Question 2 - Subtest I: Reading, Language, and Literature Practice Test for the CSET Multiple Subjects Test

teachers instructing students about the symbol-sound relationships, building from the more basic to the more complex in a logical sequence

teachers determining what phonics skills to teach based on the teachers’ observations of what students need to learn and the best order in which to teach it

teachers coaching students to skip over symbols whose sounds they don’t recognize in an attempt to speed up reading comprehension

teachers encouraging an organic exploration of language by exposing students to symbol-sound relationships randomly as opposed to presenting them in a prescribed, logical sequence