Foundations of Reading Flashcards

Which of the following best describes a 'digraph'?

Answer: Two letters that together represent a single sound

A digraph is two letters (consonants or vowels) that combine to represent one sound, such as 'ch,' 'sh,' or 'th.'

What is the key characteristic of an 'open syllable'?

Answer: It ends in a vowel and the vowel is typically long

An open syllable ends in a vowel, which is typically long, as in the syllable 'go' or the first syllable of 'robot.'

Which of the following words contains a consonant blend?

Answer: street

A consonant blend consists of two or more consonants where each letter retains its own sound; 'str-' in 'street' is a three-letter blend.

A teacher uses Elkonin boxes (sound boxes) during a phonics lesson. What is the main instructional purpose?

Answer: To help students segment spoken words into individual phonemes

Elkonin boxes are a visual tool where students push tokens into boxes for each phoneme, supporting phoneme segmentation.

Which statement best describes the relationship between oral vocabulary and reading comprehension?

Answer: A larger oral vocabulary supports reading comprehension because readers understand more words they decode

Oral vocabulary knowledge strongly predicts reading comprehension because readers must understand word meanings to comprehend text.

When a student reads 'the dog ran fast' as 'the dog runs fast,' this miscue is best described as:

Answer: A grammatically acceptable substitution that preserves meaning

Substituting 'runs' for 'ran' is grammatically acceptable and preserves overall meaning, indicating strong syntactic and semantic cueing despite a tense error.

Which of the following is an example of a derivational suffix?

Answer: -tion (as in 'invention')

The suffix '-tion' is a derivational suffix that changes a verb ('invent') into a noun ('invention'), altering the word's part of speech.