SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING
STR (293) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Assets/sStrength-BasedsApproachs-sans-
✔✔anseducationalsapproach,swhichsbuildsslearningsaroundsasstudent'ssstrengthssandse
xistingsknowledge,srathersthansfocusingsonswhatstheyslack.
Whensusingsansasset-
basedsapproach,steacherssneedstosgetstosknowsstudentsswellstosidentifyseachschild'ssac
ademicsassetssandsbuildsonsthosesstrengths.
IntrinsicallysMotivateds-sans-
✔✔studentssdrawstheirsmotivationsfromstheslearningsprocesssitself
Dysgraphias-sans-✔✔language-
basedsdisorder,sinswhichsonesstrugglesswithsthesmechanicssofswritingsresultingsinsimpair
edsorsillegibleshandwriting
Messyshandwritings(duestosissuesssuchsasspoorsformationsofsletters,simproperssize,sspa
cingsbetweensletterssorswords,sorsslantsofswords)sissthesmainssignsofsdysgraphia.
Orthographys-sans-✔✔Spellingspatternssofslanguage
Morphologys-sans-
✔✔Thesstudysofsformssofswords,sincludingsaffixes,sroots,sstems,sandspartssofsspeech.
Theswords"bicycles"sissmadesupsofsthreesindividualsmorphemes.sThesprefixsbi-,sthesste
mscycle,sandsthessuffixs-s.
IndependentsReadings-sans-
✔✔readingsdonesbysstudentssindependentsofsthesteacher.sThissreadingscansbeseithersa
ssignedsorsstudentsselected.sTypicallyssilent.
,AlphabeticsPrinciples-sans-✔✔Thesunderstandingsthatstheresissaslogical/
systematicsrelationshipsbetweensthessoundssofsspokensEnglishsandsthesletterssandslette
r-patternssofswrittensEnglish.s
mappingsspeechstosprint
FlexiblesGroupings-sans-
✔✔groupingsstudentssbasedsonstheirslearningsneedssorsinterests
Aftersreviewingsthesstudentstestsresults,sasteacherscansusesflexiblesgroupingstosorganize
sgroupssbasedsonsstudents'sareassofsweakness.
LearningsObjectivess-sans-
✔✔thesspecificsskillsorsknowledgesthatsthesstudentsissexpectedstosmastersinsaslesson
Thesstudentsswillsbesablestosappropriatelysusesasquestionsmark.
TexassPrekindergartensGuideliness-sans-
✔✔detailedsdescriptionssofsexpectedsbehaviorssacrosssmultiplesskillsdomainssthatsshoul
dsbesobservedsinschildrensfromsthesbeginningstosthesendsofsprekindergarten
ThesTexassPrekindergartensGuidelinessofferssuggestionssonswaysstosdeliversdevelopm
entallysappropriatesexperiencessforsprekindergartenschildren.
GuidedsReadings-sans-
✔✔Readingsdonesbysstudentsswithsteacherssupport.sThissreadingswillsbesdoneswithinsth
esframeworksofsaslessonsandsoftensinsassmallsgroupssettingswithsthesteacher.
ResponsestosInterventions(RtI)s-sans-
✔✔asprocessstosmonitorsandsmeasuresstudentsprogresssinsthesgeneralseducationscurric
ulumsaftersinstructionalsinterventionsissprovided
smallsgroupspull-out,stutoring
PrintsConceptss-sans-✔✔Thesgeneralsrulessgoverningstext
textsissreadsfromsleftstosrightsandstopstosbottom
Relatednesss-sans-✔✔Asstudent'ssconnectionstosothers
ReadingsComprehensions-sans-
✔✔thesabilitystosreadsastextsandsunderstandsitssmeaning
JessiesreadsthesbooksandswassablestosexplainstosmeswhysthescharactersliedsinsChapters
3.
, PhonologicalsAwarenesss-sans-
✔✔thesunderstandingsandsabilitystoshearsindividualswords,ssyllables,sandssoundssinsspo
kenslanguagesapartsfromsprint
youscansdosthissinsthesdark
MentorsTexts-sans-
✔✔Bookssorsotherspiecessofsliteraturesthatsaresrevisitedsthroughoutsthesschoolsyearsfors
differentspurposessinsliteracysinstruction
Duestositssuniquesnarrativesandsabundancesofsfigurativeslanguage,sOwlsMoonsbysJanes
Yolensissaspopularsmentorstextstosusesinsaslanguagesartssclassroom.
Scaffoldings-sans-
✔✔asmethodsofsteachingsthatsinvolvessgraduallysremovingsaidsswhensteachingsnewsco
ncepts
Whensteachingshowsidentifysadjectives,sasteachersstartsswithsexplicitsteaching.sThen,ssh
esleadssthesclasssinsguidedsinstruction,sandsrepeatssorsrephrasessthesnecessarysinform
ation.sNext,sshespromptssthesstudentsswithsquestionsslikes"whatskind?"sands"whichsone
?"sEventually,sstudentssidentifysadjectivessindependently.
ReadingsFluencys-sans-
✔✔Thesabilitystosreadswithsappropriatesspeed,saccuracy,sandsprosody
SyllablesAwarenesss/sSyllabications/sSyllablesSegmentations-sans-
✔✔thesabilitystoshearsindividualsparts/syllablessofswords
"Education"shassfourssyllabless"ed-u-ca-tion"
Syntaxs-sans-
✔✔Rulessthatsgovernsthesconstructionsofswordssinsorderstosmakesphrases,sclauses,san
dssentences.s(sentencesstructure)
Subject-verbsAgreementsorsPronoun-Antecedentsagreement
Differentiations-sans-
✔✔teachingsthatsofferssmultiplesoptionssforslearningsthesmaterialsbasedsonsdifferentsstu
dentsneedssandslearningsstyles
TexassEssentialsKnowledgesandsSkillss(TEKS)s-sans-
✔✔ThesstatesfoundationscurriculumsdevelopedsbysthesStatesBoardsofsEducation,sthatsr
equiressallsstudentsstosdemonstratesthesknowledgesandsskillssnecessarystosread,swrite,s
compute,sproblemssolve,sthinkscritically,sapplystechnology,sandscommunicatesacrosssall
ssubjectsareas
STR (293) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Assets/sStrength-BasedsApproachs-sans-
✔✔anseducationalsapproach,swhichsbuildsslearningsaroundsasstudent'ssstrengthssandse
xistingsknowledge,srathersthansfocusingsonswhatstheyslack.
Whensusingsansasset-
basedsapproach,steacherssneedstosgetstosknowsstudentsswellstosidentifyseachschild'ssac
ademicsassetssandsbuildsonsthosesstrengths.
IntrinsicallysMotivateds-sans-
✔✔studentssdrawstheirsmotivationsfromstheslearningsprocesssitself
Dysgraphias-sans-✔✔language-
basedsdisorder,sinswhichsonesstrugglesswithsthesmechanicssofswritingsresultingsinsimpair
edsorsillegibleshandwriting
Messyshandwritings(duestosissuesssuchsasspoorsformationsofsletters,simproperssize,sspa
cingsbetweensletterssorswords,sorsslantsofswords)sissthesmainssignsofsdysgraphia.
Orthographys-sans-✔✔Spellingspatternssofslanguage
Morphologys-sans-
✔✔Thesstudysofsformssofswords,sincludingsaffixes,sroots,sstems,sandspartssofsspeech.
Theswords"bicycles"sissmadesupsofsthreesindividualsmorphemes.sThesprefixsbi-,sthesste
mscycle,sandsthessuffixs-s.
IndependentsReadings-sans-
✔✔readingsdonesbysstudentssindependentsofsthesteacher.sThissreadingscansbeseithersa
ssignedsorsstudentsselected.sTypicallyssilent.
,AlphabeticsPrinciples-sans-✔✔Thesunderstandingsthatstheresissaslogical/
systematicsrelationshipsbetweensthessoundssofsspokensEnglishsandsthesletterssandslette
r-patternssofswrittensEnglish.s
mappingsspeechstosprint
FlexiblesGroupings-sans-
✔✔groupingsstudentssbasedsonstheirslearningsneedssorsinterests
Aftersreviewingsthesstudentstestsresults,sasteacherscansusesflexiblesgroupingstosorganize
sgroupssbasedsonsstudents'sareassofsweakness.
LearningsObjectivess-sans-
✔✔thesspecificsskillsorsknowledgesthatsthesstudentsissexpectedstosmastersinsaslesson
Thesstudentsswillsbesablestosappropriatelysusesasquestionsmark.
TexassPrekindergartensGuideliness-sans-
✔✔detailedsdescriptionssofsexpectedsbehaviorssacrosssmultiplesskillsdomainssthatsshoul
dsbesobservedsinschildrensfromsthesbeginningstosthesendsofsprekindergarten
ThesTexassPrekindergartensGuidelinessofferssuggestionssonswaysstosdeliversdevelopm
entallysappropriatesexperiencessforsprekindergartenschildren.
GuidedsReadings-sans-
✔✔Readingsdonesbysstudentsswithsteacherssupport.sThissreadingswillsbesdoneswithinsth
esframeworksofsaslessonsandsoftensinsassmallsgroupssettingswithsthesteacher.
ResponsestosInterventions(RtI)s-sans-
✔✔asprocessstosmonitorsandsmeasuresstudentsprogresssinsthesgeneralseducationscurric
ulumsaftersinstructionalsinterventionsissprovided
smallsgroupspull-out,stutoring
PrintsConceptss-sans-✔✔Thesgeneralsrulessgoverningstext
textsissreadsfromsleftstosrightsandstopstosbottom
Relatednesss-sans-✔✔Asstudent'ssconnectionstosothers
ReadingsComprehensions-sans-
✔✔thesabilitystosreadsastextsandsunderstandsitssmeaning
JessiesreadsthesbooksandswassablestosexplainstosmeswhysthescharactersliedsinsChapters
3.
, PhonologicalsAwarenesss-sans-
✔✔thesunderstandingsandsabilitystoshearsindividualswords,ssyllables,sandssoundssinsspo
kenslanguagesapartsfromsprint
youscansdosthissinsthesdark
MentorsTexts-sans-
✔✔Bookssorsotherspiecessofsliteraturesthatsaresrevisitedsthroughoutsthesschoolsyearsfors
differentspurposessinsliteracysinstruction
Duestositssuniquesnarrativesandsabundancesofsfigurativeslanguage,sOwlsMoonsbysJanes
Yolensissaspopularsmentorstextstosusesinsaslanguagesartssclassroom.
Scaffoldings-sans-
✔✔asmethodsofsteachingsthatsinvolvessgraduallysremovingsaidsswhensteachingsnewsco
ncepts
Whensteachingshowsidentifysadjectives,sasteachersstartsswithsexplicitsteaching.sThen,ssh
esleadssthesclasssinsguidedsinstruction,sandsrepeatssorsrephrasessthesnecessarysinform
ation.sNext,sshespromptssthesstudentsswithsquestionsslikes"whatskind?"sands"whichsone
?"sEventually,sstudentssidentifysadjectivessindependently.
ReadingsFluencys-sans-
✔✔Thesabilitystosreadswithsappropriatesspeed,saccuracy,sandsprosody
SyllablesAwarenesss/sSyllabications/sSyllablesSegmentations-sans-
✔✔thesabilitystoshearsindividualsparts/syllablessofswords
"Education"shassfourssyllabless"ed-u-ca-tion"
Syntaxs-sans-
✔✔Rulessthatsgovernsthesconstructionsofswordssinsorderstosmakesphrases,sclauses,san
dssentences.s(sentencesstructure)
Subject-verbsAgreementsorsPronoun-Antecedentsagreement
Differentiations-sans-
✔✔teachingsthatsofferssmultiplesoptionssforslearningsthesmaterialsbasedsonsdifferentsstu
dentsneedssandslearningsstyles
TexassEssentialsKnowledgesandsSkillss(TEKS)s-sans-
✔✔ThesstatesfoundationscurriculumsdevelopedsbysthesStatesBoardsofsEducation,sthatsr
equiressallsstudentsstosdemonstratesthesknowledgesandsskillssnecessarystosread,swrite,s
compute,sproblemssolve,sthinkscritically,sapplystechnology,sandscommunicatesacrosssall
ssubjectsareas