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106.
A kindergarten teacher leads an activity in which students practice counting on their fingers the number of separate sounds they hear in simple words. This activity promotes development of which of the following literacy skills?
  1. Phonics skills.
  2. Phonemic awareness.
  3. Letter knowledge.
  4. Word consciousness.
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107.
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between spelling and phonics instruction in an effective research-based reading curriculum?
  1. Systematic spelling instruction takes priority over explicit phonics instruction in the early grades.
  2. Explicit phonics instruction is used primarily to remediate specific areas of spelling difficulty.
  3. Systematic spelling instruction is coordinated with and reinforces explicit phonics instruction.
  4. Explicit phonics instruction is reinforced by spelling instruction focused on irregular sight words.
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108.
A teacher could most effectively promote a beginning reader's ability to read phonetically irregular words by teaching the student to notice which of the following features of a word first?
  1. The sequence of letters in the word.
  2. The regular (decodable) elements in the word.
  3. The textual context of the word.
  4. The overall visual appearance (shape) of the word.
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109.
A sixth-grade teacher includes explicit instruction in common Greek and Latin roots (e.g., flex, struct) and affixes (e.g., pre-, -ology) as a regular part of vocabulary instruction. This strategy supports students' reading development primarily by:
  1. Expanding their knowledge of common textual features of academic texts.
  2. Enhancing their appreciation of the origins of content-area words.
  3. Prompting their use of morphology to determine the meanings of new words.
  4. Fostering their development of word consciousness.
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110.
Which of the following strategies would be most effective in promoting a first-grade student's reading fluency?
  1. Providing the student with scaffolded practice in reading comprehension strategies.
  2. Creating frequent opportunities for the student to engage in silent reading of high-interest texts.
  3. Providing the student with focused review of phonics generalizations and word analysis strategies.
  4. Creating frequent opportunities for the student to engage in oral reading of independent-level texts.
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