Blending the Science of Reading

What are the foundational skills needed to become a fluent reader?

• Decoding text and language comprehension

• Using context clues and sentence structure

• Guessing words based on pictures

• Intuitively decoding unfamiliar words

What did whole-language approaches often neglect to teach explicitly?

• Phonics and decoding

• Context clues and educated guesses

• Mini-lessons and just-in-time instruction

• Symbols and sounds

Why does cueing set struggling readers up for failure with complex text?

• It encourages guessing without forming a relationship with letters and sounds

• It helps readers make meaning of unfamiliar words

• It provides context clues and sentence structure

• It relies on pictures to guess the word

What kind of readers does anything but explicit decoding instruction produce?

• Readers who guess

• Readers with low reading comprehension

• Readers who rely on context clues

• Readers who struggle with complex text

According to the science of reading, how should reading be taught?

• Directly, explicitly, and systematically

• Through mini-lessons and just-in-time instruction

• By relying on context clues and educated guesses

• By using pictures to guess unfamiliar words

What are the five pillars of reading instruction according to the National Reading Panel?

• Phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension

• Decoding, language comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and syntax

• Phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and syntax

• Decoding, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension

According to the Simple View of Reading, what are the two main factors that contribute to reading comprehension?

• Decoding and language comprehension

• Phonological awareness and fluency

• Vocabulary and syntax

• Phonics and comprehension

What does the Simple View of Reading formula RC = D x LC represent?

• Reading Comprehension is the product of Decoding and Language Comprehension proficiencies

• Reading Comprehension is the sum of Decoding and Language Comprehension proficiencies

• Reading Comprehension is the ratio of Decoding and Language Comprehension proficiencies

• Reading Comprehension is the difference between Decoding and Language Comprehension proficiencies

What does the MAP Reading Fluency assessment measure?

• Early reading skills, including phonics, phonological awareness, and language comprehension

• Reading comprehension and vocabulary

• Fluency and comprehension in oral reading

• Syntax and semantics in reading

How does MAP Reading Fluency support teachers in delivering instruction?

• By providing insights and actionable data to inform instructional decisions

• By automating the assessment process and saving teacher time

• By evaluating both phonics and fluency in early readers

• By measuring syntax and semantics in reading