Question 1

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Ways to encourage children's alphabet learning include all of the following except Answer Selected Answer: complete a worksheet for every letter of the alphabet Correct Answer: complete a worksheet for every letter of the alphabet

Question 2
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Phonemic awareness instruction should be: Answer Selected Answer: integrated with other components of a balanced literacy program Correct Answer: integrated with other components of a balanced literacy program

Question 3
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Which stage marks children's growing awareness of the alphabetic principle? Answer Selected Answer: beginning Correct Answer: beginning

Question 4
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The Language Experience Approach is: Answer Selected Answer: based on children's language and experiences Correct Answer: based on children's language and experiences

Question 5

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A first grade teacher conducted a lesson on word families and asked the children to write words on the chalkboard. This could best be described as a lesson in: Answer Selected Answer: phonics Correct Answer: phonics

Question 6
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Of the following, the most powerful predictor of later reading achievement appears to be a child's: Answer Selected Answer: phonemic awareness Correct Answer: phonemic awareness

Question 7
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Phonics instruction should be viewed as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: part of a balanced approach that includes authentic reading and writing

part of a balanced approach that includes authentic reading and writing

Question 8
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In the English language, there are: Answer Selected Answer: 44 phonemes Correct Answer: 44 phonemes

Question 9
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Predictable books are: Answer Selected Answer: texts that have repeated sentences rhyme, or other patterns Correct Answer: texts that have repeated sentences rhyme, or other patterns

Question 10
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Six year old Rachel proudly said she could read the word fish because it looked like the word dish. This child was demonstrating her awareness of: Answer Selected Answer: word families Correct Answer: word families

Question 11
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Shared reading is: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: a way to share books with children that are too difficult for the children to read themselves a way to share books with children that are too difficult for the children to read themselves

Question 12
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The smallest units of speech are known as: Answer Selected Answer: phonemes Correct Answer:

phonemes

Question 13
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The belief that there should be a one-to-one correspondence between phonemes and graphemes so that each sound is consistently represented by one letter is known as: Answer Selected Answer: the Alphabetic Principle Correct Answer: the Alphabetic Principle

Question 14
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The principal wisely told a new first grade teacher that her daily instructional schedule should include: Answer Selected Answer: opportunities for students to apply phonics concepts as they read Correct Answer: opportunities for students to apply phonics concepts as they read

Question 15
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More fluent readers prefer to read silently because: Answer Selected Answer: they can read more quickly than when they read orally Correct Answer: they can read more quickly than when they read orally

Question 16
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Minilessons are: Answer Selected Answer: a daily literacy routine teachers use to teach literacy concepts,

strategies, and skills Correct Answer: a daily literacy routine teachers use to teach literacy concepts, strategies, and skills