Deck 4: Emergent Literacy

Question 1

Which of the following is not a recommended strategy for parents to use during read-alouds?

A)questioning
B)sharing personal responses
C)reading the book without discussing it so that the flow of the text is not interrupted
D)pointing to words while reading

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Swiss psychologist whose theory of cognitive development has implications for teaching children during emergent literacy is _______ _______.

Answer 2

Jean Piaget

Question 3

Dramatic play occurs when students

A)put on a performance for parents.
B)follow the teacher's directions.
C)simulate real-life experiences.
D)rehearse a dramatic play.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The _______ _______ is the concept that words are composed of letters, and letters represent speech sounds.

Question 5

The essential ability to hear phonetic likenesses and differences in phonemes and words is called _______ _______.

Question 6

Phonemic awareness is

A)an awareness of how to create the sounds that letters make.
B)the relationship between phonemes and graphemes.
C)an understanding that speech consists of a series of small sounds.
D)the knowledge that words make up sentences.

Question 7

_______ _______ offer enlarged print and pictures so the entire class can read together.

Question 8

_______ is the ability to go from left to right, and top to bottom, when reading material in English.

Question 9

Which statement about emergent literacy is true?

A)It occurs only during the kindergarten-early first grade period.
B)It covers a set of discrete skills to be mastered.
C)It occurs naturally from within a child.
D)It begins with reading from preprimers.

Question 10

Offering instructional support that is gradually withdrawn as the learner becomes capable of performing independently is called _______.

Question 11

Words that children recognize immediately without analyzing them are _______ words.

Question 12

Of the following, the most appropriate writing activity for an emergent literacy classroom is

A)practicing penmanship by copying a poem.
B)using invented spelling to write to a pen pal or a friend.
C)tracing letters of the alphabet.
D)writing answers in a workbook.

Question 13

When reading aloud to your class, which of the following does not promote a shared-book experience?

A)listening to stories
B)memorizing rules about letter-sound relationships
C)reading books with predictable or repetitive stories
D)making predictions about a text before and while reading it

Question 14

A characteristic of creative drama is

A)sets.
B)improvisation.
C)memorized lines.
D)costumes.

Question 15

An example of a vicarious experience is

A)watching a video.
B)taking a field trip.
C)making a class book.
D)making vegetable soup.

Question 16

Literacy is best accomplished by

A)giving a child meaningful experiences of all kinds.
B)having a child complete a readiness workbook.
C)teaching specific skills through a sequence of exercises.
D)having a child master letter-sound associations.

Question 17

Emerging readers are typically in the _________ stage of Jean Piaget's four stages of cognitive development.

A)sensorimotor
B)formal-operational
C)concrete-operational
D)preoperational

Question 18

Because self-esteem affects how well a child performs in school, teachers should

A)disregard natural learning styles.
B)encourage random guesses about spelling and pronunciation.
C)incorporate social and emotional goals when planning literacy activities.
D)challenge students with advanced learning tasks.

Question 19

The alphabetic principle means that

A)the alphabet must be learned before a child can read.
B)letters represent speech sounds.
C)words can be divided into separate sounds.
D)the alphabet is arranged in order from A to Z.

Question 20

Which of the following is not true regarding the Reading Recovery intervention program?

A)It incorporates ongoing assessment.
B)It was developed in New Zealand by Marie Clay.
C)It is delivered to small groups of two to four children.
D)It targets first-graders.

Question 21

What are some examples of how informal drama or creative dramatics can promote language learning?

Question 22

How does introducing students' first-language songs, games, poems, tongue twisters, and books into the classroom promote English-language learners' phonemic awareness?

Question 23

As a primary grade teacher, you are aware of the effects of parents reading aloud to children. Thus, you want to encourage the parents of your students to engage in read-alouds with their children. Create an article for your classroom newsletter that conveys to parents the effects of parental read-alouds on children's literacy development, along with a list of pointers that parents could use to enhance their read-aloud sessions.

Question 24

How can young children be helped to develop a sense of story sequence?

Question 25

Case analysis: You are a first-grade teacher, and a girl comes to your class from a foster home. She has lived in several different homes, and no one has introduced her to prereading activities. She cannot cut, paste, draw, look at books from front to back, recite nursery rhymes, or play simple games. Most of the other students have been to kindergarten and are well beyond her level of performance. How can you differentiate instruction for this student without neglecting the rest of the class?

Question 26

The parents of some of your kindergarten students are upset because their children are using invented spelling. What will you say to convince them that invented spelling has value? Be sure to include each stage of spelling development in your response.

Question 27

Explain how reading and writing are connected during the emergent and developing stages of literacy development, giving examples of activities you might use to inspire children to continue learning both skills.

Question 28

A growing number of intervention programs for struggling readers now emphasize _______ of difficulties rather than correction.

Question 29

A child who spells candy as knde is using _______ _______.

Question 30

Explain how you would establish learning centers in your print-rich kindergarten classroom that would promote the development of literacy skills.