RICA Subtest 1

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The primary formats for phonemic awareness are:

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oral blending and segmentation.

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The phonemic awareness lesson above is an example of:

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substituting an initial consonant sound.

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This strategy should enhance understanding of identifying sounds because:

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it uses a kinesthetic technique that allows the student to use a hands-on approach for identifying sounds in a word.

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An example of a phonemic awareness assessment is:

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medial phoneme substitution.

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A kindergarten teacher notices that two of his students are having difficulty identifying the letters p and q. The best strategy for helping the students distinguish the two letters is:

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practicing letter formation during hands-on activities, such as tracing letters in sand.

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A first grade teacher is designing lessons to focus on the alphabetic principle for small group instruction. An effective lesson will be: the students sequence the alphabet on a graphic organizer.

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the students sequence the alphabet on a graphic organizer.

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A kindergarten student writes about his trip over winter vacation: I wnt to the mntns and plyd in the sno. It ws fn. The student’s writing displays an example of:

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phonetic spelling.

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This activity allows the student to receive additional practice to master the skills related to:

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letter recognition and letter formation.

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Why is it important that the letters are not placed in alphabetical order on the assessment?

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To ensure the student is able to identify the letters and is not reciting the alphabet song while saying the letters.

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The foundational skills necessary for a student to achieve automatic word recognition are: phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, and reading words in context.

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phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, and reading words in context.