090 Foundations of Reading test Revised Questions and Answers / Sure A+

A fifth grade teacher is about to begin a new unit on weather and climate. Which of the following types of vocabulary words from the unit would be the most appropriate for the teacher to preteach? -words that are conceptually challenging -high-frequency, phonetically irregular words -multisyllable words -high-frequency words with multiple meanings - words that are conceptually challenging A fifth-grade teacher gives students a reading guide for an informational text that they will be reading independently. The reading guide contains various activities, including prompting students to summarize certain passages, to explain relationships between concepts according to specific information in the text, and to determine the meaning of domain-specific words based on appositives or appositive phrases embedded in the text. This guide is likely to be most effective for achieving which of the following instructional purposes? -developing students' abilities to read the text evaluatively -encouraging students to read and interact closely with the text -supporting students' development of prosodic reading skills -teaching students to adjust their reading rate based on text complexity - encouraging students to read and interact closely with the text A fifth-grade teacher guides students in reading a complex literary text. First, the teacher reads aloud the beginning of the text as students follow along silently in their copies. Next the teacher rereads key phrases and sentences, asking students what the author meant by certain statements or by the choice of certain words. Finally, the teacher and students reread the section aloud together with expression. The teacher repeats these steps with each section of the text. THis activity promotes reading proficiency primarily by: -modeling for students how to engage in close reading of academic texts -developing students' word consciousness and love of interesting new words-helping students achieve grade-level fluency benchmarks for accuracy and rate -encouraging students to apply metacognitive comprehension strategies as they read - modeling for students how to engage in close reading of academic texts