ICLA Standard 2 Test Questions with
Actual Answers.
Narrative Text - Answer This type of text tells a story and includes characters, a plot, conflict,
a climax, and resolution.
Prosody - Answer Janie reads well over the expected wpm in a timed reading, with one word
error; however, her teacher is concerned about the lack of expression in her voice, and running
over punctuation as she reads. Janie's teacher is concerned with her:
Schema (schemata) - Answer A system of structures stored in memory that abstractly
represents events, objects, or relationships
Metacognition - Answer Awareness and knowledge of one's mental processes, such that one
can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end. A way of thinking about one's thinking.
Lexile Scores - Answer This quantitative score is one way teachers can measure whether text
is likely to be understood by the reader.
text structure - Answer The organizational framework of a text is called
Morpheme - Answer The smallest linguistic unit is
Reciprocal Questioning - Answer Mr. Wright gathered a group of her 2nd grade struggling
readers to help them comprehend the book Where the Wild Things Are. She began to read the
first few pages and pause to ask questions to clarify the author's intention (e.g., What is the
author trying to say? Why do you think the author used the following phrase?). Later, she
encourages students to contribute questions too and to articulate construction of meaning. This
strategy is:
etymology - Answer The study of the origin of words is:
Historical Fiction - Answer Readers can use a variety of texts to learn about content areas.
Ms. Jackson decides to have her students read the Diary of a Pioneer. She tells them that the
book is based on facts, but the explicit dialogue and minor details are not. Ms. Jackson is having
her students read a:
Trade Book - Answer In Mr. Johnson's class, all of the students will receive the novel Walk
Two Moons by Sharon Creech. This book focuses on the realistic fictional story of a little girl who
follows the journey of her mother to Idaho. What type of book is Walk Two Moons?
, Activate and extend prior knowledge - Answer Ms Perkins knows that she will have to build
background knowledge for her students before they start reading Kaffir Boy. She wants to
develop a pre-reading plan, so she can:
Shared Readings - Answer Miss Green gathers her Kindergarteners to the carpet so she can
read to them the big book, The Silly, Willy, Billy Goat. She reads the story to them as she points
to the words. Miss Green is using:
Readers workshop - Answer Mrs. Simmons' class is set up so that students read in groups
from different novels. She allows students to select what book they would like to read, sets daily
tasks for each group to accomplish, and has students choose a final product to show their
comprehension. Her students are engaging in a:
Directed Reading and Thinking Activity - Answer Ms. Black introduces the book On the Same
Day in March and asks her 4th grade students to make predictions based upon the title of the
story and the pictures on the cover. She asked questions such as ""Given this title, what do you
think the passage will be about?" Then students commit to a prediction. Ms. Black asked them
to read the book and stop at key points. Ms. Black asks the students more questions. These
questions are used to facilitate the students in confirming, rejecting, or modifying their
predictions as they continue reading to the reading of the book. Last, students go back through
the text and think about their predictions. Students should verify or modify their predictions by
finding supporting statements in the text.
Graphic Novels - Answer Mrs. Joseph has several readers that can not access the 6th grade
novel that the rest of the class is reading. She finds a corresponding text written in a comic book
format, with images and limited words on each page, so these students can engage in the
discussions and big ideas of the unit. These books are:
Semantic Map - Answer Ms. Polk's third-grade is given 10 vocabulary words from their new
science unit. She asks students to draw a "diagram" that shows the relationship between words.
Ms. Polk is having her students engage in creating a:
Homophones - Answer Last night Mr. Treetop noticed that too many of his students were
using the wrong spelling for words that sound the same but have different meanings, so the
following morning he gave a lesson on
Think-aloud - Answer Mr. Jones selects the book Dan, the Flying Man. He gathers his first
graders to the story time carpet and models metacognitive reading. He tells them why he
selected the book, and as he reads he stops every paragraph and shares with his students what
he's thinking about the characters and the choices they're making. He even shares with them
the questions he's having and the connections he's making. Mr. Jones is demonstrating:
Actual Answers.
Narrative Text - Answer This type of text tells a story and includes characters, a plot, conflict,
a climax, and resolution.
Prosody - Answer Janie reads well over the expected wpm in a timed reading, with one word
error; however, her teacher is concerned about the lack of expression in her voice, and running
over punctuation as she reads. Janie's teacher is concerned with her:
Schema (schemata) - Answer A system of structures stored in memory that abstractly
represents events, objects, or relationships
Metacognition - Answer Awareness and knowledge of one's mental processes, such that one
can monitor, regulate, and direct them to a desired end. A way of thinking about one's thinking.
Lexile Scores - Answer This quantitative score is one way teachers can measure whether text
is likely to be understood by the reader.
text structure - Answer The organizational framework of a text is called
Morpheme - Answer The smallest linguistic unit is
Reciprocal Questioning - Answer Mr. Wright gathered a group of her 2nd grade struggling
readers to help them comprehend the book Where the Wild Things Are. She began to read the
first few pages and pause to ask questions to clarify the author's intention (e.g., What is the
author trying to say? Why do you think the author used the following phrase?). Later, she
encourages students to contribute questions too and to articulate construction of meaning. This
strategy is:
etymology - Answer The study of the origin of words is:
Historical Fiction - Answer Readers can use a variety of texts to learn about content areas.
Ms. Jackson decides to have her students read the Diary of a Pioneer. She tells them that the
book is based on facts, but the explicit dialogue and minor details are not. Ms. Jackson is having
her students read a:
Trade Book - Answer In Mr. Johnson's class, all of the students will receive the novel Walk
Two Moons by Sharon Creech. This book focuses on the realistic fictional story of a little girl who
follows the journey of her mother to Idaho. What type of book is Walk Two Moons?
, Activate and extend prior knowledge - Answer Ms Perkins knows that she will have to build
background knowledge for her students before they start reading Kaffir Boy. She wants to
develop a pre-reading plan, so she can:
Shared Readings - Answer Miss Green gathers her Kindergarteners to the carpet so she can
read to them the big book, The Silly, Willy, Billy Goat. She reads the story to them as she points
to the words. Miss Green is using:
Readers workshop - Answer Mrs. Simmons' class is set up so that students read in groups
from different novels. She allows students to select what book they would like to read, sets daily
tasks for each group to accomplish, and has students choose a final product to show their
comprehension. Her students are engaging in a:
Directed Reading and Thinking Activity - Answer Ms. Black introduces the book On the Same
Day in March and asks her 4th grade students to make predictions based upon the title of the
story and the pictures on the cover. She asked questions such as ""Given this title, what do you
think the passage will be about?" Then students commit to a prediction. Ms. Black asked them
to read the book and stop at key points. Ms. Black asks the students more questions. These
questions are used to facilitate the students in confirming, rejecting, or modifying their
predictions as they continue reading to the reading of the book. Last, students go back through
the text and think about their predictions. Students should verify or modify their predictions by
finding supporting statements in the text.
Graphic Novels - Answer Mrs. Joseph has several readers that can not access the 6th grade
novel that the rest of the class is reading. She finds a corresponding text written in a comic book
format, with images and limited words on each page, so these students can engage in the
discussions and big ideas of the unit. These books are:
Semantic Map - Answer Ms. Polk's third-grade is given 10 vocabulary words from their new
science unit. She asks students to draw a "diagram" that shows the relationship between words.
Ms. Polk is having her students engage in creating a:
Homophones - Answer Last night Mr. Treetop noticed that too many of his students were
using the wrong spelling for words that sound the same but have different meanings, so the
following morning he gave a lesson on
Think-aloud - Answer Mr. Jones selects the book Dan, the Flying Man. He gathers his first
graders to the story time carpet and models metacognitive reading. He tells them why he
selected the book, and as he reads he stops every paragraph and shares with his students what
he's thinking about the characters and the choices they're making. He even shares with them
the questions he's having and the connections he's making. Mr. Jones is demonstrating:
