Deck 6: Reading Comprehension

Question 1

Good readers:

A) never make substitutions and regularly make connections.
B) use cueing systems automatically and never make substitutions.
C) use cueing systems automatically and use comprehension strategies flexibly.
D) flexibly use comprehension strategies and regularly make connections.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which teaching strategy is best aligned with the instructional goal of helping students make inferences about characters?

A) quick writes
B) open mind portraits
C) jackdaws
D) book talks

Answer 2

B

Question 3

For independent reading, a child's word accuracy and comprehension should be 100%.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Metacognition is an important part of comprehension.

Question 5

Schema theory refers to how a reader's background knowledge shapes meaning-making with texts.

Question 6

Comprehension strategies may be taught by all of the following EXCEPT:

A) accountable talk.
B) think-alouds.
C) quick writes.
D) vocabulary practice.

Question 7

Which of the following set of assessment strategies and practices is most likely to support 6- to 9-year-olds' reading comprehension?

A) lap reading, facial expressions during read-alouds, reader's theatre
B) sharing story predictions, reader's theatre, drawing character webs
C) puzzles, flannel boards, reading and listening centers
D) rhyming, lap reading, drawing character webs

Question 8

What are the five key features of close reading, according to Fisher and Frey (2012)?

A) short passages, complex texts, limited preteaching, repeated readings, text-dependent questions
B) short passages, complex texts, inferences, vocabulary, repeated readings
C) key details, vocabulary, author's purpose, inferences, intertextual connections
D) main idea, key details, vocabulary, author's purpose, inferences

Question 9

Which teaching strategy is best aligned with helping students become interested in new books or authors?

A) quick writes
B) open mind portraits
C) self-evaluation checklists
D) book talks

Question 10

Which teaching strategy is best aligned with helping students activate their prior knowledge?

A) quick writes
B) open mind portraits
C) self-evaluation checklists
D) book talks

Question 11

List 3 ways that teachers can support the reading comprehension of 2-year-olds.

Question 12

Which of the following set of assessment strategies and practices is most likely to support 3- to 6-year-olds' reading comprehension?

A) lap reading, facial expressions during read-alouds, reader's theatre
B) sharing story predictions, reader's theatre, receptive vocabulary
C) puzzles, flannel boards, reading and listening centers
D) reading and listening centers, wordless books, dioramas

Question 13

Active participation when applying comprehension strategies is necessary for literacy development.

Question 14

Offering students choice in what they read is important because:

A) it supports their motivation.
B) text options can be limited.
C) they will learn comprehension strategies.
D) they will learn to be responsible for choices.

Question 15

List the six basic comprehension strategies that readers need as a foundation for understanding text.

Question 16

Which of the following are major contributors to text complexity?

A) language conventions, background knowledge requirements, text structure
B) background knowledge requirements, mentor texts, text structure
C) reading strategies, background knowledge requirements, text structure
D) reading strategies, mentor texts, language conventions

Question 17

List 2 ways that families can support the reading comprehension of their children (any age).

Question 18

Character maps are a helpful tool for supporting students' comprehension of:

A) informational texts.
B) narrative texts.
C) text complexity.
D) mentor texts.

Question 19

Basic comprehension strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) making connections.
B) questioning.
C) summarizing.
D) cueing.

Question 20

A child's instructional reading level means that they can decode 90-95% of the words accurately and understand 70% of the text concepts.

Question 21

Describe expectations for your students' comprehension. Then, describe two specific ways that you can support students' comprehension in your classroom. Be sure to specify the age of students in your response.

Question 22

Describe a skilled reader. What does the reader know? What does the reader do when reading an unfamiliar text?