CDT Phonological Awareness & Phonics Instruction 3

Question 1

A morpheme is best described as:

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The smallest meaningful unit of language

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A single speech sound produced in spoken language

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A letter combination that represents one sound

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A syllable that always contains at least one vowel phoneme

Question 2

Phonological awareness includes the understanding that:

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Spoken words are composed of smaller sound units that can be identified and manipulated

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Print carries meaning through specific letter and word patterns on the page

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Letters always maintain consistent sounds regardless of surrounding context

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Reading fluency depends primarily on a student's breadth of vocabulary knowledge

Question 3

Phoneme manipulation refers to:

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Deliberately adding, deleting, or substituting phonemes within spoken words

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Identifying rhyming word pairs within a spoken sentence

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Counting the number of syllables in a multisyllabic spoken word

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Reading individual words in isolation versus reading them in connected text

Question 4

A vowel-consonant-e (VCe) syllable type is also commonly called a:

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Magic e or silent e syllable

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Closed syllable

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R-controlled syllable

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Vowel team syllable

Question 5

Automaticity in phonics decoding refers to:

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The ability to apply letter-sound correspondences quickly and effortlessly without conscious attention

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Using computer-based software programs to deliver phonics instruction

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Memorizing high-frequency sight words without applying phonics analysis

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The automatic scoring and grading of phonics-based assessments

Question 6

A phoneme isolation task requires a student to:

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Identify and state a specific phoneme within a spoken word, such as the first, last, or middle sound

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Count the total number of words contained in a spoken sentence

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Blend an onset and rime together to produce a complete spoken word

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Match printed letters on cards to their corresponding spoken sounds

Question 7

Encoding from dictation in dyslexia therapy involves:

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Listening to spoken words or sentences and writing the corresponding letters or words

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Reading aloud from a prepared passage with expression and accuracy

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Matching printed picture cards to their written word labels

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Identifying spoken words that share the same medial vowel sound