Reading Rockets Print Awareness

Pretending to write a shopping list: a. can help a child develop print awareness b. may be bad if the child does not know the alphabet c. has no effect on learning d. none of the above

a

Print awareness typically, but not always, begins to develop: a. before children begin school b. during the child's first year of schooling c. at the end of first grade d. none of the above - children are born with print awareness

a

What is the relationship between spoken and written language? a. Print is used to represent the words we speak b. Speech is superior to writing c. Writing has been around longer than speech d. Spoken and written language have no relationship

a

print awareness is: a. recognizing written language and understanding how it's used b. understanding that print is made with a pen or pencil c. analyzing students' printed handwriting d. none of the above

a

A child who writes from top to bottom and from left to right possesses: a. legible handwriting b. print awareness c. number awareness d. none of the above

b

Children's performance on print awareness tasks: a. cannot predict future reading achievement b. is a reliable predictor of future reading achievement c. is a way of measuring how fast they can read d. none of the above

b

Print awareness: a. develops faster in girls than in boys b. develops through child/adult interaction with various forms of print c. is present at the time of a child's birth d. none of the above

b

Which of the following is an example of print awareness? a. Books are square b. Print is read from left to right c. The alphabet originated in China d. none of the above

b

An example of print awareness can be seen in which of the following? a. a child lies in her father's arms, listening to a bedtime story b. a child asks her mother if she can watch "Between the Lions" on PBS c. a child points to a McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy! I want a Happy Meal!" d. a child carefully cuts out a red paper heart with the words, "To: My Valentine" appearing across the middle

c

Children who begin school without print awareness: a. tend to be better readers than other students b. will never learn to read c. are at risk for reading difficulty d. none of the above

c

Print awareness is: a. the best predictor of later reading success b. the part of phonemic awareness that focuses on print c. understanding the function of print and how it is organized on a page d. none of the above

c

Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness? a. a child indicates that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page b. a child indicates that print proceeds from left to right on a page c. a child indicates that he can sing the alphabet song d. a child indicates that you should start reading a book from the front cover

c

Which of the following is NOT an example of print awareness? a. knowing that print proceeds from top to bottom on a page b. knowing that print proceeds from left to right on a page c. knowing that print is easier than cursive handwriting for most children d. knowing that print is an expression of written language

c

_______ does NOT encourage developement of print awareness: a. teaching a lesson about the parts of a book (cover, title page, author, illustrator) b. using a "big book" to read a story aloud c. leading the song, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star d. helping a student write his name

c

Activities that help children become aware of print include: a. being read to by adults b. playing with magnetic letters c. pretend reading d. all of the above

d

Activities that help promote print awareness in children include: a. labeling objects in a classroom b. reading aloud to students c. pointing out punctuation marks at the end of sentences d. all of the above

d

Children with print awareness are able to: a. count the number of words in a sentence b. distinguish between a word and a letter on a page c. recognize the logo for McDonald\'s on a billboard d. all of the above

d

Print awareness is an understanding that print: a. is different from pictures on a page b. carries meaning c. has practical uses d. all of the above

d

Print awareness tasks: a. can be given by the classroom teacher b. can help students to develop print awareness c. are related to children's later success in reading d. all of the above

d

Which child has an understanding of print awareness? a. Mary, a pre-school student who, after scribbling on a piece of paper, proudly proclaims that what she has written says, "I love my dog!" b. Timmy, a kindergarten student who points to the written representation of his name and states, "That's my name!", but is unable to actually read that it says "Timmy" c. Lauren, a first grade student who is able to count the number of words on a page d. all of the above

d