RICA Subtest 1

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Which spelling development stage shows understanding of letter-sound correspondence? Options: precommunicative, semiphonetic, phonetic, transitional.

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semiphonetic

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Instructional strategy for developing whole-word reading in first graders who can sound out and blend words with short-vowel phonics pattern.

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Provide modeling and guided student practice sounding out simple, regular words subvocally and then reading them aloud normally.

Front

Which method would most effectively help second-grade students decode words ending in -ing?

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Explicitly teaching the students to read the unit -ing in isolation before teaching them to decode familiar words that end in the inflection.

Front

When implementing silent reading to build reading fluency, what should teachers keep in mind?

• requires students' sight-word knowledge to be at grade level.
• should be limited to narrative texts in the early elementary grades
• is most effective when students use texts at or above their instructional reading level.
• should be limited to students who have already acquired automaticity in their reading.

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should be limited to students who have already acquired automaticity in their reading.

Front

Which strategy should a teacher use to improve students' reading rate and automaticity when two students are at the same level?

• Create a paired silent reading lesson, where the students read the same passage silently while sitting together. They stop after a specified amount of time to talk about their understanding of the text.
• Use Repeated Reading, where each student takes turns reading aloud from the same text to the other student while the other student follows along silently.
• Create a paired reading activity, in which the students read side by side and share text aloud in unison, gradually increasing their pace as they proceed through the text.
• Use a timed partner-reading activity, in which the students take turns silently reading a shared text for one minute while the other student keeps time and says when to stop.

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Create a paired reading activity, in which the students read side by side and share text aloud in unison, gradually increasing their pace as they proceed through the text.

Front

A first grade student pauses and pronounces 'tentacles' as 'ten-tac-oles' during a 1-to-1 reading assessment. What reading pronunciation error does this show?

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This child demonstrates an understanding of pronunciation through syllabication and phonics awareness correctly but does not recognize the word.

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A group of fifth-grade students are having trouble spelling vocabulary from their science textbook, such as condensation, dissolve, insulator, temperature, precipitation, and sedimentary. Which instructional strategy would likely be most effective in helping these students improve their scientific term spelling?

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Teaching a lesson on etymology with these terms, so the students have an understanding where their root spelling derives from.

Front

The use of rhyming texts for kindergarten read alouds is likely to promote the reading development of students by

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promoting phonological awareness

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A kindergarten teacher plays a game where they say the initial sound of a student's name, and children guess the name. How does this activity promote reading development?

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Recognize that a spoken word is made up of sounds.

Front

Which informal assessment is best for assessing phonemic awareness? Options: 1. Identify sound in a word (e.g., "What sound do you hear at the end of step?") 2. Listen to a story and answer questions 3. Identify letters for initial consonant sounds 4. Repeat words with the same beginning sound

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Identify sound in a word (e.g., "What sound do you hear at the end of step?")