EDEL 3362: MIDTERM REVIEW
CH. 11 Research finds that which of the following strategies can improve fluency?
-Cueing to accuracy and rate -Structured partner readings -Repeated Readings
CH. 13 The purpose of using a routine for comprehension instruction is to ensure lesson are:
-Direct -Explicit -Consistent
CH. 12 How can you foster word consciousness?
-Model noticing novel words you encounter in the text -Discuss the positive and negative connotations of words
CH.7 Phonological awareness skills can be assessed using
-Norm-referenced assessments (e.g provide a standard score and a percentile that allows you to compare a child's performance to other students his/her age or in grade level) -Progress monitoring tools (e.g are quick checks of student mastery of specific skills and can be used frequently -perhaps once a week- to learn whether students are improving their skills. -Criterion-referenced assessments (e.g help determine whether a child has mastered a specific skill -universal screening assessment/benchmarks)
CH. 2 What should teachers consider when designing a progress monitoring tool?
-Time required to administer -Content being used -Ease of use
CH. 8 An effective phonics lesson includes
-dictations for spelling the target phonics patterns -decodable texts to provide opportunities to practice the target phonics pattern -direct instruction about the target phonics pattern
CH. 9 Morphemic awareness is important so students
-understand how the meanings of words can change -know the role of prefixes and suffixes -increase vocabulary knowledge
CH. 11 When students monitor their own progress in reading fluency they:
Are motivated to increase the words per minute they read correctly
CH. 8 Sight words are words that
Are read automatically
CH. 2 When following the "I do, we do, you do" lesson structure, how often should the students practice the "you do" portion?
As much as required
CH. 2 The feature of effective instruction include which of the following?
Based on the science of teaching and learning
CH. 11 Which of the following is not a difference between using CBM for benchmark/screening versus progress monitoring?
Benchmark/screening is conducted more frequently than progress monitoring.
CH. 5 What changes in preschool may be needed to ensure children receive high quality learning experiences?
Change in thinking about intentional instruction to purposefully to prepare children for school readiness
BONUS: Children's use of digital technology can result in which of these conditions
Children can become sleep-deprived, have poor health due to lack of exercise
CH. 4 What planning is essential in designing standard-based lessons?
Designing lessons for each standard to make sure that they are taught
CH. 10 Which sentence has a dependent clause
Each of the students in the class has a special talent.
Child: I want to play with those. Teacher: Great, we can play with those blue and yellow blocks! This is an example of:
Elaboration and Extension
CH. 6 A child says "I want to play with those" and points to the blocks. The teacher responds "Great!" We can play with those blue and yellow blocks" This is an example of:
Elaboration and extension
CH. 1 Federal Legislation focused on literacy mandates that require schools to implement interventions
Evidence-based
CH. 13 Which of the following is most true of a good guiding question?
Helps the reader think about the entire text
CH. 9 Orthographic mapping (OM) helps students remember
How to create maps of words
CH. 1 Grade retention has been shown to
Increase social-emotional challenges
CH. 11 When working with a student to build fluency, the text used should be at his or her:
Independent level with a partner or an adult
CH. 1 The three tiers in Response to Intervention (RTS) refers to
Intensity of instruction
CH. 10 A student who consistently spells flat as fat, drip as dip, and last as lat:
Is not detecting all the sounds in words
CH. 12 Why is morphology important?
It prepares students to figure out unknown words that they read independently by using the meaningful units in words.
CH. 4 How can learning progressions (LPs) improve instructional planning?
Learning progressions suggest ways to design and measure assessments
BONUS: A hamburger that could be analogous to reliability in testing would come from
McDonalds
CH. 12 Which of the following is not an effective method for assessing vocabulary growth?
Memorizing word lists each week
CH. 4 Which of the following statements are true about standard-based grading?
Only academic achievement is measured (no penalties for behavior)
CH. 6 Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between oral language and written language development?
Oral language development influences reading and writing development
CH. 10 What are factors you should consider when assessing student's handwriting skills?
Pencil grip, posture, letter formations, automaticity
CH. 2 Which skill is the most complex on the phonological awareness continuum?
Phonemic Awareness
CH. 7 How do phonological awareness and phonemic awareness differ?
Phonological awareness refers to awareness of large chunks of speech; phonemic awareness is the ability to think about and manipulate individual sounds in speech.
CH. 2 Which of the following is not an essential component of reading instruction
Picture Cues
What changes in preschool are needed to ensure children receive high-quality learning experiences
Provide more professional development to prepare teachers and teaching assistants in preschool
CH.9 Knowing six basic syllable types helps students to
Read and spell multi-syllable words
CH. 5 What foundational skills are needed to become an effective learning in preschool?
Respectful communication and sharing talking time during conversations
BONUS: Dr. Godina's cats are
Ripley (his cat) & Morris (street cat)
CH. 10 A student who consistently spells flat as fat, drip as dip, and last as lat needs instruction that specifically includes
Saying words and moving a block for each sound
Why should early instruction include explicit & guided practice in segmenting and blending sounds?
Segmenting words by sound parts or syllables in a foundation emergent reading and writing skill that supports listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
CH.5 Why do early learning curricula and instruction need to include explicit instruction and guided practice in segmenting and blending sounds?
Segmenting words by sound parts or syllables is a foundation emergent reading and writing skill that supports listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Why does early learning instruction need to include explicit and guided practice in segmenting and blending sounds?
Segmenting words by sound parts or syllables is a foundational emergent reading and writing skill that supports listening, speaking, reading, and writing
CH. 7 Why is important for instruction to be at the "just right" level for students?
So that the student can learn the new skill and be able to complete the task with minimal frustration.
CH. 9 Knowing the origins for words helps students decode and encode because
Students learn why some letters have unexpected pronunciations and spelling
CH. 1 A key element of structured literacy is that it involves
Systematic, Explicit instruction
CH. 6 Examples of environmental support to build oral language skills include
Teacher word walls, theme-based centers, read-aloud areas, and dramatic play areas, where adults engage with children
CH. 6 When conversing with young children for the purpose of developing their oral language development, which of the following would be the best prompt to provide children more practice (the topic is not relevant here)?
Tell me about the picture you drew or created.
CH. 5 Why do preschool teachers need to familiarize themselves with end-of-year (EOY) outcomes in state standards?
The EOY outcomes represent learning targets that are useful for planning
BONUS: The canonical debate describes what aspect of teaching in reading?
The dilemma teachers may have for choosing to read multicultural literature
CH. 7 Which is not an example of a guiding principle to make phonemic awareness activity easier or more difficult?
The level of vocabulary and morphological knowledge of the student.
CH. 13 What does a think-aloud include?
The teacher pausing periodically during a read-aloud to share the thought processes used to comprehend the text
CH. 12 At which tier would the word measure fall? Should a teacher provide direct instruction on this term?
Tier Two; yes
CH. 13 What is the purpose of anchor experience?
To assess prior knowledge
CH. 11 Which is not a goal of reading fluency instruction?
To encourage students to read faster than a peer
CH. 2 Why should teachers scaffold learning?
To provide temporary support
CH. 4 Which strategies can be used to guide the development of grade-level performance standards?
Use the Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix to explore ways to learn the same content using a range of depth of knowledge levels
CH. 3 Informal assessments are
Used during or throughout instruction
CH. 3 To best use assessment data to improve his instruction, you advise Mr.Clark to:
analyze the data to guide planning lessons
CH. 8 Which words would be effective key words on a sound wall for the sound /ā/?
angle, apron, apple (long a sound) (aye)
CH. 10 Which manuscript letter has the letter strokes down, up, around?
b
When using dialogic read-alouds the teacher or adult reading should do the following except
ensure that the book is unfamiliar to all the children in the class
Reliability
is when something (like a test) is consistent and can be given to large numbers of people with consistent results.
Vaildity
is when something can be specialized (also like a test) and be very good for measuring something specific.
CH.9 Which of the following words of Greek origin?
physiology, microscope, architect, zoology
CH. 8 Which of the following words include digraphs?
shout, judge, chomp
CH. 10 An independent clause must have a
subject and a predicate
CH. 3 An assessment is reliable when
the results are consistent no matter who gives the test
