Knowledge Check

Which of the following is true?

• Phonics involves looking at sounds letters make in spoken words.

• Phonics involves looking at relationships between letters and sounds in written form.

• Phonics is understanding the difference between consonants and vowels.

• Phonics is best taught one phoneme at a time.

How many phonemes in the word CHAT?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which of the following is irregularly spelled?

• The

• Energy

• Crunch

• Fact

What is the term for two letters representing a consonant phoneme?

• Blend

• Digraph

• Diphthong

• Schwa

Which shows the onset for the word flat?

• f

• at

• fl

• t

Which represents the term: grapheme?

• The written representation of a phoneme, that is, a letter or group of letters representing a sound.

• An unstressed vowel sound which is close to /u/-

• Two vowel sounds combine to make a sound but the mouth changes position as the sound is made.

• The relationship between the letters and the sounds they represent.

Which word has a blend?

• check

• dog

• stop

• paper

What is the goal of phonics instruction?

• to support students in their ability to read and write.

• to provide the foundation for language skills.

• to help readers understand how letters are linked to sounds to form letter-sound correspondences.

• all of the above

Which of the following ranks units of language from simplest to most complex?

• 1. Sentences

  2. Compound Words

  3. Multisyllabic Words

  4. Onset-rime

  5. Phonemes

• 1. Phonemes

  2. Onset-rime

  3. Compound Words

  4. Multisyllabic Words

  5. Sentences

• 1. Phonemes

  2. Onset-rime

  3. Multisyllabic Words

  4. Sentences

  5. Compound Words

• 1. Phonemes

  2. Onset-rime

  3. Multisyllabic Words

  4. Compound Words

  5. Sentences

Research rather than tradition should inform instruction.

• True

• False