MTTC 103 Elementary Practice 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam

The student demonstrates phonics by sounding out each letter in the word "cat." Phonics involves the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and their corresponding letters or groups of letters (graphemes). When the student articulates the sounds associated with each letter—/k/, /a/, and /t/—to build the word, they are effectively applying their understanding of how letters represent sounds to decode the word.

Phonological awareness, on the other hand, is a broader skill that includes recognizing and manipulating larger units of sound, such as syllables and rhymes, rather than focusing specifically on the relationship between letters and sounds. Syllabication refers to breaking words into syllables, while word analysis might involve examining and understanding the structure of words, including prefixes and suffixes, which is not reflected in simply sounding out the letters to form a word. Thus, the demonstration of phonics is key in this scenario, showcasing the student’s ability to connect letters with their corresponding sounds to read a word.