RICA practice Test with Complete
Solutions
in the word shut, the sh is an example of what? - correct Answer-consonant digraph
the students identify the phonemes in spoken words, they are practicing which of the
following? - correct Answer-segmentation
what is the alphabetic principle? - correct Answer-the understanding that letters
represent sounds in words
print awareness includes which of the following concepts? - correct Answer-the
differentiations of upper and lowercase letters. The identification of word boundaries.
The proper tracking Awards.
when teachers point to words during shared reading, what are they remodeling? -
correct Answer-word boundaries, directionality, one-to-one correspondence
structural analysis would be the most appropriate strategy in determining the meaning
of which of the following words? - correct Answer-improbable
a student spell eagle as egl. This student is performing at which stage of spelling? -
correct Answer-phonemic
conventional stage of spelling - correct Answer-almost all words are spelled correctly
and uses punctuation marks correctly.
Spelling instruction should include: - correct Answer-1. word walls
2. daily reading opportunities.
3. daily writing opportunities.
a kindergarten student is having difficulty distinguishing between B and D. The teacher
should do which of the following? - correct Answer-have a student use a think aloud to
verbalize the direction of the shapes used when writing each
semiphonetic stage of spelling - correct Answer-The child begins to understand letter-
sound correspondence--that sounds are assigned to letters. At this stage, the child often
employs rudimentary logic, using single letters, for example, to represent words,
sounds, and syllables (e.g., U for you or kom for come).
, which of the following is an example of a CVC word? - correct Answer-pop
a teacher asks students to read the word cup and they replace the P with a t to form a
new word. What activities a teacher conducting? - correct Answer-sound substitution
a teacher shows a sentence, the sky is blue, too student before reading it aloud and
then asking them to identify how many words are in a sentence. What skills a teacher
assessing? - correct Answer-word awareness
word awareness (phonological awareness) - correct Answer-requires children to detect
and identify word boundaries (that the sentence I like ice cream has four words).
a student who has a strong grasp of monosyllabic words is struggling to understand
multisyllabic words. How can the teacher help the student develop her syllable
awareness skills? - correct Answer-how to student incorporate physical motion when
she reads multisyllabic words such as clapping or tapping the desk to count syllables.
a first grade teacher is using the reading program adopted by her school district. The
program includes decodable text. The instructional advantages of using decodable text
with beginning readers is that: - correct Answer-decodable text provide abundant
practice with previously taught phonics Alamance and sight words.
in a May assessments of a kindergarten students performance, the teacher notes that
the student is able to name the letters of the alphabet and has mastered print concepts.
However, the student is unable to identify rhyming words. What should the teacher
conclude about the student? - correct Answer-the student has not mastered a phonemic
awareness skill that is, rhyming words) should be Mastered by the end of kindergarten.
when evaluating a student's reading, a primary teacher notes that when I reading a text
orally, the student occasionally omits the silent E and reads: hat for hate, cat for tape,
cop for cope. what are the instructional implication of this Behavior? - correct Answer-
student would benefit from more explicit skill instruction with attention to vowel sounds
a third grade student is confusing consonant pairs with writing and her Daily Journal.
She writes j u n c e l for Jungle, e f r y o n e for everyone, and c a r r o d for carrot.
Which is an appropriate instructional strategy to use with the student? - correct Answer-
teacher needs to instruct the student in articulating phonemes
during daily writing, a third grade student continually confuses long vowel sounds and
rights hiev be for Hive, bote for boat, and Trea for tree. Instructional strategy the teacher
should use to meet the students identify need include which of the following? - correct
Answer-developing weekly spelling words using the look-see say method; sorting
pictures; and adding vocabulary hunts
Solutions
in the word shut, the sh is an example of what? - correct Answer-consonant digraph
the students identify the phonemes in spoken words, they are practicing which of the
following? - correct Answer-segmentation
what is the alphabetic principle? - correct Answer-the understanding that letters
represent sounds in words
print awareness includes which of the following concepts? - correct Answer-the
differentiations of upper and lowercase letters. The identification of word boundaries.
The proper tracking Awards.
when teachers point to words during shared reading, what are they remodeling? -
correct Answer-word boundaries, directionality, one-to-one correspondence
structural analysis would be the most appropriate strategy in determining the meaning
of which of the following words? - correct Answer-improbable
a student spell eagle as egl. This student is performing at which stage of spelling? -
correct Answer-phonemic
conventional stage of spelling - correct Answer-almost all words are spelled correctly
and uses punctuation marks correctly.
Spelling instruction should include: - correct Answer-1. word walls
2. daily reading opportunities.
3. daily writing opportunities.
a kindergarten student is having difficulty distinguishing between B and D. The teacher
should do which of the following? - correct Answer-have a student use a think aloud to
verbalize the direction of the shapes used when writing each
semiphonetic stage of spelling - correct Answer-The child begins to understand letter-
sound correspondence--that sounds are assigned to letters. At this stage, the child often
employs rudimentary logic, using single letters, for example, to represent words,
sounds, and syllables (e.g., U for you or kom for come).
, which of the following is an example of a CVC word? - correct Answer-pop
a teacher asks students to read the word cup and they replace the P with a t to form a
new word. What activities a teacher conducting? - correct Answer-sound substitution
a teacher shows a sentence, the sky is blue, too student before reading it aloud and
then asking them to identify how many words are in a sentence. What skills a teacher
assessing? - correct Answer-word awareness
word awareness (phonological awareness) - correct Answer-requires children to detect
and identify word boundaries (that the sentence I like ice cream has four words).
a student who has a strong grasp of monosyllabic words is struggling to understand
multisyllabic words. How can the teacher help the student develop her syllable
awareness skills? - correct Answer-how to student incorporate physical motion when
she reads multisyllabic words such as clapping or tapping the desk to count syllables.
a first grade teacher is using the reading program adopted by her school district. The
program includes decodable text. The instructional advantages of using decodable text
with beginning readers is that: - correct Answer-decodable text provide abundant
practice with previously taught phonics Alamance and sight words.
in a May assessments of a kindergarten students performance, the teacher notes that
the student is able to name the letters of the alphabet and has mastered print concepts.
However, the student is unable to identify rhyming words. What should the teacher
conclude about the student? - correct Answer-the student has not mastered a phonemic
awareness skill that is, rhyming words) should be Mastered by the end of kindergarten.
when evaluating a student's reading, a primary teacher notes that when I reading a text
orally, the student occasionally omits the silent E and reads: hat for hate, cat for tape,
cop for cope. what are the instructional implication of this Behavior? - correct Answer-
student would benefit from more explicit skill instruction with attention to vowel sounds
a third grade student is confusing consonant pairs with writing and her Daily Journal.
She writes j u n c e l for Jungle, e f r y o n e for everyone, and c a r r o d for carrot.
Which is an appropriate instructional strategy to use with the student? - correct Answer-
teacher needs to instruct the student in articulating phonemes
during daily writing, a third grade student continually confuses long vowel sounds and
rights hiev be for Hive, bote for boat, and Trea for tree. Instructional strategy the teacher
should use to meet the students identify need include which of the following? - correct
Answer-developing weekly spelling words using the look-see say method; sorting
pictures; and adding vocabulary hunts
