Foundations of Literacy Instruction

Which of the following are important components of literay instruction?

• phonemic awareness

• phonics

• fluency

• vocabulary

• analysis

Phonemic awareness is

• sounding out words

• showing you understand what words mean

• the ability to manipulate sounds in a word

• making meaning of a text

A phoneme is

• the smallest sound in a word

• a letter

• a prefix or suffix

• a word's meaning

Reading fluency can impact a student's

• decoding skills

• comprehension skills

• writing skills

• spelling

Fluency involves

• phrasing

• vocabulary

• comprehension

• rate

• accuracy

The Matthew Effect in literacy is an phenomenon in which

• the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

• students with poor fluency skills fall behind their peers

• students with strong early vocabulary skills grow academically while those with weak skills progressively fall behind

• students with poor comprehension do poorly in their content area classes

Which of the following are considered "new literacies"?

• ethical literacy

• intercultural literacy

• basic literacy

• 21st century citizenship

• all of the above

True or false: comprehension is understanding the meaning of a text.

• True

• False

The word "shush" has ____ phonemes:

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Whose responsibility is it to help students develop their literacy skills?

• reading teachers

• ELA teachers

• humanities teachers

• all teachers