LETRS UNITS 1-4 EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Which statement best describes the relationship between reading
comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Answer: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of
reading fluency and text comprehension.
● Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: Oral
Language Comprehension
● What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processiong
Model for Word Recognition? Answer: Reading depends on
constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
● After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnostic assessment data.
, ● How is the word sn-ow divided? Answer: onset - rime
● How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: Two
● How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: Two
● What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: The skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words "by sight"
● Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look into a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
● Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness? Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word
and saying the new word
● A student spells skin as sgin. What type of phonological error did she
make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
● Which statement best describes the relationship between reading
comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's development?
Answer: Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of
reading fluency and text comprehension.
● Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the students in
conversation about the day's activities. She writes down what is said on
large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This activity would aid their
literacy development primarily by promoting which skill? Answer: Oral
Language Comprehension
● What is the most important implication of the Four-Part Processiong
Model for Word Recognition? Answer: Reading depends on
constructing pathways between the phonological, orthographic, and
meaning processors.
● After results of a winter screening, six second-graders scored in the
"somewhat at risk" range. What is the next step the teacher team should
take? Answer: Analyze the screening results and gather additional
diagnostic assessment data.
, ● How is the word sn-ow divided? Answer: onset - rime
● How many spoken syllables are there in frightening? Answer: Two
● How many spoken syllables are there in cleaned? Answer: Two
● What is the main reason that the ability to identify, segment, blend,
and manipulate individual phonemes in spoken words is important for
reading an alphabetic writing system? Answer: The skill ultimately
supports the ability to read words "by sight"
● Students with relative weaknesses in basic phonemic awareness are
most likely to make progress if the teacher provides which practice?
Answer: asks students to look into a mirror while they describe the way
that target phonemes are formed in the mouth
● Which student is demonstrating the most advanced level of phonemic
awareness? Answer: the student substituting a sound in a given word
and saying the new word
● A student spells skin as sgin. What type of phonological error did she
make? Answer: substitution of a voiced for an unvoiced consonant
