WFORE Phonological & Phonemic Awareness 2

Question 1

A teacher says, '/s/ /a/ /t/ — what word?' This activity is an example of which phonemic awareness skill?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme blending

Answer

The teacher provides individual phonemes and asks students to combine (blend) them into a whole word, which is the definition of phoneme blending.

Question 2

Which assessment task would best measure a first-grader's phoneme segmentation ability?

Accepted Answer

Asking the student to say each individual sound in 'ship'

Answer

Phoneme segmentation requires students to orally break a spoken word into its individual phonemes (/ʃ/ /ɪ/ /p/), which is precisely what the second task asks.

Question 3

Onset-rime awareness involves recognizing which parts of a syllable?

Accepted Answer

The initial consonant or consonant cluster and the remaining vowel-consonant unit

Answer

The onset is the initial consonant(s) before the vowel (e.g., /bl/ in 'block') and the rime is the vowel and any following consonants (e.g., /ock/), making onset-rime a level between syllable and full phoneme awareness.

Question 4

A teacher asks: 'Say the word smile. Now say it without the /s/.' This is an example of which task?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme deletion

Answer

Phoneme deletion requires the student to remove a specific phoneme from a word and say what remains, which is exactly what this task asks.

Question 5

Research by Ehri et al. indicates that phonemic awareness instruction is most effective when it:

Accepted Answer

Is connected to letters (graphemes) rather than taught purely in oral/auditory form

Answer

Ehri and colleagues found that phonemic awareness instruction linked to letters (i.e., connecting sounds to their written symbols) produces stronger reading outcomes than purely oral instruction.

Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

Wisconsin Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

WFORE Phonological & Phonemic Awareness 2