EDU445: Week 11 Quiz Review

There are (for our purposes in the teaching of reading) 44 phonemes, 25 of these being consonant phonemes. There are _________ (how many) consonant letters and ______ (how many) consonant phonemes. There ______ one letter for each phoneme.

1) 21 2) 25 3) Is not

There are 44 phonemes; 25 of these are consonant phonemes. We will, therefor, identify ____ key symbols altogether of which _______ will be consonants. There will be a one-to-one correspondence between key symbols and ______.

1) 44 2) 25 3) phonemes

The digraph ch does not represent the sound of the _______ and the ______ with which it is spelled

1) C 2) H

Recognizing the fact that we are oversimplifying the situation, we shall, in this part of the program, consider all letter except a, e , i , o, u to be _______. There are then _________(how many) consonant letters.

1) consonants 2) 21

the word graph has ________ (how many) phonemes and therefore ___________ (how many) graphemes. They are _______, _________, _________, and _______. So that we have a clue to its pronunciation, the logical key symbol to assign to the final phoneme in graph is the letter ________.

1) four 2) four 3) g,r,a,ph 4) f

we can divide the 25 consonant phonemes into two major groups: (1) 18 consonant phonemes identify by key symbols composed of a single letter and (2) 7 consonant phonemes identified by ______ composed of two-letter combinations called _______.

1) key symbols 2) digraphs

pronounce photo. The initial grapheme is _______. The key symbol to represent this sound is _______.

1) ph 2) f

Most of the consonants are reliable with respect to sound. Therefore in most cases, the key _____ that designates a certain phoneme heard in a word will be the same as the consonant seen in that word. For example, b will serve as the key symbol for the initial sound we hear in the word ______ (boat, comb).

1) symbol 2) letter 3) boat

Why are Lexiles easy for educators?

1. Personalize learning. 2. Measure student growth. 3. Communicate with parents about their child's progress.

What is the "sweet spot" of the Lexile score?

100 below the actual score and 50 above the said

The 26 letters of the alphabet can be divided into two major categories vowels and ________

consonants

There is, however, a degree of overlap between these categories. Certain letter--notably, the w and y-- sometimes function as vowels and at other times functions as __________

consonants

We call these two-letter combinations digraphs. Note the spelling----di for two; graph referring to writing. The two-letter combination ch, as in chair, is called a ____________.

digraph

There are more phonemes than letters. We gain seven additional phonemes through the use of the two letter ________ (phoneme or grapheme)

grapheme

Since there ______ a one-to-one correspondence between sound and letter, it will be helpful to designate a key symbol for each phoneme.

is not

we have noted previously that in the American-English language there _______ a consistent one-to-one correspondence between letter and phoneme. Let us now see how this applies to consonants.

is not

How can parents help their child when they have a set Lexile in place?

make sure their student is reading their Lexile level score

Will b serve as the key symbol for the final sound we hear in the word comb?

no

The combination ch represents a phoneme _________ (already or not) represented by a single consonant letter. It functions like a other letter of the alphabet

not

When possible, the key symbol will be the same as the letter we ordinarily associate with the sound. For example, b will serve as the key symbol for the sound we hear at the beginning of the word boat. you would expect s to serve as the key symbol for the sound heard at the beginning of the word dog?

yes