ELAR Foundations of Reading 3

Question 1

Which skill is a student demonstrating when they correctly break the word 'sunshine' into 'sun' and 'shine'?

Accepted Answer

Compound word analysis

Answer

Identifying the two base words within a compound word ('sun' + 'shine') is compound word analysis, a morphological awareness skill.

Question 2

A teacher asks students to change the /k/ in 'cat' to /b/ to make a new word. This activity targets which skill?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme substitution

Answer

Phoneme substitution involves replacing one sound in a word with a different sound to form a new word.

Question 3

According to the Simple View of Reading, overall reading comprehension is the product of which two components?

Accepted Answer

Decoding and language comprehension

Answer

The Simple View of Reading states that Reading Comprehension = Decoding × Language Comprehension.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of an inflectional morpheme?

Accepted Answer

The suffix '-ed' in 'walked'

Answer

Inflectional morphemes like '-ed' modify a word's tense without changing its part of speech or core meaning.

Question 5

What does 'print directionality' mean in early literacy development?

Accepted Answer

Understanding that English text is read left to right and top to bottom

Answer

Print directionality is the understanding that English text is read from left to right and from top to bottom on a page.

(ELAR) English Language Arts and Reading Practice Test