Question 1

Why is responding to literature an important part of balanced literacy instruction?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The response should i

Question 2

A response-centered classroom is most likely to:

Accepted Answer

A)  require students to take tests on what they read. 
B)  give students opportunities to discuss the texts they have read. 
C)  have a required reading list. 
D)  all of the above. 
A)  require students to take tests on what they read. 
B)  give students opportunities to discuss the texts they have read. 
C)  have a required reading list. 
D)  all of the above.

Question 3

Student journals should always:

Accepted Answer

A)  receive a letter grade. 
B)  be read by others. 
C)  be evaluated for spelling. 
D)  none of the above 
A)  receive a letter grade. 
B)  be read by others. 
C)  be evaluated for spelling. 
D)  none of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is a place where students record personal reflections about what they read?

Accepted Answer

A)  a journal 
B)  a learning log 
C)  a diary 
D)  none of the above 
A)  a journal 
B)  a learning log 
C)  a diary 
D)  none of the above

Question 5

When students first start to use journals, it is normal to expect most of them to:

Accepted Answer

A)  start to respond right away. 
B)  be often overly concerned with spelling accuracy. 
C)  have many ideas to share. 
D)  write several pages. 
A)  start to respond right away. 
B)  be often overly concerned with spelling accuracy. 
C)  have many ideas to share. 
D)  write several pages.

Question 6

Choose a piece of children's literature with which you are familiar. Write a response chart that will help students make good responses. Explain why you included what you did.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The respons

Question 7

Which students might be encouraged to respond using pictures?

Accepted Answer

A)  young students who cannot yet write 
B)  English Language Learners 
C)  all students 
D)  no students 
A)  young students who cannot yet write 
B)  English Language Learners 
C)  all students 
D)  no students

Question 8

Personal responses to literature:

Accepted Answer

A)  provide one correct answer to a question. 
B)  vary from student to student. 
C)  must always receive a grade. 
D)  need to be in written format. 
A)  provide one correct answer to a question. 
B)  vary from student to student. 
C)  must always receive a grade. 
D)  need to be in written format.

Why is responding to literature an important part of balanced literacy instruction?

A response-centered classroom is most likely to:

Student journals should always:

Which of the following is a place where students record personal reflections about what they read?

When students first start to use journals, it is normal to expect most of them to:

Choose a piece of children's literature with which you are familiar. Write a response chart that will help students make good responses. Explain why you included what you did.

Which students might be encouraged to respond using pictures?

Personal responses to literature:

What You Need to Know to Be an Effective Literacy Teacher

Frameworks for Effective Standards Based Literacy Lessons

Assessment and Evaluation That Informs Instruction

Prior Knowledge Activating and Developing Concepts and Vocabulary

How to Teach Strategies for Constructing Meaning

Beginning Literacy

Intermediate Grades and Middle School Decoding Vocabulary and Meaning

Writing and the Construction of Meaning

Helping Struggling Readers

Developing a Management System for a Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Exam 8: Responding and the Construction of Meaning

Why is responding to literature an important part of balanced literacy instruction?

A response-centered classroom is most likely to:

Student journals should always:

Which of the following is a place where students record personal reflections about what they read?

When students first start to use journals, it is normal to expect most of them to:

Choose a piece of children's literature with which you are familiar. Write a response chart that will help students make good responses. Explain why you included what you did.

Which students might be encouraged to respond using pictures?

Personal responses to literature:

What You Need to Know to Be an Effective Literacy Teacher

Frameworks for Effective Standards Based Literacy Lessons

Assessment and Evaluation That Informs Instruction

Prior Knowledge Activating and Developing Concepts and Vocabulary

How to Teach Strategies for Constructing Meaning

Beginning Literacy

Intermediate Grades and Middle School Decoding Vocabulary and Meaning

Writing and the Construction of Meaning

Helping Struggling Readers

Developing a Management System for a Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Classroom

Filters