Diagnostic Foundational Reading Skills Flashcards
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A student reads the word 'knight' and says /nait/. Which phonics concept explains why the 'kn' makes only one sound?
Answer: Silent letter digraph
In 'knight,' the 'kn' is a silent letter digraph where the 'k' is silent, leaving only the /n/ sound.
Which word contains a long vowel sound spelled with a vowel team?
Answer: rain
'Rain' uses the vowel team 'ai' to represent the long /ā/ sound.
A child can say all the sounds in 'stop' individually: /s/ /t/ /o/ /p/. What phonological awareness skill is this?
Answer: Phoneme segmentation
Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break a spoken word into its individual sounds.
The word 'unhappy' has how many morphemes?
Answer: 3
'Unhappy' has three morphemes: the prefix 'un-', the base word 'happy,' which itself is one morpheme.
Which word would come FIRST in alphabetical order?
Answer: place
'Place' comes first alphabetically because after 'pl-a,' the letter 'c' comes before 'n,' 'n,' and 'y'.
A student reads 'The dog chased the cat' fluently in 3 seconds. Which component of fluency is demonstrated?
Answer: Rate
Reading quickly demonstrates rate, which is one of the three main components of fluency.
Which word contains a schwa sound?
Answer: about
The 'a' in 'about' is unstressed and pronounced as the schwa /ə/ sound.
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