ED311 and ED316 Semester Review

Which statement best describes print concepts (also called concepts of print)?

• Print meaning.

• Text organization.

• Letter and word knowledge.

• Knowledge about print concepts and alphabet knoweldge.

Answer explanation

"Print concepts relate to how printed texts operate, starting from very basic concepts ("print holds meaning") and moving to sophisticated ones related to genre and text features (Lindsey, 2022, p. 49).

If children have foundational skills at an early age, they are more likely to become proficient readers in terms of fluency and comprehension.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

"You might be surprised to learn, given how important foundational skills are that there is not a definitive, universally accepted list of them" (Lindsey, 2022, p. 16).

The most common decoding strategy is...

• Using the picture.

• Chunking words into parts using syllables or morphemes.

• Sound-by-sound.

• Guessing at the word.

Answer explanation

"A critical stop along the way to reaching our big goals for readers is teaching sound-by-sound strategy" (Lindsey, 2022, p. 34).

Unlike many skills associated with reading, _________develops naturally.

• Vocabulary.

• Decoding.

• Phonemic awareness.

• Oral language.

Answer explanation

"Instruction in components of oral language, such as vocabulary and syntax, can support reading comprehension" (Silverman et al., 2020, as cited in Lindsey, 2022, p. 43).

Phonology is...

• The social rules of language.

• The sounds in a language.

• The smallest meaningful parts of words (morphemes)

• Word order, grammar, and rules of a language.

Answer explanation

"In the broadest sense, oral language is the umbrella under which other knowledge falls, such as knowledge about phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, and pragmatics" (Lindsey, 2022, p. 42).

Phonemic awareness is....

• The ability to hear and manipulate phonemes, or the smallest sounds in language.

• To read accurately and understand the myriad texts they will encounter.

• Identifying basic book parts (front and back covers, spine, pointing to titles).

• Fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension.

Answer explanation

"As a skill, phonological awareness, including phonemic awareness, is purely oral" (Lindsey, 2022, p. 65).

How many phonemes does the word "frog" contain?

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 2

Answer explanation

/f/ /r/ /o/ /g/

What is the onset in the word "spring?"

• i

• ng

• ing

• spr

Answer explanation

The onset in a word is everything that comes before the vowel. NOT every word as an onset.

What is the rime in the word "ant?"

• The word "ant" does not have a rime.

• nt

• a

• ant

Answer explanation

The rime is the part of the syllable that includes the vowel and what follows it. Rime is different from the language play activity of rhyming.

A two-letter combination that spells a single speech sound.

• Blend

• Digraph

• Diphthong

• Prefix.

Answer explanation

A digraph is a letter combination represents one unique speech sound.