Teaching English sound/symbol correspondences and spelling patterns helps students
a. learn rules that they can then teach their younger siblings
b. learn to pronounce difficult words and phrases in English
c. decode English words they have never encountered before
d. discover the underlying logic of the alphabet in English
Question 2...Holistic literacy strategies include each of the following EXCEPT
a. singing songs with lyrics posted for students to see
b. engaging students in writing and illustrating journals
c. reading aloud to students and discussing characters and plot
d. asking students to identify phonemes in rhyming words
Question 3...Teachers of young children need to make sure they praise children regularly with positive words such as good job, you're the best, or that's beautiful.
a. True
b. False
Question 4...Emergent literacy research has NOT shown that young children
a. develop print concepts from functional literacy uses at home
b. benefit from being read to at home from the time they are born
c. need to be able to skip on one foot prior to learning to read or write
d. begin to develop literacy concepts in their preschool years or earlier