OAE Phonics and Word Recognition 3

Question 1

High-frequency words (e.g., 'the,' 'said,' 'was') are sometimes called sight words because:

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They appear so frequently that fluent readers recognize them automatically by sight

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They have no decodable phonics patterns

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They can only be learned through memorization and not phonics

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They are words that are only seen in print and never spoken

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the alphabetic principle?

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Written letters and letter patterns systematically represent spoken sounds

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Letters of the alphabet are always pronounced the same way

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Students must memorize every word individually

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Phonics rules apply to all words without exception

Question 3

A student reads 'chair' correctly by recognizing 'ch' as a digraph and 'air' as a vowel-plus-r pattern. This reading approach is called:

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Synthetic decoding

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Whole language reading

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Analytic decoding

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Logographic reading

Question 4

The open syllable rule states that a syllable ending in a vowel will typically have a:

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Long vowel sound

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Short vowel sound

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Schwa vowel sound

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R-controlled vowel sound

Question 5

A teacher uses the word 'ack' family (back, lack, pack, rack) to teach a phonics pattern. This approach is called:

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Word family or analogy-based phonics

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Phoneme substitution practice

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Decodable text reading

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Phonemic awareness training

Question 6

What is the primary goal of decodable texts in early reading instruction?

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To provide practice applying the specific phonics patterns that have been taught

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To expose students to rich vocabulary and complex syntax

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To develop reading comprehension strategies

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To build background knowledge on a variety of topics