Instruction in Literacy Presentation - August 2025

In a class with very diverse reading levels, which of the following Thinking Strategies can educators use to teach through a text?

• Checking for understanding

• Making connections

• Drawing inferences

• Asking questions

• All of the above

When students take prior knowledge and apply it to reading a text it becomes...?

• Facts about things

• Background knowledge

• Non-essential information

• Accelerated reading

What is metacognition?

• A reader's ability to think.

• A writer's ability to write.

• A reader's ability to regulate their own thinking before, during, and after engaging with a text.

• A student's ability to read and write within a designated amount of time.

Which of the following is not one of seven ELD strategies implemented by PGCPS?

• Sentence starters

• Learning by doing

• Modified graphic organizers

• Reading above grade level texts.

• Activating background knowledge

How can students benefit from a Read Aloud instructional strategy?

• Gain confidence by seeing and hearing their teacher read a chunk of text.

• Have the opportunity to pause, reflect, and ask questions about what they're reading.

• Engage in peer learning through collaborative conversations about the text.

• Teachers can more effectively monitor student comprehension.

• All of the above