Competency 003 - Alphabetic Principle

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1.

The understanding that words are composed of letters and that there is a relationship between printed letters and spoken sounds is called?
- A.
  
  The alphabetic principle
- B.
  
  Graphophonemic knowldge
2.

An entire body of research indicates that combining insturction inphonolgical and phonemic awareness and letter/sound relationships appears to be the most important factor in successful early reading.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

As awareness develops that letters in written words stand for sounds in spoken words, children are then rady to encode and decode, which one is the process of going from sound to print.
- A.
  
  Decoding
- B.
  
  Encoding
4.

Which process of encoding and decoding relates to reading?
- A.
  
  Decoding
- B.
  
  Encoding
5.

Reading simple, regular words from left to right, generating sounds for letters, and blending sounds into words are examples of of which early awareness skill?
- A.
  
  Decoding
- B.
  
  Encoding
6.

The example /m/ /a/ /n/ are written man is called decoding.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Which is NOT part of the systematic approach to developing the alphabetic principle?
- A.
  
  Teach some continuous sounds early, for example /m/, /s/
- B.
  
  Teach separtely auditorally similar sounds and theri corresponding letters. For example /b/, /v/.
- C.
  
  Teach students to discriminate visually similar letters, for example b/d
- D.
  
  Teach students to identify sight words, for example a, the, I, my, you, is, are.
- E.
  
  Teach the sounds of letters that can be used to bukld many words. For example, /m/, /s/, /a/, /t/.
8.

Children's familiarity with an object related to a particular letter of the alphabet help them remember that letter.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False