A first-grade class sorts word cards into categories provided by the teacher. Below is a result of the sort. CV-to, so, be CVC-bat, sat, got CVCE-make, like, kite CVVC-sail, bait, mail Which of the following skills does this activity best reinforce? A. Speling of rhyming words B. Knowledge of vowel patterns C. Beginning consonant sounds D. Knowledge of consonant digraphs {Ans: B. Knowledge of vowel patterns The categories are common vowel patterns and sorting words into categories reinforces students' familiarity with these patterns in both their reading and writing.}A first-grade student spells the word "bumped" as "BT." The student can best be classified as being in which of the following stages of spelling development? A. Precommuniccative stage B. Semiphonetic stage C. Phonetic stage D. Transitional stage {Ans: B. Semiphonetic stage At the semi phonetic stage, students show a developing understanding of sound-symbol relationships. Spelling are often abbreviated and represent the initial and/or final sound. Students at the pre communicative stage of spelling use letters to write words, but the letters are strung together randomly and do not correspond to sounds. Phonetic spellers are able to perceive and represent all of the phonemes in a word, thug the spellings