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Praxis II: Special Education Exam Prep

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Before planning reading interventions, it’s important to assess a child’s current reading ability. The classification “emerging reader” is based on which of the following criteria?

  1. Recognizes 19 letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for at least 9 of them
  2. Recognizes all the letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for at least 19 letters
  3. Recognizes 19 letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for all 19 of them
  4. None of the above
Explanation

Answer: B - An emerging reader is one who can recognize all the letters of the alphabet and gives the correct sound for at least 19 letters. Emerging readers may be able to blend nonsense words, identify beginning and ending sounds, and read at grade level 1.5 to 1.9.

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