Reading Theories and Skills Quiz

What is the focus of a code-based reading theory?

• Learning a specific code or set of letters and words

• Emphasizing the use of whole-word reading

• Writing for different purposes

• Claim, evidence, and reasoning

What does the meaning-based reading theory emphasize?

• The use of phonemic awareness

• A specific code or set of letters and words

• The use of whole-word reading and introducing a variety of words

• Blending and segmenting phonemes

According to Scarborough's Reading Rope, fluent word recognition and comprehension are the result of multiplying which two components?

• Word Recognition and Phonemic Awareness

• Language Comprehension and Phonological Processor

• Word Recognition and Language Comprehension

• Orthographic Processor and Phonemic Awareness

Which of the following is NOT a skill listed under Phonemic Awareness Skills?

• Isolating Phonemes

• Deleting Phonemes

• Blending Phonemes

• Writing for different purposes

What is an example of a cross-curricular connection mentioned in the document?

• Blending individual phonemes

• Reading for pleasure

• Segmenting onset and rime

• Claim, evidence, and reasoning

What does the term "phoneme" refer to?

• A single unit of sound

• The study of speech sounds

• Relationship between sounds and letters

• Alphabetic letters that represent sounds

What is a grapheme?

• A single unit of sound

• The study of speech sounds

• Relationship between sounds and letters

• Alphabetic letters that represent sounds

Which phase of word-level reading is characterized by the beginning recognition of sight words with automaticity and understanding of basic phonemic awareness?

• Pre-alphabetic phase

• Partial-alphabetic phase

• Full-alphabetic phase

• Consolidated-alphabetic phase

During which phase does a reader use orthographic mapping through phoneme-automatic sight word vocabulary?

• Pre-alphabetic phase

• Partial-alphabetic phase

• Full-alphabetic phase

• Consolidated-alphabetic phase

What is the focus of an asset-based reading approach?

• Focusing on a student's weaknesses

• Focusing on the phonemes in words

• Focusing on a student's strengths, what they know, and what they bring to a classroom

• Focusing on the relationship between sounds and letters