LETRS Sessions 1- 3

A still-prevalent myth is that learning to read, like learning to speak and understand spoken language, is ____________.

• difficult

• natural

• boring

• exciting

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

English is a _________ alphabetic orthography because it is has spellings that represent speech sounds (phonemes) and meaningful units (morphemes), which is called morphophonemic.

• shallow

• deep

• complex

• simple

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2E

CCSS.L.K.2D

CCSS.RF.1.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3B

The Simple View of Reading is

• Decoding + Language Comprehension = Reading Comprehension

• Vocabulary + Decoding = Literacy

• Word recognition X Language Comprehension = Reading ComprehensioR

• Reading Comprehension X Word Recognition = Language Comprehension

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

True/False: As children get older, verbal comprehension becomes more important than oral reading fluency.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True, page 20 states "one cannot understand by reading what one cannot understand by listening." Page 21 includes a graph and states " by 4th grade, it is essential that programs provide increasingly robust instruction in verbal comprehension and understanding of challenging written text."

Which lobe of the brain is responsible for higher-level thinking and planning, and for processing the sounds of speech?

• Frontal lobe

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

In which lobe of the brain is language comprehended?

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

Which lobe of the brain is responsible for recognizing print, letters, and letter patterns?

• Frontal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Occipital Lobe

During reading, your eyes typically stop on a word for about 250 milliseconds. In which situation do your eyes need to fixate longer on a word?

• when you read aloud

• when you read silently

• when you read an unfamiliar word

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Meaningful parts of words are called _________.

• Graphemes

• Morphemes

• Letters

• Onset

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What are some ways that spoken and written language differ? Select all that apply.

• Spoken language tends to be less formal and more repetitious than written language.

• Written language has to be more stylistic and formal to express meaning and present ideas.

• Spoken language and written language both have paragraphs.

• Written language represents phonemes by alphabet letters that must be decoded from left-right (in English)

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3