LETRS UNIT 3 ALL SESSIONS 1-8,
PLUS FINAL ASSESSMENT.
LETRS Unit 3 Session 1
- Teachers who take a code-emphasis approach to instruction generally do not discuss
the meanings of words being taught.
False - The ability to decode a new, previously unknown printed word, in or out of context,
depends on (select all that apply):
a. knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences.
b. knowing its part of speech.
c. the ability to blend phonemes and graphemes quickly.
d. previous knowledge of sight words. - The term phonics may be used to refer to (select all that apply):
a. an awareness of the individual speech sounds in spoken syllables and the ability to
consciously manipulate these sounds.
b. the system of phoneme-grapheme correspondences that are the basis for an
alphabetic orthography.
c. an essential component (one of the five pillars) of effective reading instruction.
d. a strategy for decoding new words and storing them in orthographic memory. - Which of the following are typical of meaning-emphasis approaches to instruction?
Select all that apply.
a. emphasis on reading leveled texts individually
b. use of decodable texts at the K-1 level
c. a tendency toward more teacher-led instruction
d. use of context (such as illustrations) to read words in texts
- Which of the following is typically done as an extended practice activity in phonics
lessons?
a. adding, substituting, or deleting phonemes in words
b. individual silent reading
c. timed reading of learned words
d. using words in oral sentences
LETRS Unit 3 session 2 - Roughly half of all words in English can be spelled correctly based on established
sound-symbol correspondences.
True - Complete this sentence: A complex syllable is a syllable that contains a __ .
a. digraph
b. consonant blend
c. vowel team
d. VCe pattern - Complete this sentence: Vowel teams in English can have up to __ letters.
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