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WorksheetsNight 12 - Balanced Literacy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
According to CCSS what is the correct order for "gradual release" as it pertains to reading and writing?
Assessment - Whole Group - Small Group - Independent Practice
Whole Group - Assessment - Small Group - Independent Practice
Whole Group - Small Group - Independent Practice - Assessment
Assessment - Independent Practice - Small Group - Whole Group
Which option is the best overall definition of Balanced Literacy?
Balanced literacy is teaching quality content mixed with literacy in order to expand students' chances to learn both.
Balanced literacy uses researched-based elements of both whole language and phonics with the goal to include the strongest elements of each.
Which options are components of a strong Balanced Literacy Program?
Shared Reading
Interactive Writing
Read Aloud
Word Study
Guided Writing
According to the slide show - Choose the best definition of "Comprehension".
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.
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.
Which options are not part of the 3 Interrelated Elements?
The Text
Learning Objective
Reader's Competencies
Assessment Activities
The Activity & Related Tasks
True or False: Texts are made up of two categories (informational and fiction)
True
False
Reader's Competencies involve which of the following?
Vocabulary Knowledge
Motivational Factors
Reading Fluency
Knowledge of Specific Comprehension
Which of the following purposes relate to the activity & related tasks?
Locating the answer to a puzzling question
Learning information for a test
Understanding the rules for a game
Savoring the style of a favorite author
Which option is not an outcome of performing the reading activity?
Reading engagement
Increased knowledge
Creating a text to self correlation
A solution to a real-world problem
Which option is not a benefit of predicting?
Motivates students to read on
Helps focus student's thinking
Improves students recall of a text
Allows the student to gain evidence about the central theme of the text
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.
True
False
Which options are excellent Word Recognition Strategies to utilize/teach?
Decoding
Phonics
Chunking
Dictionary use
Which options are excellent Word Learning Strategies to utilize/teach?
Dictionary use
Morphemic Analysis
Contextual Analysis
Decoding
Which options are excellent Comprehension Strategies to utilize/teach?
Construct mental images
Summarize
Ask and answer questions
Predict
Dictionary use
Which options are excellent Fix-up Strategy to utilize/teach?
Recognize text structure
Re-read
Look back
Guess (using context clues)
Ask someone
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.
True
False
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.
True
False
Which options are the benefits of predicting while reading?
Sets a purpose for students to read
Helps focus students' thinking
Guides students' reading
Students review & evaluate predictions generated
Motivates students to read on
True or False: Literary text follows a single pattern called story structure (setting-characters-plot-theme).
True
False
True or False: Informational (expository) text follows a variety of structures (description-compare/contrast-cause/effect-problem/solve-time order).
True
False
Choose the best option(s): Active readers ask themselves questions about the text being read which are_________.
a form of self-assessment
motivated by their own queries
sometimes difficult to find evidence to support
True or False: When teachers ask higher-level questions it often results in higher levels of student growth in reading comprehension.
True
False
Summarizing is a brief statement that.......
involves analyzing the text at a fairly deep level
contains the essential ideas of a longer passage or selection
According to comprehension notes
taken during a RICA workshop
(Krauss) , what options are involved regarding Comprehension?
Summative Comprehension
Literal Comprehension
Figurative Comprehension
Inferential Comprehension
Evaluative Comprehension
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.
True
False
