WK 8 - Reading Comprehension

The goal of reading, especially reading fluency, is to read as fast as we can without regard to encoding the text.

F

The key elements of reading fluency include the following, except:

phonics

On average, how many readings does a typical reader need to achieve reading fluency?

4

As Hogan and colleagues reported, according to researchers as many as ____ % of children who read poorly in 2nd grade had significant deficits in language skills in kindergarten.

70

What is dialogic book reading?

An organized way of interacting and talking through a story to enhance vocabulary

What does reading fluency lead to?

Automaticity and reading comprehension

What is a strategy for visualization?

Use picture books because it helps develop a mental image described in the text

The following are examples to facilitate active engagement during reading, except:

§Predict-a-story

What are the cognitive aspects of reading that may hinder one's ability to read?

Executive function skills, attention, speed of processing

An inference is based on:

Facts

List 4 text comprehension strategies used by good readers. (4 points)

Identify the main idea Notice the author's purpose Note important details Summarize the information

Define orthographic processing. (1 point)

It is the ability to to visually understand, remember and produce letters.

In the early years of reading ability to comprehension is constrained by decoding, but once decoding becomes automatized comprehension is dependent upon language comprehension.

T

Summarize 2 intervention approaches from your textbook for word identification. (4 points)

The letter-sound correspondence approach can be used as one of the first steps in word identification. There is no set order of letters that should be taught but criteria such as what letters appear most often at the beginning of words should be considered. The articulatory cues and mnemonics approach involves using tactile cues to help children remember the letter-sound relation. This strategy is helpful in teaching children to identify what their mouths are doing. This approach utilizes the minimal pairs technique to teach the phonological characteristics of different letters.

For what purpose is a text map used?

To help organize thoughts & story content to re-tell their story

What skills are critical for reading success?

a and c

Reading comprehension involves two primary process:

decoding and language comprehension

Kim and colleagues explored the research on the use of graphic organizers on what dependent variable?

reading comp

The whole reason for reading is:

reading comprehension