A Fresh Look at Phonics, Ingredient #7

Dyslexia is a learning disability that can best be described as:

• inattention and poor motivation

• below average intelligence and behavior problems

• word reading, spelling, and phonological awareness deficits

• letter reversals and oral language delays

Which of these is NOT considered a phonological awareness task?

• rhyme

• read nonsense words with consonant-vowel-consonant pattern

• isolate first sound of orally presented words

• omit first sound of orally presented words

There are 26 letters in the alphabet but approximately ______ unique speech sounds or phonemes.

• 26

• 56

• 44

• 96

The single best predictor of risk for early reading failure is

• phonological awareness

• alphabet recognition

• slow processing speed

• ability to read CVC words

What is orthographic mapping?

• A visual process; storing and retrieving words visually.

• The process of memorizing whole words necessary for reading and writing.

• The process of collecting photographs of well known Authors.

• The process of effortless retrieval of words inherent in skilled reading.

True or False. Reading fluency is linked to reading comprehension?

• True

• False

_____ percent should be the minimum amount of time in each phonics lesson devoted to application.

• 20%

• 50%

• 80%

• 75%

True or False. Decodable texts are not ideal for developing vocabulary skills?

• True

• False

Problems arises when these books are used as the sole source of reading and the student doesn't have a large enough toolbox (skills) to read the text. Which type of text is this?

• decodable text

• trade books

• predictable, or patterned texts

What is one way to increase application time?

• skill & drill work

• rhyme work

• writing work

• phonemic awareness