Language and Literacy Development

Beginning Reading/Early Decoding

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by Nicole Dobson

Multiple Select

The recognition that there are systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds is known as______________

• Guiding Principle

• Alphabetic Principle

• Phonic Instruction

Multiple Select

Synthetic phonics teaches the most common letter–sound associations in isolation using a logical, success-oriented sequence.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

__________emphasizes first teaching the whole word before analyzing letter–sound relationships. 

• Synthetic phonics

• Analogy-based phonics

• Analytic phonics

Multiple Choice

The and have are _________ type of words.

• High-frequency 

• Exception 

• Irregular 

Multiple Choice

In addition to regular word reading, students should be tested in reading_________.

• Compound words

• Common words

• Nonsense words

Multiple Choice

Sounding out words in your head is referred to _________.

• Repeated sounding out

• Subvocal sounding out

• Silent vocal sounding out

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_________ are texts that contain repeated phrases and language patterns.

• Repetitive books

• Infrequent books

• Predictable books

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_________ is when a student is able to unconsciously and automatically recall the pronunciation and meaning of known words.

• Sight word reading

• Frequent word reading

• Decoding reading

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_______ is the relationship between written letters.

• Phoneme

• Phonics

• Graphemes

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_________ are two or three successive consonant sounds said in sequence without losing their identity.

• Consonant blends

• Consonant fusion

• Consonant emergent

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Words that cannot be conventionally sounded out and so must be learned as whole words are called __________.

• Changeable words

• Inconstant words

• Irregular words

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Rapid automatized naming or (RAN) assessments, requires students to name_________.

• Letters or numbers

• Letters and numbers

• Letters only

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_________ is the efficiency with which a reader can locate and apply to reading previously learned information about letters and words stored in long-term memory.

• Literacy retrieval

• Lexical retrieval

• Artistic retrieval

Multiple Choice

Encoding deciphers sounds into letter symbols

• False

• True