Deck 6: Honics and Spelling

Question 1

What is a phoneme?

A) The smallest unit of meaning
B) The smallest unit of sound
C) The accent of a word
D) The shape of the letter
E) None of the above

Answer 1

The smallest unit of sound

Question 2

What is a grapheme?

A) The smallest unit of sound
B) The representation of a phoneme
C) The twenty six letters of the alphabet
D) The smallest unit of meaning
E) None of the above

Answer 2

The representation of a phoneme

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a digraph?

A) oa in road
B) bl in black
C) str in street
D) oi in oil
E) None of the above

Answer 3

oa in road

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a diphthong?

A) wr in write
B) ai in nail
C) oi in oil
D) bl in black
E) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of an onset?

A) The str in street
B) The up in cup
C) The ou in cloud
D) The re in redo
E) None of the above

Question 6

The word sand has how many phonemes and how many graphemes?

A) Four phonemes and four graphemes
B) Five phonemes and four graphemes
C) Four phonemes and five graphemes
D) Three phonemes and five graphemes
E) None of the above

Question 7

What is a phonogram?

A) The part of a word that precedes the vowel, such as the r in run
B) A study of teaching reading and spelling that stresses symbol-sound relationships
C) The vowel and any letter that follows the beginning consonant
D) The oo in book
E) None of the above

Question 8

What does encoding refer to?

A) The process of blending letters together as one reads
B) The process of attaching appropriate letters to sounds when one writes
C) The process of naming all the letters of the alphabet in correct order
D) The process of segmenting words as one reads
E) None of the above

Question 9

How many phonemes are in the word flight?

A) six
B) five
C) three
D) four
E) None of the above

Question 10

According to the textbook, the key principles that underlie phonics instruction include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Base instruction on what students know
B) Provide systematic phonics instruction
C) Have students learn all phonics rules
D) Use appropriate texts
E) Embed instruction in meaningful contexts

Question 11

Phonics relates to the ____________________.

Question 12

Analytic phonics is ____________________.

Question 13

A closed syllable is ____________________.

Question 14

A diagraph is ____________________.

Question 15

A diphthong is ____________________.

Question 16

An open syllable is ____________________.

Question 17

A phoneme is ____________________.

Question 18

A grapheme is ____________________.

Question 19

The alphabetic layer of English spelling refers to ____________________.

Question 20

The pattern layer of English spelling refers to____________________.

Question 21

The meaning layer of English spelling refers to ____________________.

Question 22

Decoding refers to ____________________.

Question 23

Encoding refers to ____________________.

Question 24

Discuss the various approaches to teaching phonics.

Question 25

Define and give examples of vowel diagraphs, consonant diagraphs, diphthongs, and clusters. Explain why these complicate learning letter-sound relationships and the importance of knowing them.

Question 26

Explain and give examples of "high frequency spelling patterns." Explain which activities you would engage your students in to help them automatically recognize these words and patterns.

Question 27

Explain how you as a classroom teacher will assess student growth in phonics and spelling and what type of activities you will engage your students in to ensure that they develop phonics and spelling skills.