LETRS Unit 1, Sessions 1-4

What is the percentage of students who can learn basic reading skills in first grade, with classroom instruction and intervention?

• 70%

• 85%

• 95%

• 40%

When planning for intervention, it is wise to put the majority of supports in...

• first grade

• second grade

• third grade

• fourth grade

U.S. Colleges scored high when their teacher prep programs were evaluated for quality in reading instructional practices.

• True

• False

Learning to talk is a natural occurring process for most children.

• True

• False

Learning to read is a natural occurring process for most children.

• True

• False

Languages with a 'deep orthography' or spelling that has both morphemes (meaningful parts) and phonemes (speech sounds) is very difficult to learn to read and spell. Which of these languages is a 'deep' language?

• Italian

• Spanish

• English

• Finnish

This theoretical model is called...

• The Reading Rope

• The Simple View of Reading

• The Four Part Processor

• Ehri's Phases of Reading

Language and Literacy are related to each other

• True

• False

Visual skills, such completing puzzles or drawing, are related to literacy.

• True

• False

The mental process called _______________________ is used to store words for immediate retrieval. It takes phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge, and the mechanism for sight word learning.

• The Simple View of Reading

• Orthographic Mapping

• Phonology

• The English Language