- How many words are in this sentence?
Answer: 8
Count the words: It's, time, to, clean, up, our, classroom, now. That is 8 words. It's is one word, even though it means it is.
- Point to each word as you read. How many words are in this sentence?
Answer: 8
Count the words: She'll, help, us, find, the, missing, puzzle, piece. That is 8 words. She'll is one word, even though it means she will.
- How many words are in this sentence?
Answer: 7
Count the words: My, little, sister, loves, to, play, outside. That is 7 words. Outside is one word, even though you can hear out and side in it.
- During a print tracking assessment, a student successfully matches speech to print when sentences contain only single-syllable words but struggles when multi-syllable words are introduced. This difficulty pattern suggests the student:
Answer: Confuses syllable boundaries with word boundaries when attempting to track print
Difficulty specifically with multi-syllable words during print tracking suggests the student may be trying to point once for each syllable they hear rather than once for each complete word. This indicates confusion between syllable units and word units. Choice B addresses decoding rather than the tracking confusion, Choice C focuses on sight words rather than the syllable-word distinction, and Choice D addresses morphology rather than the unit-counting aspect of print tracking.
