Exam Preview for 32086: The Alphabetic Principle Is About More Than

The Alphabetic Principle Is About More Than Just 26 Letters

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1. How many sounds, or phonemes, are there in the English language? 26 42-44 52 54-56
2. How many sounds are in the word "black"? 3 4 5 6
3. What are the two best predictors of early reading success? being read to at home and strong vocabulary sight words and being read to at home singing and talking to children alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness
4. When does phonological awareness meet the alphabetic principle? when students learn to make all the sounds when students can identify all the sounds when students are instructed that a specific sound is represented by a specific symbol when students can sing the ABC song
5. Which of the following should be said when teaching the alphabetic principle? Do --- and --- sound the same or different? Which word does not start with ---? I spy something with the “---” sound. All of the above