Unit 7 Early Reading

What is reading?

• it brings meaning to the text

• it involves comprehending the text

• it involves a combination of skills (e.g. fluency, vocabulary, phonics awareness)

• all of the above

Answer explanation

reading is a COMPLEX and ABSTRACT skill that involves some foundational skills such as speaking/ reading fluency, comprehension, phonics and phonemic awareness

Identify the correct term based on this definition:

The ability to distinguish and identify sound variation in words and language

• Listening

• Comprehension

• Phonemic Awareness

Fluency is a term that describes the process of ________and deciphering print mentally to help children read at a steady pace.

The ability to understand the meaning of the text is called __________

• listening

• comprehension

• fluency

When reading, children apply their phonics skills by

• decoding the word by each letter sound

• spelling each word out

• writing the sound of each letter

Answer explanation

phonics help children to learn the sounds of each letter in the alphabet. when children master this understanding, they should be able to use their learning to decode the sounds in each word formed by various letters