Select the answer that correctly completes each statement.

This activity contains 9 questions.

	Preschoolers understand _____________________ about written language before they learn to read or write in a conventional way.   very little a great deal

	Children’s active efforts to construct literacy knowledge through informal experiences are called _____________________ .   emergent literacy phonological aware

	Initially preschoolers _____________________ distinguish drawing and writing.   do do not

	Phonological awareness _____________________ .   is associated with the ability of a child to learn a second language. is a strong predictor of emergent literacy and later reading and spelling achievement.

	Low-SES children have _____________________ than their higher-SES agemates.   less interest in books and other written materials fewer home and preschool language and literacy learning opportunities

	When teachers were given a tuition-free college course on effective early childhood literacy instruction, they _____________________ in their classrooms.   readily applied what they learned found it difficult to apply this information

	Between 14 and 16 months, toddlers display a beginning grasp of _____________________ .   cardinality ordinality

	Cardinality is the principle that _____________________ .   the last number in a counting sequence indicates the quantity of items in the set quantities can be arranged in ordered relationships

	Arithmetic knowledge emerges _____________________ .   in Western societies, but not in non-industrialized countries universally around the world

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