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CALT EXAM NEWEST 2024 COMPLETE 300
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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Strephosymbolia - Correct Answer - means twisted symbols. The first term Orton used for dyslexia.
phonetics - Correct Answer - the study of speech sounds in spoken language
Orton-Gillingham Approach - Correct Answer - instruction that is multisensory, sequential, incremental, cumulative, individualized, phonics-based, and explicit.
CTOPP (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing) - Correct Answer - assesses phonological awareness, phonological memory and rapid naming.
TOWRE2- test of word reading efficiency - Correct Answer - - ages 6-24- measures sight-word efficiency (ability to pronounce printed words), phonetic-decoding efficiency (ability to pronounce phonemically regular non-words),
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) - Correct Answer - a set of procedures and measures for assessing the acquisition of early literacy skills. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills.
Brigance - Correct Answer - a series of 12 assessments, including language development, science and math proficiencies and gross motor skills.
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pg. 2 AimsWeb - Correct Answer - a benchmark and progress monitoring system based on direct, frequent. and continuous student assessment using brief, accurate measures of reading, math, spelling, and writing.
Tier 1 Vocabulary - Correct Answer - Basic words-- rarely require direct instruction and do not typically have multiple meanings.
Tier 2 Vocabulary - Correct Answer - Vocabulary words that occur across a variety of domains and are important for direct instruction.High Frequency/ Multiple Meaning Vocabulary.
Tier 3 Vocabulary - Correct Answer - Vocabulary words that are specific to domains (i.e.jargon). Low Frequency/ Context Specific Vocabulary.
Decoding - Correct Answer - the process of translating print into speech by rapidly matching a letter or combination of letters (graphemes) to their sounds (phonemes)
Encoding - Correct Answer - the process of hearing a sound and being able to write a symbol to represent that sound.
Segmenting - Correct Answer - Separating the individual phonemes, or sounds, or syllables of a word into discrete units.
Blending - Correct Answer - combining individual phonemes to form words or combining onsets and rimes to make syllables, then combining syllables to make words.
Deleting - Correct Answer - manipulate spoken words by deleting specific phonemes.
Multidimensional Fluency Scale - Correct Answer - rubric (1-4) to rate reader fluency in the areas of accuracy, expression and volume, phrasing, smoothness, and pace.
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pg. 3 Sight Words - Correct Answer - words children identify quickly, accurately, and effortlessly.
phonological awareness - Correct Answer - the ability to focus on units of sound in spoken language at the sentence, word, syllable and phoneme levels
phonemic awareness - Correct Answer - awareness of speech sounds or phonemes in spoken words
phonics - Correct Answer - instruction that connects sounds and letters
synthetic phonics - Correct Answer - explicitly teaches individual grapheme-phoneme correspondences before they are blended to form syllables or whole words
alphabetic principle - Correct Answer - the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by written letters
consonant - Correct Answer - blocked / voiced or unvoiced sounds - a class of speech sounds with air flow that is constricted or obstructed
vowel - Correct Answer - open and voiced sounds - a class of open speech sounds produced by the passage of air through an open vocal tract
phonology - Correct Answer - the rules that determine how sounds are used in spoken language
fluency - Correct Answer - reading with rapidity and automaticity with prosody
prosody - Correct Answer - the rhythmic flow of oral reading
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pg. 4 pragmatics - Correct Answer - set of rules that dictate communicative behavior and use of language, rules we communicate by
syntax - Correct Answer - sentence structure, grammar, usage
semantics - Correct Answer - content of language, used to express knowledge of the world around us - meaning
phoneme - Correct Answer - smallest unit of sound in a syllable
spelling - Correct Answer - sound to symbol / phoneme to grapheme, connect grapheme to phoneme
orthography - Correct Answer - the spelling of written language
orthographic memory - Correct Answer - memory of letter patterns and word spellings
metalinguistics - Correct Answer - awareness of language as an entity
guided discovery - Correct Answer - a method of leading students to new learning through questioning
Heuristic - Correct Answer - means to discover by demonstration
grapheme - Correct Answer - a letter or letter cluster that represents a single speech sound
decoding - Correct Answer - word recognition in which the phonetic code is broken down to determine a word
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