RICA SUBTEST 1 2026 EXAMPREP PRACTICE
SET SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS
◉ A first grade teacher leads a small group of beginning readers in a
lesson focused on decoding simple words composed of letters that
students have learned to sound out in isolation. The teacher begins
by writing word "sat" on the board. In keeping the research-based
practices, the most appropriate step for the teacher to take next in
this lesson would be to. Answer: Teach the student to blend the
sounds in the word "sat" slowly and continuously without pausing
◉ Which of the following strategies would best help a kindergarten
teacher access a students ability to blend phonemes. Answer: Say
the sounds /d/, /o/ and /g/ separately, then ask the child to say
them as one word
◉ Which of the following informal assessments would be most
appropriate to use to access on individual student's phonemic
awareness. Answer: Asking the student to identify the sound at the
beginning, medial, or final of a spoken word (e;g "What sound do
you hear at the end of step?"
,◉ The cat question if you get it the answer is. Answer: Have the
students segment the sounds in the word /c/ /a/ /t/ in order or
have the student break apart the word "cat"
◉ What strategy is best used to teach phonemic awareness. Answer:
Say the individual sounds of a word
◉ A student who joins a first grade classroom in late October
performs poorly on a phonemic-awareness activity. To address this
students reading needs, which of the following steps would be most
important for the teacher to take first. Answer: conducting formal
phonemic awareness assessments with the student
◉ Which of the following statements best explains why students
continue to need systematic, explicit instruction to support and
promote fluency even after they have achieved automaticity?.
Answer: Vocabulary and academic language continue to be
significant factors that disrupt student's fluency
◉ A third grade teacher develops a word list from a small group of
students that includes words representing complex phonics
patterns. After reviewing the list with the students the teacher did a
dictation activity with a different set of words that follow the same
pattern and the student wrote down the word. This activity
demonstrates the teachers awareness of the importance of?.
Answer: Using writing activities to give students opportunities to
apply phonics knowledge to new words
, ◉ A first grade provides students with explicit, systematic phonics
instruction to promote their reading development when designing
activities to teach letter sound correspondences, the teacher should.
Answer: Provide reading opportunities for students to practice
sounds in context after studying the sounds in isolation
◉ Prosody has which of these characteristics. Answer: Variation in
pitch and intonation
◉ Prosodic oral reading both supports and is supported by reader's.
Answer: Active comprehension processes (ACP)
◉ Which of the following questions focuses most directly on a
student ability to read with prosody?. Answer: Can the student
accurately read aloud a grade-appropriate passage in a manner that
sounds like natural speech?
◉ Which of the following factors will most disrupt a second grade
students fluency with the respect to accuracy?. Answer: the students
does not regularly use mega cognitive strategies to monitor
comprehension
◉ In a curriculum based oral reading fluency assessment conducted
in September a second grade student has an accuracy rate of 98%
SET SOLUTION QUESTIONS WITH FULL
ANSWERS
◉ A first grade teacher leads a small group of beginning readers in a
lesson focused on decoding simple words composed of letters that
students have learned to sound out in isolation. The teacher begins
by writing word "sat" on the board. In keeping the research-based
practices, the most appropriate step for the teacher to take next in
this lesson would be to. Answer: Teach the student to blend the
sounds in the word "sat" slowly and continuously without pausing
◉ Which of the following strategies would best help a kindergarten
teacher access a students ability to blend phonemes. Answer: Say
the sounds /d/, /o/ and /g/ separately, then ask the child to say
them as one word
◉ Which of the following informal assessments would be most
appropriate to use to access on individual student's phonemic
awareness. Answer: Asking the student to identify the sound at the
beginning, medial, or final of a spoken word (e;g "What sound do
you hear at the end of step?"
,◉ The cat question if you get it the answer is. Answer: Have the
students segment the sounds in the word /c/ /a/ /t/ in order or
have the student break apart the word "cat"
◉ What strategy is best used to teach phonemic awareness. Answer:
Say the individual sounds of a word
◉ A student who joins a first grade classroom in late October
performs poorly on a phonemic-awareness activity. To address this
students reading needs, which of the following steps would be most
important for the teacher to take first. Answer: conducting formal
phonemic awareness assessments with the student
◉ Which of the following statements best explains why students
continue to need systematic, explicit instruction to support and
promote fluency even after they have achieved automaticity?.
Answer: Vocabulary and academic language continue to be
significant factors that disrupt student's fluency
◉ A third grade teacher develops a word list from a small group of
students that includes words representing complex phonics
patterns. After reviewing the list with the students the teacher did a
dictation activity with a different set of words that follow the same
pattern and the student wrote down the word. This activity
demonstrates the teachers awareness of the importance of?.
Answer: Using writing activities to give students opportunities to
apply phonics knowledge to new words
, ◉ A first grade provides students with explicit, systematic phonics
instruction to promote their reading development when designing
activities to teach letter sound correspondences, the teacher should.
Answer: Provide reading opportunities for students to practice
sounds in context after studying the sounds in isolation
◉ Prosody has which of these characteristics. Answer: Variation in
pitch and intonation
◉ Prosodic oral reading both supports and is supported by reader's.
Answer: Active comprehension processes (ACP)
◉ Which of the following questions focuses most directly on a
student ability to read with prosody?. Answer: Can the student
accurately read aloud a grade-appropriate passage in a manner that
sounds like natural speech?
◉ Which of the following factors will most disrupt a second grade
students fluency with the respect to accuracy?. Answer: the students
does not regularly use mega cognitive strategies to monitor
comprehension
◉ In a curriculum based oral reading fluency assessment conducted
in September a second grade student has an accuracy rate of 98%
