Emergent+Literacy+Quiz

Define the following terms:

1. Alphabetic Principle

2.Concepts About Print

3.Phonemic Awareness

4.Phonemes

5.Emergent Literacy

1. A preschool child picks up an unfamiliar book, opens it to the end, points to the text, and begins to "pretend read" the story. These behaviors suggest that the child most likely:  A. Has well-developed book-handling skills.  B. Knows where individual words begin and end.  C. Has developed an understanding that print carries meaning.  D.Understands the concept of print directionality.

2. A preschool child draws a stick figure and makes some unintelligible scribbles around it. When she shows it to her teacher, she points to the scribbles and says, “This says ‘I love mommy.’” This behavior suggests that the child most likely:  A. Is reading to learn the concept of letter-sound correspondence.  B. Is beginning to develop awareness that words are made of distinct phonemes.  C. Has a basic understanding of the alphabetic principle.  D. Has grasped the idea that the function of print is distinct from that of pictures.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3.At the end of each school day, a preschool teacher encourages the children to talk about the day’s events. As the children describe each event, the teacher writes it on a large block paper. Afterward, the teacher reads the list back to the class. This activity would contribute to the children’s literacy development primarily by promoting their: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. basic understanding of the alphabetic principle. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Awareness that speech can be represented by writing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Basic understanding of word boundaries. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Awareness of the relationship between syllables and the spoken word.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4.A preschool teacher is reading a story to his class. As he reads, he holds the book so the children can see the words and pictures while his finger follows the line of print. This activity would contribute to the children’s reading development primarily by: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. promoting their development of letter recognition skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Helping them recognize phonemes that occur frequently in print. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Developing their awareness of left-to-right directionality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Promoting their understanding of letter-sound correspondence.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5.A kindergarten teacher hangs labels on key objects in the classroom, puts up posters that include words and captions, and always has a big book on display for the children’s use. This kind of classroom environment is most likely to help promote children’s: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. recognition that words are composed of separate sounds. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Recognition of high-frequency sight words <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Development of automaticity in word recognition <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D.Development of an awareness of print.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6.Pointing out the title, beginning, middle and end of a book to a group of preschool children before reading the book aloud to them contributes to their reading development primarily by promoting their: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> A. understanding of text directionality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Development of book-handling skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Understanding of the concept of schema. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D.Development of literal comprehension strategies.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7. Which of the following strategies would be most effective in promoting kindergarten children’s ability to recognize and name letters of the alphabet?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. The teacher says the name of a letter while the children each trace its shape on a cutout letter. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. The teacher posts the entire alphabet around the room in several different formats. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. The teacher reads aloud to the children from books that contain mostly words that follow regular phonics patterns. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. The teacher emphasizes the initial sounds of each words when reading to the children.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. Having kindergarten children practice tracing the letters of the alphabet in sand is most appropriate for children who are having difficulty:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. internalizing the alphabetic principle. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Recognizing that print carries meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Understanding the relationship between spoken and written language. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Developing letter formation skills.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">9. A preschool teacher shows a group of children pictures of everyday objects. Below each picture is printed the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to the word’s initial sound. As the teacher points to each picture, she names the object, then she points to the letter underneath it and says the sound it makes. The teacher invites the children to repeat the sound with her. This activity is likely to contribute to the children’s reading development primarily by:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. Illustrating the concept of word boundaries. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B.Focusing on auditory discrimination skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C.Introducing the concept of onset and rime. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D.Demonstrating that phonemes are represented by letters.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">10. A kindergarten teacher wants to promote students’ understanding of the alphabetic principle. Which of the following would be the most effective first step in a sequence of instruction designed to achieve this goal:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A. Talk with students about selected consonants using a series of posters that each feature one consonant and contain pictures of items whose initial phoneme demonstrates that consonant’s sound. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> B. Having students trace both lowercase and uppercase letters of the alphabet and then practice reproducing the letters on their own. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> C. Talk with students about the title, beginning, middle, and end of a story and point to these parts while reading the story aloud from a big book. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> D. Put labels on several familiar objects in the classroom and regularly read the labels aloud to the students.