STR Practice Questions with Sarah Hall (Reading Specialist)

What should a teacher recommend to parents if a student is not engaged with sight word flashcards?

• Skip to the next grade level list

• Conduct a summative assessment

• Offer a variety of engaging materials

• Stop practicing at home

How is alphabet knowledge most effectively taught?

• Within sight word fluency activities

• Explicitly in context

• By learning the ABC song

• Through rote memorization

What do songs, chants, and collaborative play primarily help increase?

• Motor skills

• Oral language

• Listening comprehension

• Concepts of print

How do wordless texts support beginning readers?

• Developing phonics acquisition

• Practicing letter to sound correspondence

• By adding their own dialogue to illustrations

• Receiving instruction with the gradual release model

Should oral and written language instruction occur simultaneously?

• Yes, but only after mastering oral language

• No, phonics instruction should precede both

• Yes, they should happen simultaneously

• No, written language instruction should come first

What type of assessment is used to compare proficiency levels across class periods?

• Rubric-based on grade level expectations

• Norm-referenced

• Criterion-referenced

• Performance-based

What activity is suitable for a literacy station for beginning readers?

• Identifying parts of speech

• Sight word recognition

• Decodable text on instructional levels

• ORF assessment

What type of assessment should a teacher give to plan the next day's whole group lesson?

• Diagnostic

• Summative

• Benchmark

• Formative

What does a criterion-referenced assessment test for?

• The effectiveness of a reading program

• Mastery within a peer group

• Grade level expectations

• Student performance to show proficiency

What type of assessment is appropriate at the end of a unit on author's purpose?

• Summative

• Benchmark

• Formative

• Diagnostic