Homeschooling Certification Reading in Homeschooling Certification (Practice Test Exam) 5

Question 1

A homeschool child confuses 'b' and 'd' when reading. This is best addressed by teaching what?

Accepted Answer

Letter formation and orientation cues

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Reading faster

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Ignoring the letters

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Only sight words

Question 2

What is the main benefit of shared reading in a homeschool setting?

Accepted Answer

The parent reads while modeling fluency and strategies

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The child reads silently alone

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It skips comprehension

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It only tests spelling

Question 3

Which word contains a consonant blend?

Accepted Answer

stop

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ship

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the

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car

Question 4

A parent asks a child to find evidence in the text to support an answer. This builds which skill?

Accepted Answer

Text-based reasoning

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Handwriting

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Rhyming

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Alphabetizing

Question 5

What is 'context clue' use in reading?

Accepted Answer

Using surrounding words to infer a word's meaning

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Guessing randomly

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Counting letters

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Reading the last page first

Question 6

Which reading level lets a child read with about 95-100% accuracy without help?

Accepted Answer

Independent level

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Frustration level

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Instructional level

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Listening level

Question 7

How does teaching prefixes and suffixes help a homeschool reader?

Accepted Answer

It aids decoding and meaning of longer words

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It slows decoding

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It only helps spelling

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It replaces comprehension