RICA subtest 2
1. An example of a reading comprehension statement written in
academic language is:: I am going to visualize what is happening in
the selection.
2. Before reading the story, Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come, the teacher
brought in realia (pencils, scissors, crayons, glue, paper) to support her
students with vocabulary that will be encountered in the story and
discussed the characteristics. This vocabulary lesson will allow students
to:: develop background knowledge to support comprehension of new
information.
3. A vocabulary strategy that supports early vocabulary development for
stu- dents is:: classifying and categorizing words.
4. The "Matthew Effect", which relates to vocabulary, can be explained as:: a
term used by a psychologist that describes how readers acquire large
vocabularies by reading extensively, which widens the gap of
knowledge between them and the students who read less.
5. During independent reading of an expository text about dinosaurs, the
students in a second-grade class had difficulty with the vocabulary words
"prehistoric ooze". Which of the following is the best strategy to support
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, stu- dents' understanding of the complex vocabulary?: Before reading,
introduce the meaning of target vocabulary and explain words one at a
time using student-friendly explanations.
6. According to research, most students learn vocabulary indirectly. An
ex- ample of indirect vocabulary learning is:: students learn word
meanings from listening to adults read to them and engage in
conversations about new words encountered in the texts.
7. In order to determine the vocabulary for direct instruction prior to
reading a text, the teacher needs to consider:: the tier levels of academic
vocabulary encountered in the text.
8. It is important for a teacher to explicitly teach tier three vocabulary to
elementary students for all of the following reasons except:: to promote
word consciousness and an enthusiasm for words.
9. Prior to teaching a lesson on mammals, a third-grade teacher displayed
the following graphic organizer on the board:
This graphic organizer will support the student in developing:: word
learning strategies.
10. A fifth-grade teacher designs the following vocabulary lesson for
her students:
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1. An example of a reading comprehension statement written in
academic language is:: I am going to visualize what is happening in
the selection.
2. Before reading the story, Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come, the teacher
brought in realia (pencils, scissors, crayons, glue, paper) to support her
students with vocabulary that will be encountered in the story and
discussed the characteristics. This vocabulary lesson will allow students
to:: develop background knowledge to support comprehension of new
information.
3. A vocabulary strategy that supports early vocabulary development for
stu- dents is:: classifying and categorizing words.
4. The "Matthew Effect", which relates to vocabulary, can be explained as:: a
term used by a psychologist that describes how readers acquire large
vocabularies by reading extensively, which widens the gap of
knowledge between them and the students who read less.
5. During independent reading of an expository text about dinosaurs, the
students in a second-grade class had difficulty with the vocabulary words
"prehistoric ooze". Which of the following is the best strategy to support
1/5
, stu- dents' understanding of the complex vocabulary?: Before reading,
introduce the meaning of target vocabulary and explain words one at a
time using student-friendly explanations.
6. According to research, most students learn vocabulary indirectly. An
ex- ample of indirect vocabulary learning is:: students learn word
meanings from listening to adults read to them and engage in
conversations about new words encountered in the texts.
7. In order to determine the vocabulary for direct instruction prior to
reading a text, the teacher needs to consider:: the tier levels of academic
vocabulary encountered in the text.
8. It is important for a teacher to explicitly teach tier three vocabulary to
elementary students for all of the following reasons except:: to promote
word consciousness and an enthusiasm for words.
9. Prior to teaching a lesson on mammals, a third-grade teacher displayed
the following graphic organizer on the board:
This graphic organizer will support the student in developing:: word
learning strategies.
10. A fifth-grade teacher designs the following vocabulary lesson for
her students:
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