LETRS Session 1

What are the four lobes in the brain?

• front, back, left side, right side

• frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal

In reading development, what is our frontal lobe responsible for?

• speech sounds

• language comprehension

• letter and word recognition

• sound symbol connection

In reading development, what is our parietal lobe responsible for?

• speech sounds

• language comprehension

• letter and word recognition

• sound symbol connection

In reading development, what is our occipital lobe responsible for?

• speech sounds

• language comprehension

• letter and word recognition

• sound symbol connection

In reading development, what is our temporal lobe responsible for?

• speech sounds

• language comprehension

• letter and word recognition

• sound symbol connection

Why is the Four Part Processing Model important?

• It illustrates that phonics is more important than comprehension

• It represents the complex mental activity involved in word recognition.

When looking at Scarborough's Reading Rope, what does the different strands of word recognition represent?

• the skills a child needs to read fluenty

• the awareness of sounds a child needs to master to recognize letter names

When looking at Scarborough's Reading Rope, for a child to recognize words they will need to understand which of the following skills?

• background knowledge, vocabulary, and language structures

• phonological awareness, decoding, and sight word recognition

When looking at Scarborough's Reading Rope, for a child to achieve language comprehension what are some of the following skills will the child need?

• background knowledge, vocabulary, and language structures

• phonological awareness, decoding, and sight word recognition

When looking at Scarborough's Reading Rope, what makes a skilled reader?

• one who is fluent in word and language comprehension

• one who is fluency in word recognition