Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a fluent reader?

Accepted Answer

A)   Strong structural analysis skills
B)   Automatic decoding skills
C)   Strong vocabulary skills
D)   Strong comprehension skills A

Question 2

The goal of oral reading fluency is automaticity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of reading fluency?

Accepted Answer

A)   Control and confidence
B)   Metacognition
C)   Automaticity
D)   Immediate word identification B

Question 4

Repeated readings utilize repetition as the mode to enhance fluency. The students, however, get frustrated with the repeated readings strategy because they get bored reading the passage over and over. What would you say to the students? How would you implement repeated readings in your classroom in order to reduce the students' frustration?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Repeated readings utilize repetition as the mode...

Question 5

In Mr. Roger's class he knows students need to read accurately which means the ability to recognize or decode words correctly. In order for his students to do this they need an understanding of

Accepted Answer

A)   letter knowledge.
B)   rules of syllabication.
C)   the alphabetic principle.
D)   how print works.

Question 6

Ms. Jackson wants to assess accuracy and automaticity so she uses

Accepted Answer

A)   oral reading fluency norm charts.
B)   fluency development lessons.
C)   a fluency scale.
D)   an oral recitation scale.

Question 7

Reader's theater, choral reading, and echo reading are all strategies

Accepted Answer

A)   for increasing accuracy.
B)   for groups of students.
C)   for paired reading.
D)   for pairs of students.

Question 8

Mr. Thompson was having students read predictable text so they could read with ease. What was he trying to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A)   Word-perfect renderings through round-robin reading
B)   Sustained silent reading
C)   Prosody
D)   Fluency through repeated readings

Question 9

Explain how fluency and comprehension are related.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how fluency and comprehension are related....

Question 10

________is a way to engage children in listening and responding to prosodic features in oral language in order to read with expression.

Accepted Answer

A)   Repeated reading
B)   Automated reading
C)   Paired repeated reading
D)   Choral reading

Question 11

The linguistic concept that refers to features in oral language such as intonation, pitch, and stress is

Accepted Answer

A)   pauses.
B)   automaticity.
C)   fluency.
D)   prosody.

Question 12

You have noticed that your students need to work on prosody. You are planning some lessons that will help them build this skill. Design a checklist you could use to provide feedback to your students on the use of prosodic cues.

Accepted Answer

The answer of You have noticed that your students need...

Question 13

Explain how you will pair students in your class in order to develop fluency skills and strategies. Be sure to address the "Do's and Don'ts" in pairing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how you will pair students in...

Question 14

Ms. Newcomb uses phrases to practice fluency in her fifth grade class. Her rationale for doing this is most likely

Accepted Answer

A)   reading words by themselves makes fifth graders feel like babies.
B)   fluent readers read in phrases, not word-to-word.
C)   what students read in one passage transfers to another.
D)   phrases make more sense since fifth graders are readers.

Question 15

Technology has become an important part of teaching reading today. Explain how technology can be used to promote and assess fluency.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Technology has become an important part of...

Question 16

Peers are important in the development of reading fluency. This is especially exhibited in paired reading and cross-age reading.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Fluency norm charts are used to assess accuracy and automaticity by taking one-minute reading samples.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

________means having a child read a short passage from a book, magazine, or newspaper more than once with differing amounts of support.

Accepted Answer

A)   Repeated reading
B)   Automated reading
C)   Paired repeated reading
D)   Choral reading

Question 19

Which strategy for improving reading fluency involves the teacher and the non-fluent student reading aloud from the same material simultaneously?

Accepted Answer

A)   Echo reading
B)   Paired or partner reading
C)   Language experience approach
D)   Neurological impress method

Question 20

Ms. Summers begins each silent reading session with a status of the class. She notices that Dino has had a new book everyday for the last three days. Dino is most likely

Accepted Answer

A)   a wanderer.
B)   a squirrel.
C)   a gossip.
D)   a possum.

Exam 8: Reading Fluency

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a fluent reader?

The goal of oral reading fluency is automaticity.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of reading fluency?

In Mr. Roger's class he knows students need to read accurately which means the ability to recognize or decode words correctly. In order for his students to do this they need an understanding of

Ms. Jackson wants to assess accuracy and automaticity so she uses

Reader's theater, choral reading, and echo reading are all strategies

Mr. Thompson was having students read predictable text so they could read with ease. What was he trying to achieve?

Explain how fluency and comprehension are related.

________is a way to engage children in listening and responding to prosodic features in oral language in order to read with expression.

The linguistic concept that refers to features in oral language such as intonation, pitch, and stress is

You have noticed that your students need to work on prosody. You are planning some lessons that will help them build this skill. Design a checklist you could use to provide feedback to your students on the use of prosodic cues.

Explain how you will pair students in your class in order to develop fluency skills and strategies. Be sure to address the "Do's and Don'ts" in pairing.

Ms. Newcomb uses phrases to practice fluency in her fifth grade class. Her rationale for doing this is most likely

Technology has become an important part of teaching reading today. Explain how technology can be used to promote and assess fluency.

Peers are important in the development of reading fluency. This is especially exhibited in paired reading and cross-age reading.

Fluency norm charts are used to assess accuracy and automaticity by taking one-minute reading samples.

________means having a child read a short passage from a book, magazine, or newspaper more than once with differing amounts of support.

Which strategy for improving reading fluency involves the teacher and the non-fluent student reading aloud from the same material simultaneously?

Ms. Summers begins each silent reading session with a status of the class. She notices that Dino has had a new book everyday for the last three days. Dino is most likely