Exam 11: Differentiating for Success

Teachers in the Brady School District plan to use a computer-based program as an intervention for those who struggle in learning to read. To help the students make the most progress, the computer-based program should:

According to the program's design, Reading Recovery instruction should be delivered by:

When the school year began, a new teacher planned many reading activities for her class. Veteran teachers correctly advised that she should use a single text:

Many students in Kathy Sites' class are advanced readers who can apply comprehension strategies and discuss challenging books with minimal teacher guidance. The most appropriate activity for these students would be:

To help students monitor their progress and develop responsibility for completing their assignments, teachers should:

Many schools use computer-based programs such as Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts! to track students' progress. Computer-based programs:

To increase the likelihood that all students will be successful, teachers should:

Fifth grade teacher Joe Henderson has students working above grade level as well as many working below grade level. Of the following, the best way to enable all of the students to demonstrate their learning would be to ask them to:

In the most effective intervention programs, students are instructed by:

Of the following, the recommended instructional program which offers the most teacher guidance is:

When Rida, an English learner, joined the second grade class, the principal wisely stated that guided reading:

Students in Tony Aston's fourth grade class completed a unit in which they studied various types of trees. Describe three authentic ways in which the students could demonstrate their learning.

Of the following, the most appropriate role for a school literacy coach is to:

Several fifth grade students have been having difficulty reading an assigned novel and need teacher support to comprehend the text. Of the following, the most appropriate instructional technique to use with these students would be:

Marc, age 6, has been placed in a first grade classroom but he can read and write on a fourth grade level. How can a teacher provide appropriately challenging work for Marc within the first grade classroom? Give two suggestions.

A Response to Intervention (RTI) program involves three tiers. During the first tier, students:

Since the mid-1960s, young children of economically disadvantaged families in the United States have been participating in a federally funded early intervention program known as:

Teacher Judy Short would like to develop the classroom community by having all of her students read and discuss the novel, Frindle, by Andrew Clements. Several students, however, are unable to read the text independently. Give three suggestions the teacher could use to differentiate instruction and enable all students to participate in the discussion.

The most effective way to help students who struggle with writing is to provide:

Teacher Joe Capp would like all of his students to discuss a novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, but some of the students are unable to read the text independently. This teacher should: