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Print Awareness is: ......ANSWER......Understanding the function of
print and how it is organized on a page.
An example of print awareness is: ......ANSWER......A child points to a
McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!"
Which is not an example of print awareness? ......ANSWER......A child
indicates that he can sing the alphabet song.
Print awareness tasks: ......ANSWER......Can be given by the classroom
teacher, can help students to develop print awareness, and are related
to children's later success in reading.
Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop:
......ANSWER......Before children begin school.
A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possess:
......ANSWER......Print awareness
Print awareness is an understanding that print: ......ANSWER......is
different from pictures on a page, carries meaning, and has practical
uses.
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What is the relationship between spoken and written language?
......ANSWER......Print is used to represent the words we speak.
Which is an example of print awareness? ......ANSWER......Print is read
from left to right.
Phonemic awareness is: ......ANSWER......A strong predictor of future
reading success, a sub skill of phonological awareness, and a
foundational reading skill.
There are __________________ sounds in the English language:
......ANSWER......More than 40.
Phoneme blending is: ......ANSWER......Harder than onset and rime.
The onset sound(s) is the: ......ANSWER......Sounds before the vowel in
a syllable.
The definition of phoneme is, "The smallest part of _____________
language." ......ANSWER......Spoken
The word eight has how many phonemes? ......ANSWER......2
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Phonological awareness is: ......ANSWER......A person's ability to hear
sound structures of speech, a person's ability to manipulate sound
structures of speech, and a print-free skill set.
How are phonemes represented in writing to differentiate them from
actual words? ......ANSWER......By placing the letters between slashes
/b/.
How many syllables do you hear in the word submerges?
......ANSWER......3
Which is an example of phoneme segmentation? ......ANSWER......A
child telling his teacher there are four sounds in truck, /t/ /r/ /u/ /ck/
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the onset and rimes in
words is called ______________: ......ANSWER......Phonological
awareness
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate discrete, individual
sounds in words is called: ......ANSWER......Phonemic awareness
How many speech sounds are there in the English language?
......ANSWER......Between 42-44
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An example of phonemic awareness is: ......ANSWER......A child
categorizing pictures that begin with the same sound.
Phonemic awareness activities include: ......ANSWER......Blending
sounds together to make a word, identifying words that begin with
the same letter, and breaking a word into individual sounds.
Phonological awareness activities include ________________:
......ANSWER......Syllable blending
Digraphs such as "sh" make ________________ sound(s).
......ANSWER......1
When teaching phonological awareness, teachers should:
......ANSWER......Use multisensory activities, teach each skill to
mastery, and 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
Phonics instruction: ......ANSWER......Should be taught because it
teaches a system for remembering how to read words.
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