FTCE Reading K-12 Competency 4

A teacher is putting students with mixed abilities and reading levels together. This is called

• interest grouping

• homogeneous grouping

• heterogeneous grouping

• peer-tutoring grouping

A teacher notices a few students are not motivated to read the current section of a piece of informational text. What can the teacher do to motivate students to engage in the reading?

• Allow the students to self-select books from the standards-aligned group of informational text.

• Allow students to partner up and read the text with a buddy.

• Reward the students with extra time in the computer lab for finishing the reading.

• Require the students to finish the reading for homework.

Which of the following is the most effective activity for struggling readers?

• repeated reading

• silent-sustained reading

• at home reading

• popcorn rating

Which of the following activities requires students to identify what types of questions go with the reading passage?

• basal reading

• QAR

• KWL

• reading response journals

Which of the following classroom management techniques would help students transition from one central or group activity to another?

• direct instruction

• letters home to parents

• rewards for good behavior

• practiced procedures and protocols

A teacher wants to use literature circles in her class. What is the most appropriate structure for organization and instruction?

• Whole group to model how to read text aloud.

• Small group differentiated cooperative learning

• Direct instruction to address the entire class.

• Individual conferencing to set goals.

A teacher wants to use readers theater in her class. What is the most appropriate organizational structure for this instructional activity?

• Small group text analysis

• Direct instruction with modelled reading by the teacher

• Whole group with designated roles for reading aloud

• Individual conferencing for fluency reading

A teacher selects a book for a small group of students to read. Then the teacher provides explicit support to the students. What instructional method is the teacher using?

• basal reading

• shared reading

• popcorn reading

• guided reading

After introducing the text to her entire class, the teacher models the reading of the text. Then the students and the teacher read the text together, and following that, they have a discussion about the text. After that, the teacher makes some teaching points, and then a few days later, the reading of the text is repeated. This instructional method is known as

• shared reading

• guided reading

• basal reading

• choral reading

A teacher has several ELL students who are not yet fluent in English. The teacher also has students who are struggling with fluency. Which of the following activities would help the students with fluency, confidence, and reading aloud?

• silent-sustained reading

• popcorn reading

• round-robin reading

• choral reading