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:

How many phonemes are in the word: quest

Phonemic awareness requires phonological awareness.

What is the purpose of the Ames Test?

Which is a mechanism(s), used by pathogens to evade the adaptive immune response?

What is the body’s first line of defense against pathogens?