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ABC books
Ans: a genre of children's literature; books organized by the 26 letters of
the English language. In some creative fashion, the author and illustrator
present each letter. ABC books can be read for fun, but they also are an
important tool in teaching young children the letters of the alphabet
academic language
Ans: words, phrases, and sentence structures used in schools, especially in
textbooks and tests. Academic language is the language of the
classroom, different from the language people use in everyday
interaction. Academic language can be broken down into two
subcategories, technical academic language and nontechnical
academic language. Lessons about academic language are a key
component of vocabulary instruction.
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accuracy
Ans: The ability to pronounce words correctly. Accuracy is a key goal in
reading instruction. A child who cannot accurately pronounce words will
stumble while reading, losing fluency and thus making the text difficult to
comprehend.
advanced learners
Ans: Children performing at, or with the potential to perform at, a high
level of achievement when compared to other children of the same age.
Though different criteria exist, Advanced learners score more than one
grade-level equivalent above their actual grade level on standardized
text.
affix
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Ans: a morpheme that, when standing along, is not a word and appears
only as part of a word. In English, there are two types of affixes: prefixes,
which appear in front of a root word and suffixes, which appear at the
end of a root word. Teaching children the meanings of affixes is one way
to increase their meaning vocabularies.
alphabetic principle
Ans: In English, speech sounds are represented by letter. This is a key
concept about print for our youngest students to master. Without
knowledge of the alphabetic principle, printed language makes no sense
antonym contextual clue
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Ans: a clue a reader uses as part of contextual analysis to figure out the
meaning of a target word. The author provides another word near the
target word that is an antonym for the target word. For example, a reader
could use an antonym contextual clue to figure out the meaning of
simplicity in the following passage: "Dr. Smith wanted a key feature of his
lecture to be simplicity. He said, "My topic has a great deal of complexity,
but I have to make it seem easy."
antonyms
Ans: two words with opposite of nearly the opposite, meanings. Lesson
using antonyms can build a child's meaning vocabulary
auditory similar letters
Ans: two letters that sound alike such as p and d
author studies
RICA Exam Questions and Correct
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ABC books
Ans: a genre of children's literature; books organized by the 26 letters of
the English language. In some creative fashion, the author and illustrator
present each letter. ABC books can be read for fun, but they also are an
important tool in teaching young children the letters of the alphabet
academic language
Ans: words, phrases, and sentence structures used in schools, especially in
textbooks and tests. Academic language is the language of the
classroom, different from the language people use in everyday
interaction. Academic language can be broken down into two
subcategories, technical academic language and nontechnical
academic language. Lessons about academic language are a key
component of vocabulary instruction.
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accuracy
Ans: The ability to pronounce words correctly. Accuracy is a key goal in
reading instruction. A child who cannot accurately pronounce words will
stumble while reading, losing fluency and thus making the text difficult to
comprehend.
advanced learners
Ans: Children performing at, or with the potential to perform at, a high
level of achievement when compared to other children of the same age.
Though different criteria exist, Advanced learners score more than one
grade-level equivalent above their actual grade level on standardized
text.
affix
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Ans: a morpheme that, when standing along, is not a word and appears
only as part of a word. In English, there are two types of affixes: prefixes,
which appear in front of a root word and suffixes, which appear at the
end of a root word. Teaching children the meanings of affixes is one way
to increase their meaning vocabularies.
alphabetic principle
Ans: In English, speech sounds are represented by letter. This is a key
concept about print for our youngest students to master. Without
knowledge of the alphabetic principle, printed language makes no sense
antonym contextual clue
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Ans: a clue a reader uses as part of contextual analysis to figure out the
meaning of a target word. The author provides another word near the
target word that is an antonym for the target word. For example, a reader
could use an antonym contextual clue to figure out the meaning of
simplicity in the following passage: "Dr. Smith wanted a key feature of his
lecture to be simplicity. He said, "My topic has a great deal of complexity,
but I have to make it seem easy."
antonyms
Ans: two words with opposite of nearly the opposite, meanings. Lesson
using antonyms can build a child's meaning vocabulary
auditory similar letters
Ans: two letters that sound alike such as p and d
author studies
