IA Reading & Literacy Support 3

Question 1

A student can identify individual phonemes in spoken words but struggles to blend them together. Which skill needs direct instruction?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme blending

Answer

Phoneme blending is the ability to combine individual sounds into a whole word, and it is a distinct skill from segmentation.

Question 2

Which of the following is the best example of a high-frequency (sight) word appropriate for early readers?

Accepted Answer

the

Answer

High-frequency words like 'the' appear very often in text and are typically memorized because they may not follow regular phonics patterns.

Question 3

An aide reads a story aloud to students and pauses to ask, 'What do you think will happen next?' This is an example of promoting:

Accepted Answer

Predictive comprehension strategy

Answer

Making predictions is a before/during reading comprehension strategy that engages students in active thinking about text.

Question 4

Which approach to vocabulary instruction is considered most effective for deep word learning?

Accepted Answer

Teaching words in context with multiple exposures

Answer

Research supports repeated, contextual encounters with words in varied activities as the most effective path to durable vocabulary knowledge.

Question 5

A student reading a story uses information from the text plus prior knowledge to determine meaning not directly stated. This is called:

Accepted Answer

Making an inference

Answer

An inference combines text clues with prior knowledge to arrive at a conclusion the author implies but does not state explicitly.

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