North Carolina Foundations of Reading Test Phonological & Phonemic Awareness 2

Question 1

Which activity would be MOST appropriate for a kindergarten student who is just beginning to develop phonological awareness?

Accepted Answer

Clapping and counting syllables in their own name

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Deleting the final phoneme from a CVC word

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Substituting the medial vowel in a short-vowel word

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Segmenting a four-phoneme word into individual sounds

Question 2

A student is asked to say 'cat,' change the /k/ to /b/, and say the new word. This task involves:

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Phoneme substitution

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Phoneme deletion

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Phoneme isolation

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Phoneme segmentation

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of an onset-rime activity?

Accepted Answer

Having students blend /sn/ with /ap/ to say 'snap'

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Asking students to identify how many syllables are in 'elephant'

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Asking students to isolate the final sound in 'dog'

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Having students delete /p/ from 'spin' to say 'sin'

Question 4

A first-grade teacher wants to assess phonemic awareness. Which task would be MOST appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Asking students to orally segment 'frog' into /f/ /r/ /o/ /g/ without any visual support

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Asking students to read a list of CVC words aloud

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Having students write the letters for the sounds they hear in spoken words

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Having students match spoken words to their printed counterparts on a word wall

Question 5

How many phonemes are in the word 'chest'?

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5

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3

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4

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6

Question 6

A student consistently fails to detect rhyme in word pairs. Which instructional approach is MOST appropriate as a starting point?

Accepted Answer

Use nursery rhymes, songs, and read-alouds that feature repeated rhyming patterns

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Begin intensive phoneme segmentation drills to build bottom-up awareness

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Focus instruction on phoneme blending because it is a simpler skill than rhyming

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Move directly to onset-rime manipulation since rhyme detection is less important

Question 7

Which of the following describes the phonological awareness continuum as it relates to unit size?

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Students begin with larger units (words, syllables) and progress to smaller units (onset-rime, phonemes)

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Students begin with the smallest units (phonemes) and progress to larger units (words, sentences)

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Unit size is irrelevant; difficulty is determined solely by the number of sounds in a word

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Students learn all units simultaneously through integrated phonics and phonological awareness instruction