CDT Phonological Awareness & Phonics Instruction 2

Question 1

A grapheme is best defined as:

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A letter or combination of letters that represents a single phoneme

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A unit of meaning within a word, such as a prefix or suffix

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A single speech sound produced in isolation

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A type of syllable structure used in reading instruction

Question 2

Analytic (whole-to-part) phonics instruction:

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Begins with whole words already known to students and then identifies common phonics patterns within them

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Teaches individual letter sounds in isolation before introducing whole words

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Uses nonsense words exclusively to isolate letter-sound relationships

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Focuses exclusively on vowel patterns and ignores consonant instruction

Question 3

Digraphs are defined as:

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Two letters — consonants or vowels — that together represent one phoneme

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Two vowels that blend together to form a single long vowel sound

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Two consecutive consonants that each retain their individual sounds

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Words that contain exactly two syllables

Question 4

Phoneme segmentation drills primarily help students:

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Break spoken words into their individual phonemes and identify each one

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Recognize common sight words by their visual shape

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Read connected passages with fluency and appropriate expression

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Understand the meanings of prefixes, suffixes, and root words

Question 5

An open syllable is one that:

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Ends with a vowel sound, which typically produces the long vowel sound

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Contains a vowel followed by two or more consonants

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Contains a vowel-consonant-silent e pattern

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Has no discernible vowel sound within it

Question 6

Phoneme substitution involves:

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Replacing one phoneme in a word with a different phoneme to create a new word

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Adding a new phoneme to the beginning or end of an existing word

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Deleting a phoneme from a word to form a shorter word

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Counting the total number of phonemes contained in a word

Question 7

Research consistently shows that students with dyslexia benefit most from:

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Explicit, systematic phonics instruction integrated with multisensory techniques

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Whole language immersion programs emphasizing meaning and context

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Implicit phonics discovery learning embedded in authentic reading

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Extensive silent reading practice to build independent fluency