RICA Subtest 1

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A third-grade teacher considers ways to help a new student who is a beginning English learner develop skills and phonemic awareness and knowledge of English sounds. Which of the steps will be most important for the teacher to take first?

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Sounds and primary in students language

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A third-grade teacher develops a word list from a small group of students that includes words representing complex phonics patterns. After reviewing the list with students, the teacher allowed a set of words that follow the same pattern and the student wrote down the word. This activity demonstrates a teacher’s awareness and the importance of…

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Writing strategies to give students opportunities apply font knowledge to new words

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Informal assessment to assess first grade students' understanding of letter sound correspondence at the beginning of the school year:

• Showing individual students a picture card and asking them to identify another word that begins with the same sound
• Having individual students segment the sounds of single syllable words from a word list
• Asking individual students to say the sound a letter makes as the teacher points to individual letters in randomly organized list of letters
• Recite the alphabet while following the letters on an alphabetical chart with their finger

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Asking individual students to say the sound a letter makes as the teacher points to individual letters in randomly organized list of letters

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A Kindergarten teacher bases a number of reading related activities on the sound of the day. For example, she called each student by their new names. This activity is most likely to promote the reading development of:

• Recognition of word boundaries
• Onset and rime
• Sound relates to print
• Development of basic syllabication skills

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Onset and rime

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A Kindergarten teacher wants to assess a student’s ability to focus attention on the sounds in words. Which of the following assessment strategies would be most appropriate and effective for the student? Options: Give several examples of rhyming words and then ask the student to say whatever pairs of spoken words rhyme, Provide a list of words that begin with the letter b and d, Circle the picture on a worksheet that corresponds to each word aloud by the teacher, Model how to find hidden words

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Give several examples of rhyming words and then ask the student to say whatever pairs of spoken words rhyme

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A first-grade teacher notices that a student who is a phonetic speller has begun placing a silent -e at the end of most words. This practice most likely reflects...

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The normal tendency of students in this stage of spelling development to overgeneralize phonics rules

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A Kindergartener shows her teacher a picture she has drawn of her kitten and says, “See it’s tigger.” Based on this work sample the student appears to have developed some understanding of the concept that...

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Difference between drawing and writing

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What does a 5-year-old student not understand about writing when they write: “IluVmibabesistr”?

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Writing consists of discrete words

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To help assess students’ spelling skills, a second-grade teacher dictating a set of words shown below is one of the students’ performance on the assessment. The assessment suggests that the student is experiencing difficulty in which one of the following areas. Whale / wale Brush / bruch Chase / shase Gather / gater Zebra / zebra After / after Forget / forget Which area is the student showing difficulty?Options: Consonant blends, Vowel digraphs, Controlled vowels, Consonant digraphs

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Consonant digraphs

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A 5^th grade teacher is studying the history of the US during the colonial period. Cent, century, centennial.

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Etymology (origin of the word) / having them categorize and study new words by common features example with a common suffix such taxation revolution