Science of Reading Review

Read On! uses the ___________ methodology of teaching.

What is the Science of Reading?

• The belief that all children are naturally able to learn how to read through exposure to printed materials and being read out loud to.

• A body of scientific evidence on how we learn to read, what goes wrong when students don’t learn to read, and what kind of instruction is most likely to work the best for the most students. 

• A body of scientific evidence, proving that reading can only be taught to a certain percentage of children and the every other child will be functionally illiterate no matter how hard they try.

• The belief that all human being can learn how to read but that poor teaching methods often result in illiteracy well into adulthood.

Which of these is NOT an essential component of reading?

• Phonics & Decoding

• Spelling

• Phonological Awareness

• Fluency

• Comprehension

What are some examples of early language exposure and development?

• Going to the Art Museum

• Being read a book

• Watching Cocomelon

• Sharing stories with Grandma

What percentage of words do you need to understand in order to comprehend a text?

• 90%

• 85%

• 30%

• 95%

Phonological Awareness is:

• A person’s ability to hear sound structures of speech

• A person’s ability to manipulate sound structures of speech 

• A print-free skill

• All

What is the smallest unit of speech?

Phonemic awareness is:

• Involves the manipulation of individual phonemes

• the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words

• A part of phonological awareness

• All

How many phonemes are in the English Language?

• 32-33

• 43-44

• 65-67

• 26

Word or part of a word with one vowel sound is called a: