SESSION 3.1 - EXIT TEST

Which of the practices should be avoided when teachers incorporate vocabulary into a read-aloud?

• Read through the book and identify vocabulary words to be targeted for instruction.

• Pre-teach the vocabulary words to the students, and during the read-aloud discuss their meaning by providing brief, student-friendly definitions.

• Ask students to define target words before the read-aloud.

• After read-aloud, review the context of the words within the story.

Which is a correct practice when a child does not fully understand the text?

• Remind the child to recall the events in the story.

• Remind the child to refrain from going back to the story.

• Allow the child to reread the story.

• You reread the story to the child.

An example of clarifying an idea can be modeled as such: “The main character was ‘drowsy,’ so he went to take a nap. Which statement given by the children that is accepted as clarification of an idea?

• “Drowsy must mean ‘tired.’”

• “Drowsy must mean ‘’confused.”

• “Drowsy must mean ‘restful’”.

• “Drowsy must mean ‘dreamy’”.

In the story, “The Ant and the Grasshopper”, you want children to describe the Ant. What will you ask?

• Who is Ant in the story?

• Ant is hardworking, right?

• Will you describe Ant by his action?

• What can you say about Ant?

What is the child doing when he/she is transforming the print to meaning?

• Word analysis processing

• Using relational meaning clues

• Decoding word

• Activating prior knowledge

How will you motivate the reluctant reader using his/her intellectual curiosity?

• Set high expectation

• Use more abled readers as models

• Find out topics of his/her interest

• Suggest books that you find interesting

As the child reads, he/she formulates ____________.

• Problems

• Conclusion

• Models

• Hypotheses

Which of the following best describes the difference between automaticity and fluency in reading?

• A. Automaticity focuses on reading with speed and expression, while fluency is about effortless word recognition.

• B. Automaticity is about quick and effortless word recognition, whereas fluency includes speed, accuracy, and expression.

• C. Fluency and automaticity both focus only on reading speed, with no impact on comprehension.

• D. Fluency is necessary for recognizing individual words, while automaticity involves understanding the entire sentence smoothly.

Which of the following is a significant predictor of reading comprehension, according to Scarborough (2002)?

• A. Vocabulary knowledge

• B. Phonemic awareness

• C. Reading fluency

• D. Decoding skills

Two components that characterize skillful reading comprehension: __________________ and _______________________