Reading Rockets - KPEERI
All Students should be assessed using:
A. A Screener Tool
B. A Diagnostic Assessment
C. Progress-Monitoring Assessments
D. Diagnostic and Progress-Monitoring Assessments
E. Screener and Progress-Monitoring Assessments - answerE. Screener and Progress-
Monitoring Assessments
True or False: "It is beneficial for teachers to explicitly teach changing slang to standard
English." - answerTrue
True or False: "Reading is easier than writing." - answerFalse. Writing and reading
development parallel each other.
Text Structure - answerrefers to how the information within a written text is organized
Informational Text - answera nonfiction text, written to share factual information
Vocabulary - answerKnowledge of the meaning and pronunciation of words (lexicon)
Automaticity refers to ______________________. - answeraccurate and speedy word
recognition
Which activity is best for fluency?
A. Silent Sustained Reading
B. Round Robin
C. Repeated Readings
D. All of the Above - answerC. Repeated Readings
A book is considered to be at the instructional level if it can be read with ________%
accuracy. - answer90% accuracy
What technique is likely to help students with difficult words? - answerUsing vocabulary
throughout the week in different subject areas
Academic vocabulary refers to ____________________. - answerWords that cross
academic disciplines
Ex. determine, illustrate, average
Example of teaching semantic gradients - answerWords that describe the speed of
movement from fastest to slowest
, Strategies for teaching vocabulary - answer* Teaching students about word parts
* Teaching 'multiple meanings' for words
* Teach students to use context clues
When determining which words to teach, you should choose: - answer- what will help
students understand a concept
- words that'll likely reappear
- words that have multiple meanings
Automaticity and fluency are __________________. - answerdifferent but related
processes
Examples of Vocabulary Instruction - answer- teaching word roots
- teaching multiple meanings
- teaching prefixes
Reading has two basic components: __________________________ and
_______________________. - answerword recognition and comprehension
Indirect Vocabulary Learning - answer1. Engage daily in oral language
2. Listen to adults read to them
3. Read extensively on their own
Direct Vocabulary Instruction - answerPlanned instruction to pre-teach new, important,
and difficult words to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words that
students will encounter in their reading.
Spelling instruction should... - answerFollow a sequential order, build on a student's
current knowledge, and include time devoted to writing to apply what is being learned.
Invented spelling - answerAn attempt by beginning writers to spell a word when the
standard spelling is unknown, using whatever knowledge of sounds or visual patterns
the writer has.
Comprehension - answermaking meaning from something that is heard (oral
comprehension) or from print (reading comprehension)
Oral Language - answerlanguage that is spoken and heard rather than written and read
literacy - answerability to understand oral language, read fluently, and write well
decoding - answerability to translate a word from print to speed using sound-letter
correspondences
All Students should be assessed using:
A. A Screener Tool
B. A Diagnostic Assessment
C. Progress-Monitoring Assessments
D. Diagnostic and Progress-Monitoring Assessments
E. Screener and Progress-Monitoring Assessments - answerE. Screener and Progress-
Monitoring Assessments
True or False: "It is beneficial for teachers to explicitly teach changing slang to standard
English." - answerTrue
True or False: "Reading is easier than writing." - answerFalse. Writing and reading
development parallel each other.
Text Structure - answerrefers to how the information within a written text is organized
Informational Text - answera nonfiction text, written to share factual information
Vocabulary - answerKnowledge of the meaning and pronunciation of words (lexicon)
Automaticity refers to ______________________. - answeraccurate and speedy word
recognition
Which activity is best for fluency?
A. Silent Sustained Reading
B. Round Robin
C. Repeated Readings
D. All of the Above - answerC. Repeated Readings
A book is considered to be at the instructional level if it can be read with ________%
accuracy. - answer90% accuracy
What technique is likely to help students with difficult words? - answerUsing vocabulary
throughout the week in different subject areas
Academic vocabulary refers to ____________________. - answerWords that cross
academic disciplines
Ex. determine, illustrate, average
Example of teaching semantic gradients - answerWords that describe the speed of
movement from fastest to slowest
, Strategies for teaching vocabulary - answer* Teaching students about word parts
* Teaching 'multiple meanings' for words
* Teach students to use context clues
When determining which words to teach, you should choose: - answer- what will help
students understand a concept
- words that'll likely reappear
- words that have multiple meanings
Automaticity and fluency are __________________. - answerdifferent but related
processes
Examples of Vocabulary Instruction - answer- teaching word roots
- teaching multiple meanings
- teaching prefixes
Reading has two basic components: __________________________ and
_______________________. - answerword recognition and comprehension
Indirect Vocabulary Learning - answer1. Engage daily in oral language
2. Listen to adults read to them
3. Read extensively on their own
Direct Vocabulary Instruction - answerPlanned instruction to pre-teach new, important,
and difficult words to ensure the quantity and quality of exposures to words that
students will encounter in their reading.
Spelling instruction should... - answerFollow a sequential order, build on a student's
current knowledge, and include time devoted to writing to apply what is being learned.
Invented spelling - answerAn attempt by beginning writers to spell a word when the
standard spelling is unknown, using whatever knowledge of sounds or visual patterns
the writer has.
Comprehension - answermaking meaning from something that is heard (oral
comprehension) or from print (reading comprehension)
Oral Language - answerlanguage that is spoken and heard rather than written and read
literacy - answerability to understand oral language, read fluently, and write well
decoding - answerability to translate a word from print to speed using sound-letter
correspondences
