Arkansas Foundations of Reading Exam Phonics and Word Recognition 2

Question 1

Which syllable type contains a vowel team?

Accepted Answer

Vowel team syllable

Answer

Closed syllable

Answer

Open syllable

Answer

R-controlled syllable

Question 2

A student is learning to read multisyllabic words. Which strategy should the teacher explicitly teach first?

Accepted Answer

Identifying and reading each syllable separately before blending

Answer

Contextual guessing based on first letter

Answer

Memorizing each word as a whole unit

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Reading only the consonants and guessing the vowels

Question 3

What does the term 'grapheme' refer to?

Accepted Answer

A letter or letter combination that represents a single phoneme

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A unit of meaning in a word

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The rhythm and beat of spoken language

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A punctuation mark that changes sentence meaning

Question 4

In the word 'knight,' how many graphemes are present?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

6

Answer

4

Answer

5

Question 5

Which word contains an r-controlled vowel?

Accepted Answer

Bird

Answer

Light

Answer

Cake

Answer

Boat

Question 6

A second grader consistently omits the final consonant when spelling words (e.g., writes 'ca' for 'cat'). The teacher should prioritize instruction in:

Accepted Answer

CVC short-vowel words with attention to final consonants

Answer

Vowel team patterns

Answer

Multisyllabic word decoding

Answer

Silent-e patterns