LETRS Unit 1

The English language is _________, which means spellings are based on sound-symbol correspondences and morphology.

• pictographic

• morphophonemic

• alphabetic

• logographic

The smallest meaningful unit of language

• phoneme

• syllable

• morpheme

• cognate

The conscious awareness of individual speech sounds in spoken syllables is called _________________.

• phonemic awareness

• orthography

• metalinguistic awareness

• decoding

____________is the ability to translate a word from print to speech

• visual perception

• discourse

• phonemic awareness

• decoding

According to the SVR (Simple View of Reading) model, which statement is true about reading comprehension?

• Word recognition is more important than language comprehension.

• Language comprehension is more important than word recognition.

• Word recognition becomes more important as children get older.

• Word recognition and language comprehension are equally important.

Choose the correct statement(s) about reading comprehension:

• As children become older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency.

• An emphasis on phonemic awareness, phonics, and word recognition yields better results in primary grades.

• As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes less important than oral reading fluency.

• The importance of oral reading fluency and language comprehension remain equally important regardless of a child's developmental level.

A letter combination that spells a phoneme is called a ________. It can be 1-4 letters in the English language.

• lexicon

• syllable

• morpheme

• grapheme

A proficient reader has achieved (a)   , the ability to read quickly and accurately without conscious effort.

The Three Cueing Systems Model (MSV) differs from the Four Part Processing Model in that it __________. (Choose all correct answers.)

• omits phonological processing in word recognition

• overemphasizes pictures, context and meaning in word recognition

• overemphasizes phonemic awareness

• uses mostly running records as the means of assessment

A child who "scribbles" or writes strings of letters would be in which of Ehri's Developmental phases?

• Consolidated Alphabetic

• Later Alphabetic

• Early Alphabetic

• Prealphabetic