Exam 2: Approaches to Reading Instruction

Comprehensive instruction in reading evolves from teachers' knowledge about the needs of students.

Teachers who use the bottom-up approach think that students need to be assessed on the basis of their performance in meaningful contexts.

Ms. Goldstein knows extensive reading is critical to the development of reading proficiency and practice provides the opportunity for students to combine the skills and strategies that teachers work to develop. With this in mind she knows children should be reading

Which of the following statements is true regarding approaches to reading instruction and struggling readers?

In a fourth grade classroom a teacher notices some of her students don't understand how to apply a strategy to their reading. She models the strategy again and demonstrates how readers use it with text. She also shares her thinking aloud with the group of students and provides opportunities for practice. This teacher knows that

Teachers who work within a top-down curriculum create a classroom community with students to engage in reading, writing, and other collaborative acts of meaning-making.

Which descriptor is frequently associated with the basal reading approach?

Which of the following are used in technology-based instruction?

In Ben Thompson's classroom, children are immersed in a community of learners. Ben uses only authentic texts for children to read, discuss, listen to, or write about, and he says his main goal is to, "Support children in the skillful use of language." How would you best describe Ben's approach to teaching literacy?

In Ms. Tempo's first grade class the children are using software to create stories following a field trip to the botanical garden. Ms. Tempo is likely using what approach to teach reading and writing?

The Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by most states, call for the new standards to be taught within the context of a content-rich curriculum. Which of the following is NOT true about the CCSS and curriculum?

The characteristics of highly effective literacy teachers include the thorough integration of ________ to support the development of children's literacy skills and strategies.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the top-down curricula philosophy?

How do teachers define who they are as teachers of reading?

An important way to motivate students in a literature-based program is to

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a bottom-up philosophical stance?

Which of the following approaches supports children working with their own language?

Another term for the comprehensive approach to teaching reading is

Compare and contrast the bottom-up curriculum and the top-down curriculum approaches. Discuss the instructional objectives, materials, learning environment, instructional strategies, and assessment for each approach. Are they similar in any way?

Which of the following approaches to teaching reading best compliments the Common Core State Standards because reading, writing, listening, and speaking apply across content areas and are intended to help students read and write well in all disciplines?