Praxis Reading Specialist Test Exam Questions with Complete Solutions | Guaranteed Pass

Praxis Reading Specialist Test Exam Questions with Complete Solutions | Guaranteed Pass aesthetic reading - answer-reading for pleasure analogy phonics - answer-teaching students to use parts of known words (such as onsets and rimes) to read unfamiliar print words analytic phonics - answer-teaching students to analyze letter-sound relations in previously learned words in order to avoid pronouncing sounds in isolation antonym - answer-two words with opposite meanings automaticity - answer-automatic word recognition blend - answer-Two letters together that make two sounds. For example, bl, pl, fl, st, tr choral reading - answer-reading aloud in unison with a whole class or group of students- used to develop oral reading fluency. criterion-referenced - answer-a test that measures certain criteria (knowledge about a specific set of facts or skills). --if a student knows the material, they will pass the test. Results reported in percentage. cloze passage - answer-used for vocabulary instruction, omitting every fifth word in a passage--students use context clues to figure out the missing wordconnecting reading and writing - answer-reading and writing naturally support acquisition of one another--an effective way to teach reading is through writing, and an effective way to teach writing is through reading context clues - answer-words or phrases that help the reader understand another word of phrase Caldecott Medal - answer-award for the most distinguished artwork in a picture book concepts of print - answer-awareness of directionality, book cover, title... (connected to Marie Clay's work in Reading Recovery) deep structure - answer-sets of skills and strategies that help readers and writers comprehend literally to grasp a plot, comprehend deeply to prob ideas, and extend and apply their understanding--includes semantic, schematic and pragmatic system (think comprehension strategies and Keene) digraph - answer-two letters together that create a new sound. ex: sh, ph, ch, th dipthong - answer-a sliding vowel sound, such as -oy in boy, oi in oil, ou in house efficient and effective - answer-definition of a "proficient" reader ELL/dialect miscues - answer-do not count on a miscue analysis emergent literacy - answer-the reading and writing behaviors that precede and develop into conventional literacy echo reading - answer-students echo what the teacher reads. used for emergent readers to build fluency and expression. efferent reading - answer-reading for the main purpose of information, to gain meaning, from Louise RosenblattFluency - answer-ability to read accurately and with expression fluid grouping - answer-students grouped together briefly to work on a specific skill/concept frustration level - answer-Reading level at which the student can't accurately recognize or comprehed the text. 90% or below word recognition and 50% or below comprehension. The reader makes more than one mistake in every 10 words read and does not understand what is being read (based onMarie Clay's work on reading recovery) graphic cues - answer-cues from letters and letter patterns Yetta Goodman - answer-mother of the miscue analysis and looking for the quality of miscues John Guthrie - answer-focus on motivation in adolescent readers guided reading - answer-teacher-directed reading groups homonym - answer-two words having same pronunciation but having different meanings, origins or spellings Iowa Basic Skills Test - answer-standardized test battery for elementary students Instructional Reading Level - answer-Reading level at which a student recognizes and comprehends words well enough to avoid frustration, but still requires some assistance or guidance from teacher. 90- 95% accuracy and 80% comprehension Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) - answer-short passages with comprehension questions, often used to gauge student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels.