Comprehension results Answer-when the student has the vocabulary and reading skills
necessary to make sense of the whole picture
Comprehension strategies Answer-pre-reading titles, sidebars, follow up questions,
looking at illustrations, predicting whats going to happen,asking questions, connecting to
background knowledge, relating to characters
developing literacy Answer-needs skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocab,
comprehension and fluency
Literacy-rich Environment Answer-one that provides students having disabilities with
stimulation to take part in activities involving language and literacy into daily living and routines
Literacy rich settings Answer-engage all students in various literacy activities- during all
subjects
Vocabulary thematically Answer-give students context for the words they are learning
semantic Answer-emphasizes the meaning of words
syntactic approach Answer-emphasizes the order of words
, PRAXIS 5511; Questions & Answers (A+)
literal comprehension Answer-topic, main idea, important facts, sequencing, supporting
details
critical comprehension Answer-inferences and conclusions, purpose, tone, point of view,
and themes, organizational pattern of a work, explicit and implicit relationships among words,
phrases and sentences
metacognition Answer-students who develop good metacognition skills become more
independent and confident about learning
realize information is readily available for them
awareness, planning, self-monitoring and reflection
Topic sentence Answer-paragraphs subject
Theme Answer-Central idea of a work. what a work says about a subject. Must be
universal and can be applied to everyone
inductive reasoning Answer-Starts with data. Using particulars to draw a general
conclusion
deductive reasoning Answer-involves using general facts or premises to come to a
specific conclusion