in words.
Open Syllable
- correct answer Example: Rolo
Divide by Syllables, ends in vowel, no consonant closing.
Closed Syllable
- correct answer Example: Skittles / Twix
Vowel closed in, Vowels make the short sound.
Consonant - LE
- correct answer Examples: Skittles
Dipthong
- correct answer Example: Mounds
Glide Sounds "Wearing a thong say ow & oi!"
ou, oi, oy, ow
R-Controlled
- correct answer Example: York
Vowel comes before an R "bossy R' changes the sound of the vowel.
questions and answers 2024\2025 GradeA+
Decoding
- correct answer Process of converting printed words into their spoken forms by using knowledge of
letter-sound correspondences and word structure.
Decodable Texts
- correct answer Coherent texts in which most of the words are comprised of an accumulating sequence
of letter-sound correspondences that students have learned and are learning.
Graphophonemic Knowledge
- correct answer Knowledge of letters and letter combinations and the sounds that represent them.
Instructional Level
- correct answer Reading level in which no more than 1 in 10 words is difficult for the reader (with good
comprehension)
Irregular Words
- correct answer Words in which some or all of the letters do not represent thier most common sounds.
,Morphemes
- correct answer Smallest meaningful units of language.
Orthography
- correct answer Writing system of language.
Phonics
- correct answer The study and use of symbol-sound (grapheme-phoneme) relationships to help
students identify words.
Rime
- correct answer The part of a syllable that includes the vowel and what follows it.
Sight Words
- correct answer Words that are recognized immediately.
Sounding Out
- correct answer Process of saying each sound that represents a letter(s) in a word and blending the
sounds together to read the word.
Syllable
- correct answer Unit of pronunciation that is organized around a vowel.
, Letter Combinations
- correct answer Groups of consecutive letters that represent a particular sound or sound in words.
Open Syllable
- correct answer Example: Rolo
Divide by Syllables, ends in vowel, no consonant closing.
Closed Syllable
- correct answer Example: Skittles / Twix
Vowel closed in, Vowels make the short sound.
Consonant - LE
- correct answer Examples: Skittles
Dipthong
- correct answer Example: Mounds
Glide Sounds "Wearing a thong say ow & oi!"
ou, oi, oy, ow
R-Controlled
- correct answer Example: York
Vowel comes before an R "bossy R' changes the sound of the vowel.
