MAP MAP Early Literacy (K-2) 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a consonant blend?
- Two or more consonants together where each sound is heard, like 'bl' in 'blue' (Correct answer)
- Two consonants that make one new sound, like 'sh' in 'ship'
- A vowel followed by a consonant
- A silent letter in a word
Correct answer: Two or more consonants together where each sound is heard, like 'bl' in 'blue'
A consonant blend (also called a cluster) combines two or more consonants where each letter's individual sound is heard, such as 'br' in 'bread.'
Question 2: The word 'bat' belongs to which word family?
- -at family (cat, rat, hat) (Correct answer)
- -an family (can, ran, fan)
- -it family (sit, bit, hit)
- -og family (dog, log, fog)
Correct answer: -at family (cat, rat, hat)
The word 'bat' belongs to the -at word family because it ends in the -at phonogram, shared by cat, rat, hat, and mat.
Question 3: What is a compound word?
- A word made by combining two smaller words (Correct answer)
- A word with a prefix or suffix
- A word with more than three syllables
- A word borrowed from another language
Correct answer: A word made by combining two smaller words
A compound word is formed by joining two independent words together, such as 'sunlight' (sun + light) or 'bedroom' (bed + room).
Question 4: What is a syllable?
- A unit of pronunciation with one vowel sound (Correct answer)
- A group of letters that makes a consonant sound
- The last letter of a word
- A punctuation mark that separates words
Correct answer: A unit of pronunciation with one vowel sound
A syllable is a unit of sound that contains exactly one vowel sound; the word 'basket' has two syllables: bas-ket.
Question 5: What is a digraph?
- Two letters that work together to make one new sound, like 'sh' or 'ch' (Correct answer)
- Two vowels side by side
- Two consonants blended together
- A silent letter combination
Correct answer: Two letters that work together to make one new sound, like 'sh' or 'ch'
A digraph is two letters that produce a single, distinct phoneme, such as 'sh', 'ch', 'th', and 'ph'.
Question 6: What is decoding in early reading?
- Using letter-sound relationships to sound out and read unfamiliar words (Correct answer)
- Memorizing every word by sight
- Guessing words from pictures
- Reading words backwards
Correct answer: Using letter-sound relationships to sound out and read unfamiliar words
Decoding is the ability to apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships (phonics) to correctly read and pronounce unknown words.
MAP MAP Early Literacy (K-2) 2
What is a consonant blend?