Section 1 : Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

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Which of the following statements about phonemic awareness is most accurate? A. Children cannot properly develop oral language skills without developing phonemic awareness. B. Phonemic awareness is an early indicator of students becoming strong readers. C. Students always develop phonemic awareness in a standard order, applicable to all children. D. Students do not fully master phonemic awareness until middle school.

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Phonemic awareness is an early indicator of students becoming strong readers.

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Which of the following is the most appropriate way for a teacher to help young students develop an understanding of print elements? Options: Provide direct and indirect instruction on concepts like punctuation, the progression of text, and the difference between letters, words, and sentences. Send a letter home to remind parents to read to their children every night. Encourage greater access to preschool in their community. Provide time for students to practice reading to each other.

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Provide direct and indirect instruction on concepts like punctuation, the progression of text, and the difference between letters, words, and sentences.

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Which of the following would be the best way for a kindergarten teacher to support a new student who has not yet developed an awareness of text directionality?
- communicating with the parents about the need for intervention in this area and providing them with resources to help the student catch up to the current grade-level expectation from home
- continuing to read the student books aloud and allowing the student to develop text directionality naturally through exposure.
- providing direct instruction on text directionality and pointing to words as they are read when reading aloud to the student
- providing the student with independent reading books with arrows to show the direction in which the text should be read

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providing direct instruction on text directionality and pointing to words as they are read when reading aloud to the student

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A kindergarten student is struggling to recognize individual sounds in words. What should be the first step in supporting the student's phonological development?

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determining which level(s) of phonemic awareness the student is struggling with

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A first-grade teacher designed a word wheel where only the beginning letter of the word changes when students spin the wheel. This activity best assesses which of the following?

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initial blends