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Chapter 5: Cracking the Alphabetic Code

Quiz by Anis Romero

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  • Q1
    The smallest units of speech are known as:
    phonics
    phonemes
    graphemes
    morphemes
    60s
  • Q2
    Research suggests that of the following, the most powerful predictor of later reading achievement appears to be a child's:
    visual discrimination
    phonemic awareness
    fine-motor skills
    social maturity
    60s
  • Q3
    In the English language, there are:
    44 phonemes
    26 phonemes
    100 phonemes
    over 500 phonemes
    60s
  • Q4
    Of the following, the best way to help children become better spellers is to:
    engage them in daily reading and writing activities
    administer weekly spelling tests
    take running records
    encourage them to use drill and practice programs
    60s
  • Q5
    A group of second grade students need help spelling high frequency words. The best way for their teacher to help them gain independence in their spelling and writing would be to:
    administer weekly spelling tests
    post high frequency words on a classroom word wall
    monitor the completion of spelling worksheets
    encourage the students to sound out words
    60s
  • Q6
    As students become older, they realize that words with similar meanings often are spelled in similar ways. When they focus upon the meaning of words, they attend to:
    digraphs
    morphemes
    graphemes
    phonemes
    60s
  • Q7
    Five-year-old Adam wrote the sentence, "My mom sed no." When Adam wrote sed for said, he showed that he was using:
    conventional spelling
    invented spelling
    orthographic spelling
    traditional spelling
    60s
  • Q8
    Of the following, the best way to help children learn to segment words would be to use:
    repetends
    Elkonin Boxes
    reading response journals
    consonant digraphs
    60s
  • Q9
    The term used to describe language origin is:
    morphology
    orthography
    etymology
    phonology
    60s
  • Q10
    Seven year old Anna was born in Mexico and learned to read before transferring to a second grade classroom in the United States. Research suggests that if children read in their native language, they most likely:
    will translate all texts into their native language
    will struggle when learning to read in an additional language
    have developed phonemic awareness
    will find graphemes confusing
    60s

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