Techniques in Reading: Chapters 1 & 11 Review

Students need systematic instruction in appropriate reading skills and strategies solely in primary grade levels to develop sufficient reading strategies and higher-order thinking skills to become lifelong learners.

• True

• False

You ask your students to bring in examples of coupons, store discounts, or sales from newspapers, magazines, flyers from the supermarket, etc. of things they would like to buy if they could. In this assignment, what is the purpose of the reading act that you are trying to convey to your students?

• knowledge

• correspondence

• recreational reading

• functional reading

 In which of the following ways has technology affected the teaching of reading and other literacy skills? Select all that apply.

• Readers now primarily interpret information from linear printed text and two-dimensional pictures.

  
  

• Struggling readers, English-language learners, and visual or auditory learners benefit from new ways of instruction

• Readers now need new strategies to interpret information from video clips and animation

• Students must learn to navigate digital environments that present material through embedded links.

What is the outcome for students who learn to read through separate skills rather than integrated skills?

• They tend to be poor readers.

• They tend to be exceptional readers.

• They demonstrate above average mastery of each independent reading skills.

• They tend to show exceptional mastery of each skill involved in reading.

Mastering listening skills is important for learning to read.

• True

• False

Graphic novels are a literary genre, such as nonfiction and fantasy.

• True

• False

Teachers must evaluate the quantitative text factors, the qualitative text factors, and student-related factors when determining which of the following?

• complexity of a text

• difficulty and purpose of the task

• structure of a text

• readability level of text

Which of the following terms describes an interactive read-aloud approach in which the teacher invites whole-class active reading by conversationally asking "why" and "what" questions to help students construct meaning and make personal responses?

• Dialogic reading

• Interactive reading

• Guided reading

• Close reading

The key to effective literacy programs primarily lies in selecting the best teaching method of instruction for the greatest number of children in the class.

• True

• False

A literature-based instructional approach to reading includes which of the following characteristics?

• It emphasizes the selection of books that are primarily written for instructional purposes.

• It connects stories to students' individual background knowledge.

• It aims at realizing the goal of fluent oral reading.

• It emphasizes the monitoring of students' comprehension of reading materials.