Reading Comprehension

A fifth-grade teacher is teaching a unit on fiction. To begin, students read several simple fairy tales and discuss the moral or meaning of each one. The teacher then assigns a more complex story and leads a discussion about the moral of the story after students finish reading it. This instructional strategy is most likely to promote students' reading proficiency by:

• guiding students to analyze the relationship between plot and character in a literary text

•  helping students identify and understand the theme of a literary text

•  fostering students' ability to distinguish an author's use of fact versus opinion in a text

•  enhancing students' ability to use self-monitoring strategies to clarify the meaning of a text

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

After giving each student a copy of the web developed by the class, the teacher could best help students make use of the web to learn and retain facts from their reading by asking them to:

•  add continuously to the web as they encounter and analyze new information in their reading

• compare the content of this web to the content of webs on other topics

•  review each category on the web to ensure that it is an appropriate one to have included

•  memorize the information on the web before they begin their reading

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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

A sixth-grade teacher reads his students the nonsense poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. The first four lines of the poem are shown below. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. The teacher asks the students if they can tell which of the nonsense words in the poem are nouns. One student says that toves is a noun. Another says that wabe and borogoves are nouns and adds that gyre and gimble are verbs. The class then discusses how students were able to draw these conclusions. This exercise would be especially useful for helping students understand that:

• being familiar with conventions of capitalization and spelling can help a reader interpret a text

• recognizing the roots of words can help a reader decode the words

• being familiar with common language structures can help a reader interpret a text

• recognizing a text's genre can help a reader comprehend the text

Which of the following silent reading practices provides the best conditions for students' individual reading improvement?

• Engaging in sustained silent reading for an hour once a week while the teacher reads a book to model engaged reading behaviors

• Dropping everything and reading several times a week for 30 minutes while the teacher grades papers or prepares instructional materials

• Reading silently any time independent work has been completed early while the teacher keeps anecdotal records of student behaviors

• Participating in scaffolded silent reading for 20 minutes every day while the teacher confers with students individually about their reading

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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 strategies is most effective for improving reading comprehension skills?

• Reading a variety of genres regularly

• Memorizing vocabulary lists

• Practicing speed reading

• Listening to audiobooks

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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

What is the main purpose of a reading comprehension exercise?

• To test memory recall

• To improve grammar skills

• To enhance understanding of the text

• To increase reading speed

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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

In the context of reading comprehension, what does 'context clues' refer to?

• Hints within the text that help define difficult words

• The main idea of the text

• The author's purpose

• The setting of the story

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is a benefit of reading comprehension activities?

• Improved spelling

• Enhanced critical thinking skills

• Faster reading speed

• Better handwriting

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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

What is a common technique used to improve reading comprehension?

• Skimming the text

• Highlighting key points

• Reading aloud

• Writing summaries

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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

How can a reader determine the theme of a story?

• By identifying the main characters

• By analyzing the plot and character actions

• By counting the number of pages

• By looking at the cover illustration

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2