Deck 4: Vocabulary Instruction

Question 1

Recognizing the root, prefix, and suffix is an example of which of the following?

A) Orthography
B) Phonic analysis
C) Structural analysis
D) Etymology

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In the word transportation, which of the following is the root?

A) trans
B) port
C) tion
D) tation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In the word transportation, which of the following is the prefix?

A) trans
B) port
C) tion
D) tation

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The syllabication rule (VC/CV) should be used to divide which of the following?

A) Teacher
B) Supper
C) Candle
D) Apron

Question 5

Affixes are which of the following?

A) Prefixes
B) Suffixes
C) Roots
D) Only prefixes and suffixes

Question 6

Students and teachers use word walls to do which of the following?

A) Practice spelling
B) Share messages about what they are reading
C) Write words being studied, specific words for writing, or interesting and important words from texts
D) Practice alphabetizing

Question 7

Which stages of spelling development are associated with students in the middle grades?

A) Pre-communicative and semiphonetic
B) Alphabetic principle and phonetic
C) Letter name and syllables and affixes
D) Syllables and affixes and derivational relations

Question 8

Many teachers use onsets and rimes to improve the word identification skills of their students. Why is this?

A) It makes sense to teach onsets and rimes because most students are not able to recognize the number of phonemes in a word.
B) Once students know the definitions of onset and rime, they can determine which syllables have an onset and a rime, and which have only a rime.
C) Of all the word identification strategies available for students to use, phonics is the least effective.
D) The most common rimes appear repeatedly in English words.

Question 9

Indicate where the syllabic divisions occur in the CVCCVC vowel-consonant letter pattern. You may assume that there are no consonant digraphs in the pattern (C = a single consonant letter and V = a single vowel letter).

A) CV - CCVC
B) CVCC - VC
C) CVC - CVC
D) CV - CC - VC

Question 10

In the word transportation, what is the root and what does it mean? __________

Question 11

By analyzing what learners do when they __________, teachers can determine each learner's conceptual understandings of our English word system.

Question 12

If a word that is not known in print but is part of the student's listening vocabulary (words understood in speech but not recognized in print), the __________ process may provide a close enough approximation that the context will help identify the word.

Question 13

__________ refers to the internal structure and forms of words.

Question 14

Exploring the histories or derivations of words is called __________.

Question 15

__________ and __________ are common ancient languages from which many of the words in our language derive.

Question 16

Presenting a root written within a circle on a large piece of poster paper without revealing its meaning is part of the activity called __________.

Question 17

The word family tree activity that asks students to connect word origins, key terms from a unit of study, common roots, and other current meanings of the word is an excellent strategy for exploring the __________ of words.

Question 18

Words that are blended together to create a new word are called __________ words.

Question 19

__________ refers to a continuum of development in spelling, word analysis, and vocabulary abilities.