WGU-C909: ELEMENTARY READING METHODS
AND INTERVENTIONS: PRE-ASSESSMENT
Which of the following activities are examples of effective word-study
instruction? - ANSWERS--Blending words, making words, sorting words by spelling
patterns
The ultimate goal of word study instruction is... - ANSWERS-Comprehension
Fluency includes prosody, which is.. - ANSWERS-intonation, stress, and phrasing
Repeated oral readings are most effective when texts are: - ANSWERS-slightly
challenging
Which of these marks good fluency instruction - ANSWERS-Students do a lot of
reading in non-taxing situations.
Students add to their reading, writing, speaking and listening vocabularies most
effectively by... - ANSWERS-a combination of independent word learning and
direct teaching of individual words.
Wide reading... - ANSWERS-is among the best predictors of vocabulary size.
,Teaching students to use the dictionary is... - ANSWERS-instruction from which
many students can profit.
Effective student use of comprehension strategies leads to... - ANSWERS-deeper
understanding of the text being read.
All of the following are comprehension strategies used by mature readers
except... - ANSWERS-answering teacher-generated questions after reading.
A metacognitive reader is one who... - ANSWERS-actively monitors her reading.
When planning a year-long strategy instruction curriculum... - ANSWERS-choose a
few key strategies to teach in-depth.
During reading workshop students - ANSWERS-apply a reading skill or strategy to
a self-selected text.
Teacher sharing time, mini-lessons, self-selected reading and response, and
students sharing time are four main components of... - ANSWERS-a reading
workshop.
Independent reading is important because it... - ANSWERS--accounts for much of
children's annual vocabulary growth.
-provides practice in decoding strategies.
,-develops automaticity.
Providing time to read within the school day... - ANSWERS-is most effective when
paired with instruction and accountability
The 3rd grade teacher has completed a lesson on describing a character's traits.
The assessment requires students to choose a character from a book they are
reading and identify three traits and give evidence from the text which supports
the text. the teacher will review the results and plan the next lessons. The
assessment is... - ANSWERS-formative.
Phonics instruction teaches: - ANSWERS-the relationship between letters and
sounds in written form
Phonics instruction has an impact on a child's: - ANSWERS-both reading and
writing ability
Teaching students that the letters ph represent the /f/ sound is an example of
what type of instruction? - ANSWERS-phonics
Phonics instruction is most effective when it begins in: - ANSWERS-kindergarten
or first grade
Which of the following is an approach used for phonics instruction? - ANSWERS--
children learning the letters or letter combinations that represent sounds
, -children using word parts or families to identify unknown words
-children learning to segment words into sounds and writing letters for these
sounds
Effective phonics instruction may improve: - ANSWERS--fluency
-word recognition
-spelling
In a 6th grade classroom, the teacher incorporates a cognitive-constructivist
approach to reading. His students are reading a novel and working on using
inferencing skills to create a stronger connection to the text. How would this
teacher most likely encourage his students to engage with the text? - ANSWERS--
Encouraging students to find meaning in the text by using their own background
experiences to understand and infer information about events and relationships
in the story.
In a 3rd grade classroom, the teacher is providing reading comprehension
instruction that aligns with sociocultural theory by doing which of the following? -
ANSWERS--Having her students work in groups of four to discuss their
perspectives on the characters, relationships, and events in a story and work
together to determine the overall theme of the book based on those details.
A third grade teacher introduces an activity where the students will be writing a
narrative text about a personal experience where they helped someone. She puts
the students in groups of four and asks them to brainstorm ideas for their writing
with their peers. This activity demonstrates what stage of the writing process? -
ANSWERS--Prewriting Stage
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