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Night 12 - Balanced Literacy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to CCSS what is the correct order for "gradual release" as it pertains to reading and writing?

a)

Assessment - Whole Group - Small Group - Independent Practice

b)

Whole Group - Assessment - Small Group - Independent Practice

c)

Whole Group - Small Group - Independent Practice - Assessment

d)

Assessment - Independent Practice - Small Group - Whole Group

2.

Which option is the best overall definition of Balanced Literacy?

a)

Balanced literacy is teaching quality content mixed with literacy in order to expand students' chances to learn both.

b)

Balanced literacy uses researched-based elements of both whole language and phonics with the goal to include the strongest elements of each.

3.

Which options are components of a strong Balanced Literacy Program?

a)

Shared Reading

b)

Interactive Writing

c)

Read Aloud

d)

Word Study

e)

Guided Writing

4.

According to the slide show - Choose the best definition of "Comprehension".

a)

The construction of the meaning of a written text through a reciprocal interchange of ideas between the reader and the message in a particular text.

b)

Comprehension is the act or action of grasping with the intellect: to achieve a grasp of the nature, significance, or

understanding to get the meaning of and judgement: an agreement of opinion or feeling.

5.

Which options are not part of the 3 Interrelated Elements?

a)

The Text

b)

Learning Objective

c)

Reader's Competencies

d)

Assessment Activities

e)

The Activity & Related Tasks

6.

True or False: Texts are made up of two categories (informational and fiction)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Reader's Competencies involve which of the following?

a)

Vocabulary Knowledge

b)

Motivational Factors

c)

Reading Fluency

d)

Knowledge of Specific Comprehension

8.

Which of the following purposes relate to the activity & related tasks?

a)

Locating the answer to a puzzling question

b)

Learning information for a test

c)

Understanding the rules for a game

d)

Savoring the style of a favorite author

9.

Which option is not an outcome of performing the reading activity?

a)

Reading engagement

b)

Increased knowledge

c)

Creating a text to self correlation

d)

A solution to a real-world problem

10.

Which option is not a benefit of predicting?

a)

Motivates students to read on

b)

Helps focus student's thinking

c)

Improves students recall of a text

d)

Allows the student to gain evidence about the central theme of the text

11.

True or False: Teaching a child to become aware of when they fail to understand a text is not a key strategy that can be taught to students.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which options are excellent Word Recognition Strategies to utilize/teach?

a)

Decoding

b)

Phonics

c)

Chunking

d)

Dictionary use

13.

Which options are excellent Word Learning Strategies to utilize/teach?

a)

Dictionary use

b)

Morphemic Analysis

c)

Contextual Analysis

d)

Decoding

14.

Which options are excellent Comprehension Strategies to utilize/teach?

a)

Construct mental images

b)

Summarize

c)

Ask and answer questions

d)

Predict

e)

Dictionary use

15.

Which options are excellent Fix-up Strategy to utilize/teach?

a)

Recognize text structure

b)

Re-read

c)

Look back

d)

Guess (using context clues)

e)

Ask someone

16.

True or False: Linking knowledge from previous experiences with ideas in the text and/or connecting it with world knowledge is not an effective key strategy to teach students.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: Making an informed guess about what will come next in a reading based on world knowledge and clues from the text is called inferring.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which options are the benefits of predicting while reading?

a)

Sets a purpose for students to read

b)

Helps focus students' thinking

c)

Guides students' reading

d)

Students review & evaluate predictions generated

e)

Motivates students to read on

19.

True or False: Literary text follows a single pattern called story structure (setting-characters-plot-theme).

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: Informational (expository) text follows a variety of structures (description-compare/contrast-cause/effect-problem/solve-time order).

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Choose the best option(s): Active readers ask themselves questions about the text being read which are_________.

a)

a form of self-assessment

b)

motivated by their own queries

c)

sometimes difficult to find evidence to support

22.

True or False: When teachers ask higher-level questions it often results in higher levels of student growth in reading comprehension.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Summarizing is a brief statement that.......

a)

involves analyzing the text at a fairly deep level

b)

contains the essential ideas of a longer passage or selection

24.

According to comprehension notes

taken during a RICA workshop

(Krauss) , what options are involved regarding Comprehension?

a)

Summative Comprehension

b)

Literal Comprehension

c)

Figurative Comprehension

d)

Inferential Comprehension

e)

Evaluative Comprehension

25.

According to the TEXTPROJECT link: True or False: Learning from texts and remembering or integrating the knowledge from texts should never be the sole focus of an educator.

a)

True

b)

False