Week 2 FINALE quiz

Which definition of WCPM is correct?

• A score of the total number of words read accurately within one minute

• A score of the total number of words read within one minute

• A percentage of the number of words read correctly

• none of the above

Which of the following is NOT a principle of effective fluency instruction?

• Modelling

• Practise

• Learner-friendly definitions

• Choosing appropriate texts

True or False? The best practice for teaching learners new vocabulary words is to have them guess what the words mean.

• True

• False

True or False? Rote memorisation is the most effective way for learners to retain vocabulary words.

• True

• False

True or False? Bloom's Taxonomy cannot be used to help teachers develop listening comprehension questions.

• True

• False

In the activity ______________ learners visualise parts of a story (e.g. beginning, middle, and end) and draw pictures to represent what they visualised.

• Sketch to Stretch

• Get the Gist

• Preview-View-Review

True or False? Reading comprehension lessons should include explicit instruction of reading comprehension strategies (I Do, We Do, You Do).

• True

• False

Teaching learners about text structure means teaching learners about...

• features of text (e.g captions, illustrations, diagrams)

• the way text is organised

• the purposes of text

• none of the above

True or False? Teachers should be critical about the books they choose for the classroom and check for age appropriateness and inclusive representation.

• True

• False

True or False? Oral literature is not a form of a children's literature and should not be used in the classroom.

• True

• False