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Letters make sounds.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Letters do not make sounds. Letters , or spelling, represent spoken sounds. Letter do not make sounds.

The science of reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based research about reading and issues related to reading and writing.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This research has been conducted over the last five decades across the world, and it is derived from thousands of studies conducted in multiple languages. The science of reading has culminated in a preponderance of evidence to inform how proficient reading and writing develop; why some have difficulty; and how we can most effectively assess and teach and, therefore, improve student outcomes through prevention of and intervention for reading difficulties.

What is an uncontrolled text?

• A leveled text that students select

• A decodable text

• A text with familiar and unfamiliar patterns

• a new text for the student

Answer explanation

A decodable is considered a controlled text. In Kinder and first, we want students to have access to controlled texts so that they have ample opportunities to apply the foundational skills. In Grades 2-5, students are increasingly exposed to uncontrolled text as they acquire the foundational skills, background knowledge and vocabulary to be successful.

Speaking is natural. Reading and writing are not.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Decades of scientific research has revealed that reading doesn’t come naturally. The human brain isn’t wired to read.

-Emily Hanford, Hard Words

Which theoretical model can be presented as a formula?

• The Simple View of Reading

• Scarborough’s Reading Rope

• Ehri’s Phases of Word-Reading Development

• The Four-Part Processing Model

95% of students can learn to read when provided with high quality, evidence-aligned instruction.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Multidisciplinary research has confirmed this to be a fact.

95% of elementary students, regardless of background, are cognitively capable of learning to read when they receive sufficient direct instruction on the foundational skills of reading.

EAB, Narrowing the Third-Grade Reading Gap: Embracing the Science of Reading"

What literacy strategy was banned with the passing of House Bill 1605?

• 1. Phonics instruction

• 2. Guided Reading

• The Cueing System

• 2. Balanced Literacy

Answer explanation

HB 1605 banned MSV and all resources that use MSV. Texas is one of 38 states to pass laws or policies related to evidence based science instruction.

What is this?

• Ehri's Phases of Writing

• Scarborough's Reading Rope

• The beginning of a french braid

• Brain research

Our brains are hard-wired to learn to read, as they are to speak.

• True

• False

The science of reading is not...

• a program of instruction.

• an ideology.

• a philosophy.

• a one-size-fits-all approach.

• All of the above.