Exam 4: The Youngest Readers and Writers

Effective teachers have learned that it is best to teach letters of the alphabet:

To administer the Concepts About Print test, teachers:

Of the following, the best predictor of beginning reading success is a child's level of:

Books with repeated words and sentences, rhymes, or other familiar patterns are known as:

Five-year-old Gloria didn't understand word boundaries or concepts of words. To best address this need, her teachers used the instructional practice of:

Students are most likely to use conventional spelling in the:

The principal wisely suggested that by adding books, pencils, pens, and paper to kindergarten play centers, teachers could enhance their instructional value and transform them into:

Young children are surrounded by words. Print such as logos on cereal boxes and signs for a favorite toy store or restaurant is known as:

Because fluent readers recognize many words automatically, they usually:

Of the following, the most effective way to encourage shared reading and to involve parents in a child's literacy development is to:

The goal for educators is that all children should be fluent readers and writers by:

Handwriting instruction:

List three characteristics of fluent readers.

Of the following, the best way to help children develop oral language competence is to:

Give three effective ways in which teachers can help children learn the letters of the alphabet.

The kindergarten teacher observed that her new five-year-old student, Mei, had developed age-appropriate concepts about print. List three behaviors that would indicate that a child had developed concepts about print.

Phonics instruction is most appropriate for students in the:

Teachers should use the time allotted for handwriting instruction primarily to:

Being able to name the letters of the alphabet is a good predictor of beginning reading achievement. The most likely explanation for this is that:

The educator who coined the term emergent literacy is: