ILTS 206 Sub-Area 2 Practice Question #09
A kindergarten teacher sets up a literacy center with an activity that asks students to match pictures of objects with pictures of letters to correctly indicate the beginning sound. Which of the following is the teacher trying to develop in students through this center?
Correct Answer: D
Phonemic Awareness skills are necessary for matching words or pictures with beginning sounds.
Option A (phonics) is incorrect because it involves understanding how letters combined to make sounds and words. Students are ready for phonics instruction after they have acquired a strong foundation of phonemic awareness.
Option B (Vocabulary), involves building children’s receptive and expressive vocabulary or word knowledge, which is not the goal of this activity.
Option C (letter recognition) is incorrect because this activity is not focused primarily on children identifying letters.