CEOE Reading and Literacy Instruction

Question 1

Which of the following best describes phonemic awareness?

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The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words

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The ability to recognize letter shapes and names

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The ability to read words silently with comprehension

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The ability to understand punctuation in written text

Question 2

What does 'decoding' refer to in reading instruction?

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Using letter-sound relationships to translate written words into spoken language

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Understanding the overall meaning of a text passage

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Identifying the main idea and supporting details

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Memorizing sight words through repeated exposure

Question 3

According to the Simple View of Reading, reading comprehension is best described as the product of:

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Decoding ability and language comprehension

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Vocabulary knowledge and reading fluency

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Phonemic awareness and phonics instruction

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Background knowledge and reading motivation

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a morpheme?

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The prefix 'un-' as in 'unhappy'

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A complete sentence expressing a thought

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A paragraph with a main idea

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A punctuation mark ending a sentence

Question 5

What is the 'alphabetic principle' as applied in early literacy instruction?

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The understanding that letters represent sounds in a systematic way

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The ability to recite the alphabet in correct order

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The concept that all words carry meaning in context

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The idea that print is read left to right in English

Question 6

Which reading fluency component refers to the appropriate rise and fall of voice, stress, and phrasing when reading aloud?

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Prosody

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Reading rate

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Reading accuracy

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Word recognition automaticity

Question 7

A teacher is teaching students to recognize word families such as 'cat, bat, rat, mat.' This instruction focuses on which reading skill?

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Onset-rime patterns and phonological awareness

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Phonemic awareness at the phoneme level

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Sight word memorization

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Contextual reading strategies