Rica Practice 3

1.) A fourth grade student asks the teacher for help understanding the content of a passage he has been reading. After discussing it with the teacher, the student demonstrates good understanding of the passage and confidence in his ability to continue reading. This interaction between the student and the teacher suggests that the student?

• A. Is reading a text at his instructional level
• B. Is reading a text at his independent level
• C. Is struggling with the text and needs more intensive intervention
• D. Is reading a text far above his ability level

2.) Effective instructional delivery of content needs to be-

• A. Direct and explicit
• B. General and abstract
• C. Passive and unstructured
• D. Vague and open-ended

3.)Which of the following guidelines is essential for classroom teachers to follow with regards to summative assessment accommodations for students in the class who have Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)?

• A. The teacher should create new accommodations for the test that were not used during instruction.
• B. The teacher should ensure that students with IEPs take the test in a group setting with minimal support.
• C. The teacher should offer a simplified version of the test for students with IEPs.
• D. The teacher should implement the same accommodations or variations for students during testing that were used throughout instruction in accordance with the IEP.

4.) A sixth grader who is advanced in most areas of reading has difficulty completing assigned reading selections. He appears motivated when he begins reading, but he has difficulty keeping his attention on the task at hand. Which of the following would be his teacher’s best initial strategy for addressing this difficulty?

• A. Allowing the student to skip difficult sections of the reading
• B. Breaking down the student’s reading assignments into small steps and helping him monitor his own attention and progress
• C. Providing the student with extended time to complete the reading without any additional support
• D. Encouraging the student to only focus on reading the first and last paragraphs of each section

5.) A first grade teacher meets with a student’s parents. Neither the student nor the parents speak any English. Through an interpreter, the parent asks what they can do to help foster their child's reading and language development. The teacher can respond most appropriately by encouraging the parents to?

• A. Read or tell stories to the student in the primary language
• B. Focus only on learning English at home to support language development
• C. Limit reading to English-language books to improve reading skills
• D. Encourage the student to watch educational TV programs in English for better language development

6.) How can a reading teacher best ensure reading practice gets done at home?

• A. Allow children to take home books from the classroom library
• B. Assign a lengthy reading project every week
• C. Have children read aloud in front of the class every day
• D. Encourage children to only read books with pictures at home

7.) A student who reads a book independently, answers 10 comprehension questions, and gets 5 correct. He can read at 55 WPM. What is his reading level?

• A. Frustration level
• B. Independent level
• C. Instructional level
• D. Advanced level

8.) An elementary teacher should adhere to which of the following guidelines related to planning reading instruction?

• A. Adapt lesson plans as needed based on ongoing monitoring of student progress
• B. Stick strictly to the original lesson plans regardless of student progress
• C. Only plan for whole-group instruction and avoid differentiating lessons
• D. Plan lessons in advance without considering students' individual needs

9.) Reading teachers have a conference. What should they discuss?

• A. Identify and analyze significant reading events that occurred in the classroom during reading activities/discuss and analyze what happened during the activity
• B. Focus on the behavior management strategies used during the lesson
• C. Discuss which students showed the most improvement in their handwriting
• D. Plan for the next holiday break and its impact on the classroom schedule

10.) As part of an assessment to determine students' independent reading levels, a teacher asks individual students to read aloud from selected passages. If a passage is at a student's independent reading level, the student should correctly read at least?

• A. 90 percent of the words in the passage
• B. 80 percent of the words in the passage
• C. 100 percent of the words in the passage
• D. 95 percent of the words in the passage