FoRC Phonics & Decoding Instruction

Question 1

Which instructional approach teaches letter-sound correspondences in a deliberately sequenced, explicit manner before students encounter those patterns in text?

Accepted Answer

Systematic synthetic phonics

Answer

Systematic synthetic phonics teaches letter-sound correspondences in a planned sequence explicitly, allowing students to blend sounds to decode words before encountering them in context.

Question 2

When a student reads the word 'ship' and correctly identifies the /sh/ digraph as a single sound, the student is demonstrating knowledge of:

Accepted Answer

A digraph

Answer

A digraph consists of two letters that together represent one phoneme; 'sh' is a consonant digraph producing the /sh/ sound.

Question 3

The alphabetic principle refers to the understanding that:

Accepted Answer

Written letters and letter combinations systematically represent spoken sounds

Answer

The alphabetic principle is the foundational concept that letters and letter patterns represent the sounds of spoken language in a systematic way.

Question 4

A student decodes 'cat' by saying /k/-/æ/-/t/ and then blending those sounds together. This strategy is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Synthetic blending

Answer

Synthetic blending involves converting each grapheme to its phoneme and then merging the individual sounds to produce the full word.

Question 5

Which vowel pattern is represented in the word 'cake'?

Accepted Answer

Vowel-consonant-e (VCe) pattern

Answer

The VCe (vowel-consonant-e) pattern, also called the magic-e pattern, signals that the preceding vowel says its long sound, as in 'cake.'

FoRC - Foundations of Reading Connecticut Practice Test

FoRC - Foundations of Reading Connecticut Practice Test

FoRC Phonics & Decoding Instruction