As the teacher added words to the Word Wall, six year old Bill pointed to the word will and said, I can read that word because it looks like my name. Bill used the phonics strategy of
a) miscue analysis.
b) phonic analysis.
c) decoding by analogy.
d) decoding by visualization.
Ques. 2Of the following, it is most important for teachers to provide time for students to
a) apply the phonics they are learning in authentic reading and writing activities.
b) practice dividing words into syllables.
c) participate in daily phonics drills.
d) copy the most useful phonics rules into notebooks for quick reference.
Ques. 3Phonemic awareness instruction helps children use the phonemic awareness strategies of
a) decoding by analogy and syllabication.
b) syllabication and segmenting.
c) decoding and blending.
d) blending and segmenting.
Ques. 4The principal correctly advised a newly hired first grade teacher that he should
a) excuse students who are English learners from phonics instruction.
b) require students to memorize all phonics rules.
c) refrain from explicit phonics instruction.
d) teach phonics skills in a predetermined sequence .
Ques. 5Children's attempts to spell words that reflect their developing knowledge about the spelling system are known as
a) miscues.
b) invented spellings.
c) graphemes.
d) morphemes.
Ques. 6The language origin of words is referred to as
a) morphology.
b) orthography.
c) etymology.
d) phonology.
Ques. 7The set of relationships between phonology (the sounds in speech) and orthography (the spelling patterns of written language) is referred to as
a) phonemic awareness.
b) phonics.
c) handwriting.
d) morphology.