Reading 101

Question 1 of 20

1

Reading is ______________.

Select one of the following:

unnatural
natural

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

We are wired for _______________.

Select one of the following:

language
reading

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

Our ability to recognize words in reading uses the species’ evolutionary older circuitry that is specialized for ___________________________.

Select one of the following:

object permanance
object recognition

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

The use of ___________ sparked the evolution of writing systems.

Select one of the following:

tokens
ink

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

We derived our ability to write and read from what concept?

Select one of the following:

calligraphy
math

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

Children are wired for sound, but ____________ is an optional accessory that must be painstakingly bolted on.

Select one of the following:

listening
print

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

The child must learn the visual aspects of print—such as the features of letters, the common letter patterns, and “sight” words in English—and also how to spell all these new words.

Select one of the following:

morphology
orthography

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

The loss of ability to read.

Select one of the following:

dyslexia
alexia

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

It is a system of rules for forming words from the smallest meaningful parts of a language.

Select one of the following:

morphology
orthography

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

The smallest meaningful parts of a language are called __________________.

Select one of the following:

phonemes
morphemes

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

A child’s evolving ability to hear, discriminate, segment, and manipulate the phonemes in words, helps pave the way for the critical insight that words are made up of sounds.

Select one of the following:

phonemic awareness
phonological development

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

Roots, prefixes, suffixes, and affixes are examples of?

Select one of the following:

morphemes
phonemes

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

The smallest unit of sound is known as a ___________________.

Select one of the following:

grapheme
phoneme

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

A _________________ is the smallest functional unit of a writing system.

Select one of the following:

phoneme
grapheme

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

A second part of language that can have a strong effect on a child's reading success is ____________________, which refers to the understanding of word meanings.

Select one of the following:

morphology
semantics

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

Children learn more easily when there are two main emphases. The two emphases are known as _____________________.

Select one of the following:

onset and rime
blending

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

A child’s growth in acquiring and using the grammatical relationships within language.

Select one of the following:

semantic development
syntactic development

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

How the child learns that his or her writing system represents oral language.

Select one of the following:

grapheme development
orthographic development

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

_________________ is not a matter of speed; it is a matter of being able to utilize all the special knowledge a child has about a word fast enough to have time to think & comprehend.

Select one of the following:

Naming
Fluency

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

Awareness of _& __ are the two most powerful predictors of later reading achievement.

Select one or more of the following:

rapid naming
visual areas
speech sounds
vocal responses

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Reading 101

Question 1 of 20

Reading is ______________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

We are wired for _______________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

Our ability to recognize words in reading uses the species’ evolutionary older circuitry that is specialized for ___________________________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

The use of ___________ sparked the evolution of writing systems.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

We derived our ability to write and read from what concept?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

Children are wired for sound, but ____________ is an optional accessory that must be painstakingly bolted on.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

The child must learn the visual aspects of print—such as the features of letters, the common letter patterns, and “sight” words in English—and also how to spell all these new words.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

The loss of ability to read.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

It is a system of rules for forming words from the smallest meaningful parts of a language.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

The smallest meaningful parts of a language are called __________________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

A child’s evolving ability to hear, discriminate, segment, and manipulate the phonemes in words, helps pave the way for the critical insight that words are made up of sounds.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

Roots, prefixes, suffixes, and affixes are examples of?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

The smallest unit of sound is known as a ___________________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

A _________________ is the smallest functional unit of a writing system.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

A second part of language that can have a strong effect on a child's reading success is ____________________, which refers to the understanding of word meanings.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

Children learn more easily when there are two main emphases. The two emphases are known as _____________________.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

A child’s growth in acquiring and using the grammatical relationships within language.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

How the child learns that his or her writing system represents oral language.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

_________________ is not a matter of speed; it is a matter of being able to utilize all the special knowledge a child has about a word fast enough to have time to think & comprehend.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

Awareness of ___________________& ____________________ are the two most powerful predictors of later reading achievement.

Awareness of _& __ are the two most powerful predictors of later reading achievement.