5203 - Chap. 6 - Reading Comprehension Strategies for Children

How many words are good for repeated reading experiences? -50-75 -20-50 -100-150 -50-200

50-200

Children's literature contributes to a constructivist view of learning new content in all except which of the following ways? -Books are a resource for learning addiitonal information. -Books can be used to pique a child's interest. -Books are entertaining and readily available. -Books can provide background knowledge that n students can use to connect new learning.

Books are entertaining and readily available.

How should a teacher instruct students with their thought process while reading? -By watching books that were created into movies. -By showing and watching movies. -By reading the material as quickly and as many times as possible. -By showing and modeling examples of what to do while reading.

By showing and modeling examples of what to do while reading.

What is one advantage to reader's theater? -It pushes students to read higher levels. -It focuses on good spelling. -It helps students with prosody as they act. -It makes readers develop their comprehension very quickly.

It helps students with prosody as they act.

How does frequency help with increasing reading rate? -It helps the reader become more fluent. -It helps a reader focus solely on pronunciation. -It forces a reader to read slowly at first. -It encourages awareness.

It helps the reader become more fluent.

Which is a good way to increase comprehension after reading? -Plant schema. -Write vocabulary definitions. -Perform readers' theater. -Use strategies.

Perform readers' theater.

What word is used to explain the process of decoding in word acquisition? -Acquisition -Analogy -Phonetics -Encoding

Phonetics

What type of academic language focuses on vocabulary words? -Barrier -Phrase -Discourse -Sentence

Phrase

Which of the following would most likely occur during the graphophonemic phase of decoding? Students will only be able to read environmental print in context. Students will use invented spelling to write words according to single letter sounds. Students will use structural analysis to decode multisyllabic words. Students will read fluently and will no longer need assistance with decoding most words.

Students will use structural analysis to decode multisyllabic words.

Which is true about reading comprehension? -Where a student reads has no impact on comprehension. -Most readers use strategies before, during, and after reading. -Academic language is easily learned by all students. -Text structures are not always familiar to students and need to be taught.

Text structures are not always familiar to students and need to be taught.

Which of the following questions might be used to promote critical thinking skills while reading a book? -What happened at the end of the story? -What does rumpus mean? -Who is the main character? -What do you think will happen next?

What do you think will happen next?

What is evaluative meaning? -What the text actually says -What the text implies about a character in the story but does not directly state -The ability to understand what has been read -What the text is telling us about the world outside the story

What the text is telling us about the world outside the story

Is it helpful for a student to learn by reading with another student their age? -No, this only works with adults -Yes, if they are able to help each other pronounce difficult words. -No, because neither will be able to help the other. -Yes, only if one student has a higher reading level and can correct any errors made by their peer.

Yes, only if one student has a higher reading level and can correct any errors made by their peer.

Which of the following BEST describes the meaning of word recognition? -acquisition of decoding skills -memorizing sight words -accurately applying spelling conventions -vocabulary comprehension

acquisition of decoding skills

Which of the following best describes cognitive skills? -how students deal with emotions -social skill development -acquisition of knowledge -acquisition of values

acquisition of knowledge

Students each have a unique set of _____ that impact their reading comprehension. -characteristics -personality traits -skills -knowledge

characteristics

What is it called when all students read the same text at the same time? -partner reading -call and answer -choral reading -repeated reading

choral reading

In regards to main characters and the setting of a story, teachers should instruct students to make a _____ to the text. -character and place -title or subject -picture or illustration -connection or relation

connection or relation

Which skill does readers' theater help most? -phonics -accuracy -expression -pacing

expression

When using timed repeated reading in reading instruction, how many times should a reader be asked to read a passage? 4-6 1-2 2-3 15-20

4-6

Which learning hypothesis states that anxiety, no motivation and low confidence have a negative effect on learning? -Affective Filter Hypothesis -Input Hypothesis -Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach -Monitor Hypothesis -Sheltered English Instruction

Affective Filter Hypothesis

To begin your close reading, _____. -All of the answer choices are correct. -focus on understanding what the words mean -pay attention to your responses -read difficult parts out loud and slowly

All of the answer choices are correct

Close reading _____. allows you to form conclusions about the overall meaning of a text means looking at the details of a text forces you to pay closer attention to a text All of the answer choices are correct.

All of the answer choices are correct.

Which of the following is true of inferential meaning? Inferential meaning involves drawing conclusions about what you have read. Inferential meaning is determining what is meant by the stated text. All of the answers are correct Inferential meaning requires you to look beyond what is read in the text.

All of the answers are correct

Reading comprehension should focus on three areas. Which area is the least necessary regarding reading comprehension skills? -Background reading -Before reading -After reading -During reading

Background reading

How does a child use pictures to help predict what a word means during the process of decoding? Based on the child's experience, he or she can first identify the picture and then decode the word. The picture has little to do with the process as it could mean many different things to the child. Pictures are only important if the child already knows the word in that they provide more information about the text. The process used to decode the message of a picture is similar to that used to decode a word.

Based on the child's experience, he or she can first identify the picture and then decode the word.

Which approach to teaching reading focuses solely on strategy-based instruction? -Input Hypothesis -Sheltered English Instruction -Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach -Monitor Hypothesis -Sheltered English Immersion

Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach

Which one of the following is a question you would be LEAST LIKELY to ask in a close reading? -Are there too many details in the text? -What is the first thing you notice about the text? -How long does it take to read the text? -What mood does the text create in you?

How long does it take to read the text?

What are two examples of ways to assess a reader's current reading rate and level of ability? -Identify points of errors; time the reader -See how fast the reader is; have them read backwards -Make goals; ask the student what he/she thinks their flaws are -Pick a difficult passage and have the student read it; comment on areas of weakness

Identify points of errors; time the reader

How does an activity help a student increase their reading rate? -It distracts a student from reading. -It forces a student to think about reading in a different way. -It makes reading fun. -It allows a student the chance to rest their eyes after reading.

It makes reading fun.

What is the point of focusing on speaking with prosody? -It will help with prosody because the practice will transfer into reading. -It will make you laugh really hard. -It will increase your comprehension of oral language. -It will help you get your point across.

It will help with prosody because the practice will transfer into reading.

Which level of reading comprehension is what actually happens in a story? -Inferential meaning -All of the answers are correct -meaning -Evaluative meaning

Literal meaning

Which level of reading comprehension must be developed before the others? -Literal meaning -Inferential meaning -All levels of reading comprehension must be - developed simultaneously -Evaluative meaning

Literal meaning

During reading, what should teachers do to help students identify the main points? -Count the events that take place. -Look for a common or reoccurring theme. -Read the text without an opinion. -Rewrite the events in the story or text.

Look for a common or reoccurring theme.

Which of the following stories would be used to help students relate to a lesson about space exploration? -Alexander Who used to Be Rich Last Sunday -Where the Wild Things Are -Mae Jemison -Backyard Rockets

Mae Jemison

There are many important features of a text and skills that need to be taught to students. Which answer listed is the least important in reading comprehension? -Looking for visuals. -Looking up the definition for important or unknown vocabulary. -Memorizing important vocabulary. -Notating and/or analyzing the title.

Memorizing important vocabulary.

Your student notices when something in the language is wrong, but can't explain why. This is an example of which theory of learning? -Affective Filter Hypothesis -Monitor Hypothesis -Sheltered English Instruction -Input Hypothesis -Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach

Monitor Hypothesis

What is the ability to process and understand information we have read? -Literal meaning -Inferential meaning -Reading comprehension -Evaluative meaning

Reading comprehension

How can teachers help comprehension before reading begins? -Set a purpose for reading. -Talk to parents about poor behavior. -Give a list of vocabulary words for students to look up. -Take away free time if students don't focus.

Set a purpose for reading.

Which approach to teaching reading to students with different cultures includes modifying the content and curriculum for an individual student? -Scaffolding -Sheltered English Instruction or Immersion -Silent Period -Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach Input Hypothesis

Sheltered English Instruction or Immersion

How is reading defined? -The act of examining a word or text & understanding it -The opening and scanning of a printed work -The simple comprehension of someone else's reading -The ability to discern between different words

The act of examining a word or text and understanding it

What are psychological processes? How the brain uses blood, amino acids, neural impulses and other physical properties in its world The cognitive mechanisms used to make sense of the world, both external and internal, to the individual The components that make up the human personality The neurotransmitters that provide pleasure and other useful sensations

The cognitive mechanisms used to make sense of the world, both external and internal, to the individual

How do cognitive (pscyhological) processes interact to produce text-level processing? The child's brain becomes more active and utilizes different parts of the brain than those used with word-level understanding. It is a linear process that does not work well with interaction, although the child can slowly decipher text by using this linear process. As with word-level processes, the cognitive processes do not interrelate at the text-level. The learner has to use memory or some other process to recognize words and then experience and analysis to see how they relate within the text.

The learner has to use memory or some other process to recognize words and then experience and analysis to see how they relate within the text.

Close reading means _____. focusing on understanding what the words mean and what the work means as a whole taking in one word after another, one phrase at a time, in order to see and understand how the letters have been combined into words that have meaning re-reading a work while taking notes focusing on understanding what the words mean and what the work means as a whole as well as re-reading a work while taking notes

focusing on understanding what the words mean and what the work means as a whole as well as re-reading a work while taking notes

In which of the following phases will teachers teach vowel patterns? -pre-alphabetic -full-alphabetic -morphemic -partial-alphabetic

full-alphabetic

To annotate a text you might _____. -All of the answer choices are correct. -underline important words -highlight anything that is surprising and underline important words -highlight anything that is surprising -pay close attention to repeated images or words

highlight anything that is surprising and underline important words

During which of the following phases of decoding are students able to decode words fluently and work on other skills? -partial-alphabetic -morphemic -graphophonemic -full-alphabetic

morphemic

Which of the following genres might be especially helpful for prosody? -poetry -mysteries -textbooks -nonfiction

poetry

During which of the following phases of decoding are students just learning to read their own name? -partial alphabetic -graphophonemic -pre-alphabetic -full-alphabetic

pre-alphabetic

How does reading implicitly expand a student's vocabulary? -provides word lists for teachers to ask students to define -provides background knowledge -provides opportunities for prediction -provides exposure to rarely used words

provides exposure to rarely used words

Which is an example of reading fluency? -reading at a slow pace -reading very quickly -reading with expression -reading with extended pauses between words

reading with expression

Students who need help with prosody: -should read silently instead of reading aloud -should read texts with very simple punctuation only -should only read nursery rhymes -should focus on punctuation marks

should focus on punctuation marks

Which term refers to the time when a student cannot confidently speak or read, but takes in the information around him? -silent period -sheltered English immersion -input hypothesis -monitor hypothesis -scaffolding

silent period

What is prosody in reading? -the level of books a reader can read -the combination of expression and fluency -the combination of spelling and decoding -another word for comprehension

the combination of expression and fluency

Why do students need to learn fluency? -to build awareness of phonics -to help with comprehension -to understand sound/symbol relationships -to help them decode

to help with comprehension