RICA Phonological and Phonemic Awareness 3

Question 1

When assessing phonological awareness in English Learners, a RICA-prepared teacher should keep in mind that:

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Phonological awareness skills transfer across languages, so a student's L1 skills provide relevant information

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English Learners rarely develop phonological awareness because their home language interferes

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English Learners should always be assessed in English regardless of their L1 literacy level

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Phonological awareness assessments are not valid or appropriate for English Learners

Question 2

Onset-rime blending involves which of the following?

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Combining the initial consonant(s) of a syllable with the vowel and remaining consonants

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Combining each individual phoneme in a word to pronounce it

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Removing the first phoneme of a word to create a new word

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Counting the number of syllables in a multisyllabic word

Question 3

Which assessment tool is most appropriate for measuring a kindergartener's phoneme segmentation ability?

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Having the student tap or count each sound in spoken words

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Asking the student to read a graded word list aloud

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Using a running record while the student reads a leveled text

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Administering a multiple-choice vocabulary test

Question 4

Research indicates that phonemic awareness instruction is most effective when:

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It focuses on one or two phoneme manipulation tasks at a time and is connected to letters

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It focuses on a large variety of phoneme tasks simultaneously

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It is embedded exclusively in independent reading activities

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It is delayed until students have mastered all letter names and sounds

Question 5

A student who can recognize that 'cat,' 'can,' and 'cup' all begin with the same sound is demonstrating which skill?

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Phoneme categorization

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Phoneme deletion

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Phoneme blending

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Syllable segmentation

Question 6

Which of the following activities would be LEAST effective for developing phonemic awareness in pre-readers?

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Having students silently copy words from the board

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Clapping out the sounds in spoken words while looking at picture cards

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Sorting picture cards by beginning sound

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Playing 'I Spy' using beginning sounds ('I spy something that starts with /b/')

Question 7

Why is phonemic awareness considered one of the strongest predictors of early reading success?

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Because it enables students to apply letter-sound knowledge to decode and spell unfamiliar words

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Because it directly teaches students the meanings of words they will encounter in text

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Because it increases reading motivation and engagement with books

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Because it helps students recognize whole words by their visual shape