C380 WGU – Questions With Appropriate Solutions
Decoding Correct Answer - Ability to apply knowledge of relationship
between letters and sounds to correctly pronounce written words
Anticipation Guide Correct Answer - An instructional technique
designed to activate and have students reflect on background knowledge. (A
pre-reading activity which students respond to two or three content related
debatable questions before reading)
Descriptive Map Correct Answer - A graphic organizer used to locate and
write main ideas and details
Venn Diagram Correct Answer - A graphic organizer used to write or
record details for comparison and contrast
KWL Chart Correct Answer - Know, Want to Know, Learn - Technique
designed to help readers identify what they know about a topic, what they
want to know about a topic and what they learned about a topic. (Before,
During, and After Strategy)
Phonemic Awareness Correct Answer - Ability to identify and
manipulate individual sounds within words
Phonics Correct Answer - Understanding the relationship between
sounds and letters in written language
Scaffolding Correct Answer - When you chunk out or break up the
learning AND provide a tool, process or structure for each chunk to support
success, learning and mastery
Metacognition Correct Answer - When we think and reflect about our
own thinking
Metacognitive conversations Correct Answer - A public discussion of
thinking: invite students into dialogue about their thinking
Situation Model Theory Correct Answer - When students are able to take
info from what they are reading and build a mental model of the situation
, Basal readers Correct Answer - Leveled readers or anthologies that
include a teacher manual, student workbook, and other enrichment resources
Shared Reading Correct Answer - Includes teacher modeling of reading
strategies and extending the understanding of reading process
SQ3R Correct Answer - Helps activate active reading skills and can be
used for answering questions about and recalling key info as a study strategy.
Language demands Correct Answer - Specific ways that academic
language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to
participate in learning tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or
speaking.
Narrative writing Correct Answer - The kind of writing that involves
storytelling based. About a real or imagined experiences. Writing that tells a
story.
Informative writing Correct Answer - The writer can create the story
based on their own personal experience when a writer engages in informative
writing, they are writing to provide facts about a topic.
Expository writing Correct Answer - writing that explains or informs
Opinion writing Correct Answer - When a writer states their opinion
about a topic and uses evidence to support their opinion.
Writer's workshop Correct Answer - A way teachers can structure
writing instruction to include a mini-lesson, independent writing time, and
sharing.
Opinion/pursuasive writing Correct Answer - Contains the writer's way
of thinking about a topic and is supported by reasons, evidence, and examples
Oral Language Correct Answer - Using spoken words to express
knowledge, ideas and feelings
Decoding Correct Answer - Ability to apply knowledge of relationship
between letters and sounds to correctly pronounce written words
Anticipation Guide Correct Answer - An instructional technique
designed to activate and have students reflect on background knowledge. (A
pre-reading activity which students respond to two or three content related
debatable questions before reading)
Descriptive Map Correct Answer - A graphic organizer used to locate and
write main ideas and details
Venn Diagram Correct Answer - A graphic organizer used to write or
record details for comparison and contrast
KWL Chart Correct Answer - Know, Want to Know, Learn - Technique
designed to help readers identify what they know about a topic, what they
want to know about a topic and what they learned about a topic. (Before,
During, and After Strategy)
Phonemic Awareness Correct Answer - Ability to identify and
manipulate individual sounds within words
Phonics Correct Answer - Understanding the relationship between
sounds and letters in written language
Scaffolding Correct Answer - When you chunk out or break up the
learning AND provide a tool, process or structure for each chunk to support
success, learning and mastery
Metacognition Correct Answer - When we think and reflect about our
own thinking
Metacognitive conversations Correct Answer - A public discussion of
thinking: invite students into dialogue about their thinking
Situation Model Theory Correct Answer - When students are able to take
info from what they are reading and build a mental model of the situation
, Basal readers Correct Answer - Leveled readers or anthologies that
include a teacher manual, student workbook, and other enrichment resources
Shared Reading Correct Answer - Includes teacher modeling of reading
strategies and extending the understanding of reading process
SQ3R Correct Answer - Helps activate active reading skills and can be
used for answering questions about and recalling key info as a study strategy.
Language demands Correct Answer - Specific ways that academic
language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to
participate in learning tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or
speaking.
Narrative writing Correct Answer - The kind of writing that involves
storytelling based. About a real or imagined experiences. Writing that tells a
story.
Informative writing Correct Answer - The writer can create the story
based on their own personal experience when a writer engages in informative
writing, they are writing to provide facts about a topic.
Expository writing Correct Answer - writing that explains or informs
Opinion writing Correct Answer - When a writer states their opinion
about a topic and uses evidence to support their opinion.
Writer's workshop Correct Answer - A way teachers can structure
writing instruction to include a mini-lesson, independent writing time, and
sharing.
Opinion/pursuasive writing Correct Answer - Contains the writer's way
of thinking about a topic and is supported by reasons, evidence, and examples
Oral Language Correct Answer - Using spoken words to express
knowledge, ideas and feelings
