LETRS Unit 6 Assessment, All Sessions 1-6, comprehension
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LETRS Unit 6 Assessment
Which of the following statements best describes an effective way to prepare
students to listen to or read a text?
Establish the purpose for reading the text and impart background knowledge.
Which of the following describes a product of comprehension, rather than a
process?
verbalizing a summary or retelling of the text after reading
Which of these statements is not true of students with specific comprehension
difficulties?
They rely less on context to guess on the identity of the words.
Students with greater background knowledge of a text's topic are more likely to:
remember more of what the text actually says
Which teaching strategy is most likely to help English Learners construct a
mental model of a texts meanings?
Provide visual context for meaning-pictures, graphic organizers, objects, and/or actions.
Which statement explains the most important reason why formal (standardized)
tests of reading comprehension may be of limited value to teachers?
They typically do not indicate where instruction should focus.
Which statement is not true about how student understanding of syntax can
affect comprehension?
The ability to process sentence structure has little effect on comprehension.
What technique would be most relevant for teaching students to comprehend the
structure of a fictional narrative?
using a story grammar outline to make notes
Which sentence is most likely to challenge younger students' language
comprehension abilities?
Unless everyone can agree, we will not play there again.
What activity would best create awareness of substitution as a cohesive device?
having students underline words and phrases that mean almost the same thing
LETRS Unit 6 Session 1
The language comprehension domain of the Reading Ropes does not
incorporate which of the following?
memorization
Language comprehension becomes more important to reading success:
after 3rd grade
Which of the following is an example of a reading comprehension product?
, not constructing a mental model or making inferences within and between
sentences
The text base refers to the literal meanings in a given text?
false
The best time for teachers to guide students' thinking , as they construct a
mental model , is:
all of the above
LETRS Unit 6 Session 2
Reading comprehension is difficult to assess through formal testing alone.
true
Which of the following is not a variable in interpreting reading comprehension
test results?
a. strength or weakness in word recognition
b. the format of the test
c. prior background knowledge
d. state benchmarks in reading proficiency
d. state benchmarks in reading proficiency
Students who can answer multiple-choice questions about a passage without
needing to read it are nonetheless exhibiting reading comprehension.
false
Behaviors that indicate problems with language comprehension include (select
all that apply):
a. inaccurate spelling skills.
b. confusion about the main idea versus details of a story.
c. inability to maintain focus.
d. telling the events of a story out of order.
b. confusion about the main idea versus details of a story.
c. inability to maintain focus.
d. telling the events of a story out of order.
Which of the following is not considered a strategy for informal observation of
oral language comprehension?
a. giving students unit quizzes
b. having students predict a missing sentence in a passage
c. asking students "yes" or "no" questions about a text
d. having students repeat back sentences
c. asking students "yes" or "no" questions about a text
& Midterm; Complete Solution guide_2022.
LETRS Unit 6 Assessment
Which of the following statements best describes an effective way to prepare
students to listen to or read a text?
Establish the purpose for reading the text and impart background knowledge.
Which of the following describes a product of comprehension, rather than a
process?
verbalizing a summary or retelling of the text after reading
Which of these statements is not true of students with specific comprehension
difficulties?
They rely less on context to guess on the identity of the words.
Students with greater background knowledge of a text's topic are more likely to:
remember more of what the text actually says
Which teaching strategy is most likely to help English Learners construct a
mental model of a texts meanings?
Provide visual context for meaning-pictures, graphic organizers, objects, and/or actions.
Which statement explains the most important reason why formal (standardized)
tests of reading comprehension may be of limited value to teachers?
They typically do not indicate where instruction should focus.
Which statement is not true about how student understanding of syntax can
affect comprehension?
The ability to process sentence structure has little effect on comprehension.
What technique would be most relevant for teaching students to comprehend the
structure of a fictional narrative?
using a story grammar outline to make notes
Which sentence is most likely to challenge younger students' language
comprehension abilities?
Unless everyone can agree, we will not play there again.
What activity would best create awareness of substitution as a cohesive device?
having students underline words and phrases that mean almost the same thing
LETRS Unit 6 Session 1
The language comprehension domain of the Reading Ropes does not
incorporate which of the following?
memorization
Language comprehension becomes more important to reading success:
after 3rd grade
Which of the following is an example of a reading comprehension product?
, not constructing a mental model or making inferences within and between
sentences
The text base refers to the literal meanings in a given text?
false
The best time for teachers to guide students' thinking , as they construct a
mental model , is:
all of the above
LETRS Unit 6 Session 2
Reading comprehension is difficult to assess through formal testing alone.
true
Which of the following is not a variable in interpreting reading comprehension
test results?
a. strength or weakness in word recognition
b. the format of the test
c. prior background knowledge
d. state benchmarks in reading proficiency
d. state benchmarks in reading proficiency
Students who can answer multiple-choice questions about a passage without
needing to read it are nonetheless exhibiting reading comprehension.
false
Behaviors that indicate problems with language comprehension include (select
all that apply):
a. inaccurate spelling skills.
b. confusion about the main idea versus details of a story.
c. inability to maintain focus.
d. telling the events of a story out of order.
b. confusion about the main idea versus details of a story.
c. inability to maintain focus.
d. telling the events of a story out of order.
Which of the following is not considered a strategy for informal observation of
oral language comprehension?
a. giving students unit quizzes
b. having students predict a missing sentence in a passage
c. asking students "yes" or "no" questions about a text
d. having students repeat back sentences
c. asking students "yes" or "no" questions about a text
