RICA Domain 2- Competency 5

In the word chimpanzee, which of the following pairs of letters is a digraph?

• ch
• mp
• an
• ee

A kindergarten student has demonstrated the ability to write words phonetically, but she is reluctant to write because she is worried about misspelling words. The teacher could best promote the student's reading and writing development by:

• reassuring her that it is okay for now to express herself in writing by spelling words as they sound.
• giving her a spelling list of high frequency sight words to copy and learn each day
• helping her make a list of words that she already knows how to spell correctly
• suggesting that she spend time copying some of the words found in her favorite stories

Function words such as to, the, and of are most appropriately taught in the context of which of the following areas of reading instruction?

• phonics skills practice
• structural analysis skills
• academic-language development
• sight-word vocabulary

During which of the following stages of spelling development do students typically begin to show an understanding of the correspondence between letters and sounds?

• precommunicative
• semiphonetic
• phonetic
• transitional

the ability to read aloud, or decode, words correctly. Take note that it does not mean knowing the word's meaning.Word recognition is making connection between the word being pronounced and its meaning.

• phonemic awareness
• word identification
• morpholofy
• context clues

The foundational skills that directly support students with automaticity in reading fluency are:

• A phonemic awareness, word analysis, sight word recognition
• word analysis, vocabulary, academic language
• phonemic awareness,vocabulary, comprehension
• decoding, encoding, comprehension

Automaticity is essential for fluent reading, that is, reading at an appropriate pace with appropriate expression.Research shows fluent reading is essential for the reading comprehension.That is because slow,struggling readers often lose track of the meaning of what they are reading

• True
• False

Common, Regular Letter Combinations
two-letter combinations that make one sound. 
e.g ph in phone and ph in digraph

• vowels
• consonant blends
• vowel digraph
• consonant digraphs

Recognizing that the “k” sound in black is a consonant digraph is an example of

• structural analysis
• morphology
• etymology
• phonetic analysis

An example of a vowel generalization is:

• a diphthong
• a digraph
• CVC
• a schwa