Comprehension

Successful reading involves the acquisition of two broad sets of skills and knowledge:

(1) those that allow accurate and efficient word recognition

(2) those that support comprehension

• 1 only

• 2 only

• both 1 and 2

• neither 1 nor 2

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

An ability to read (decode) words does not ensure adequate text comprehension.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Which of the following is a characteristic of poor comprehenders?

• weak semantic and syntactic skills

• issues with text processing skills that may lead to difficulties with the construction of the mental model

• lack of skill integration (including inference, comprehension monitoring, and knowledge of text structure

• all of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Integration, when referring to reading comprehension, means

• the ability to integrate meanings across sentences within the text

• the ability to integrate information in the text with general knowledge

• both of these

• neither of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Poor reading comprehenders do not monitor their comprehension consistently. They often fail to notice contradictory information.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following is NOT a pattern of struggling readers?

• poor word reading + poor language comprehension = generally poor reader

• good word reading + poor language comprehension = poor comprehender

• poor word reading + good language comprehension = dyslexic

• poor word reading + poor language comprehension = good reader

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Skill instruction can not be disconnected from general knowledge building

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Students best acquire knowledge through

• videos

• thematic units of study

• isolated informational articles

• basic life experience

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The three portions of building background knowledge include;

• Activate and Assess

  Build

  Connect

• Assume

  Believe

  Comprehend

• Answer

  Bisect

  Collaborate

• None of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

One way to support comprehension is to provide ______ _______ representing text structure and story mapping.

• direct instruction

• graphic organizers

• text sets

• repeated exposures

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10