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Potpourri
100
Of sl, sp, and sh, the one that is a diagrph
What is sh?
100
Three letter names that begin with a sound the letter commonly makes
What are three of the following: b, c, d, g, j, k, p, t, v, or z?
100
Three classroom activities to support phonological awareness development
What are [answers vary - refer to Scanlon et al. or class notes]?
100
The number of phonemes in the word "show"
What is two?
100
The six strands in the ELA Common Core State Standards
What are reading literature, reading informational text, foundational skills, writing, speaking and listening, and language?
200
A consonant digraph for /f/
What is ph?
200
Three letter names that end with a sound the letter commonly makes
What are three of the following: f, l, m, n, r, s, or x?
200
What typically comes first in the development of phonological awareness: recognition or generation
What is recognition?
200
The number of phonemes in the word "sling"
What is four?
200
The vowel sound in the middle syllable of envelope?
What is "uh" or schwa?
300
Two examples of vowel digraphs
What are (answers vary - should be two vowels working together to make one sound)?
300
Three letters whose name does not contain a sound commonly associated with the letter
What are h, w, and y?
300
The number of Elkonin boxes you need for the word "coiled"
What is four?
300
The number of accented syllables in the word "orthography" and which one(s)
What is one -- "tho"?
300
A specific sound/letter that often changes the sound of the vowel that comes before it
What is r (or l)?
400
Two digraphs other than sh and ph
What are [answers vary - see digraph lists in Scanlon et al.]?
400
A letter name that begins with the short e sound
What is f, l, m, n, s, or x?
400
One reason why phonological awareness is so important
What is [read Scanlon!]?
400
The number of diphthongs in "bookkeeper"
What is none?
400
Of the following, a word that is a good key word for "a": airplane, aardvark, astronaut
What is astronaut?
500
A vowel digraph that common represents either of two different sounds
Possible answer: What is oo (as in book or as in hoop)?
500
A letter name with three sounds in it
What is x?
500
The difference between phonological awareness and phonemic awareness
What is [review the video presentation on phonological awareness]?
500
The number of schwas in "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
What is 3 (4 accepted)?
500
The one of the following that is a good key word to teach for the letter e: enter, earth, elephant, or Ed and why
What is Ed because it is not subject to r-control, nasalization, or a letter name?