An Introduction to Literacy Instruction

In 2024, only ___ percent of the nation's 4th-grade students were considered proficient readers.

• 51

• 41

• 31

• 21

What percentage of the nation's students read at a level 1 according to the NAEP?

• 38.2%

• 32.8%

• 28.2%

• 82.8%

What do you think about retention policies for students not reading at grade level by third grade?

Which of these are components of phonological awareness?

(a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

​ ​ (e)  

• Listening
• Rhyming and Alliteration
• Sentence Segmentation
• Phonic Manipulations
• Morphemic Analysis
• Pragmatics
• Phonic Generalizations
• Language Transparencies 
• Onset-Rime
• Phonemic Awareness

Which statement is NOT true?

• Good phonics instruction improves spelling.

• Phonemic awareness instruction can help older readers who struggle.

• Good phonics instruction improves vocabulary.

• Phonemic awareness is a term that means the same as phonological awareness and is used interchangeably.

What is a morpheme?

• The smallest unit of sound in any given language.

• The symbols that correspond with the sounds in language.

• The smallest unit of meaning in language.

• Words that have multiple meanings

Complete the following instructional routine known as the gradual release of responsibility. I do. (a)   . You do.

Why are instructional routines important?