FoRC Phonics & Decoding Instruction 2

Question 1

Which of the following words contains an r-controlled vowel?

Accepted Answer

fern

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slate

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beat

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float

Question 2

A closed syllable is best characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A vowel followed by one or more consonants producing a short vowel sound

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A vowel followed by a consonant-e ending

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A vowel at the end of the syllable that says its long sound

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Two vowels together that produce one sound

Question 3

When decoding the word 'blend,' a student correctly identifies 'bl' as two separate sounds that are pronounced together. This initial consonant cluster is called:

Accepted Answer

A consonant blend

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A digraph

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A diphthong

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A trigraph

Question 4

Which approach to phonics instruction starts with whole words and then breaks them apart to identify patterns, rather than building up from individual sounds?

Accepted Answer

Analytic phonics

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Synthetic phonics

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Embedded phonics

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Explicit phonics

Question 5

A student reads 'hop' correctly but reads 'hope' as /hɒp/. The most likely instructional focus should be:

Accepted Answer

The vowel-consonant-e (VCe) pattern and its effect on the preceding vowel

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Short vowel CVC words

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Consonant digraphs

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R-controlled vowel patterns

Question 6

Which of the following best describes a 'vowel team'?

Accepted Answer

Two or more letters that work together to represent a single vowel sound

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A vowel sound modified by the letter r

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A vowel that appears at the end of an open syllable

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A vowel followed by a silent consonant-e

Question 7

The 'floss rule' (or FLoSS rule) in phonics states that:

Accepted Answer

After a short vowel in a one-syllable word, double the final f, l, or s

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Two vowels together produce a long vowel sound

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Open syllables end in a long vowel sound

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The letter c makes the /s/ sound before e, i, or y