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Divide each of the next 10 words into their graphemes. Use hyphens to indicate the chunks.  For example, the word chin would be divided into grapheme chunks as ch-i-n force

TRUE OR FALSE? The absence of sensory AND motor function provides strong evidence that one or many cranial nerves are involved.

The specific set of nerves that will bring information from the body back to the brain for processing are called: 

What is the Circle of Willis and how is it important to supplying blood flow to damaged areas (i.e., as when stroke occurs)?

Give at least two reasons why we teach students about accented syllables. Be specific for full credit (don’t say “to help them read words”).

The child is the question above struggles and is unable to successfully complete the task. The teacher uses knowledge of the phonological awareness continuum to target the same stairstep but with a task that is one level easier. Thus, the most appropriate task to offer this student next would be:

Examine the following nonsense words. Which word could possibly contain all of these: a hard sound, a soft sound, a short sound, and a long sound?   

Why is there an e at the end of the word toe?

Asking students to listen to a word (e.g. same) and then tell the teacher all the sounds in the word is an exercise  that would be most appropriate for students who:

The primary reason that phonemic awareness contributes to the development of early reading success is because it helps the young reader: