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Which type of phonics instruction may be best for students with diverse backgrounds?

Instruction in which students can draw conclusions based on implications.Explicit instruction that is combined with plentiful reading for understanding.Scripted and programmed instruction using a specific sequence of skills.None of the above.

When reading translates the spelling of a word into its pronunciation by matching the written letters with their corresponding sound, then searches his "memory bank" for pronunciation that makes sense in the context, the reader is said to be using which strategy?

Decoding.Sequence Instruction.Mental Modeling.None of the above.

Which of the following is not a step to teaching phonic generalizations?

Use leading questions to help your students' group words that are alike.Read a list of words to students as they read along silently, and then have them read aloud with you.Dictating generalizations that would be helpful to them the next time they see words like that.List only words that are not familiar to your students.

Asking students to find words in a story, write them on cards, and then put them into groups with like sounds are and examples of which strategy?

Terse Verse.Hink Pinks.Decoding by analogy.Word Sort.

According to the text, which of the following teaching approaches is most closely aligned with the true purpose for teaching phonics?

Teaching consonants continuants first when introducing new letter-sound correspondences.Showing students pictures and asking them to identify the sound of the first letter in the words associated with those pictures.Adhering to a strict sequence of skills and objectives.Emphasizing the use of phonics as a problem-solving tool.

According to the text, what is the problem with exclusive use of decodable text?

Sometimes it makes little sense.Research does not support its exclusive use for all children.The content is highly limited.All of the above.

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