LETRS Unit 5 Assessment EXAM Questions AND Correct Answers
Good reasons for teaching a few words rexplicitly and in-depth include all of the
follwing except: - ✔✔Students only need to know a few words to understand
most texts.
In teaching the antonyms and synonyms of a word such as generosity, a teacher
would be emphasizing which aspect of language? - ✔✔semantics
Once students have learned to decode printed words, which strand of the
Reading Rope model (Scarborough, 2001) is the best single predictor of reading
comprehension? - ✔✔vocabulary
The principle of teaching word meanings in relationship to other word meanings
is best exeplified by which activity? - ✔✔explaining shades of meaning among
synonyms
What consideration might distinguish vocabulary instruction for English
Learners (ELs) from the vocabulary instruction of native English? - ✔✔ELs may
need more multisensory supports to understand the meanings of words.
Which conclusion was documented by the Hart and Risley (1995) research team
regarding the relationship between home language exposure and later reading
comprehension? - ✔✔The number of words to which preschoolers are exposed
predicts their vocabulary knowledge at grade three.
Which of the following is the least effective activity when a new word meaning
is being explicitly and directly taught? - ✔✔Ask students if anyone knows what
the word means.
Which of these is the least effective way to foster implicit learning of the
vocabulary students need for classroom success? - ✔✔providing several hours
daily of children's television programs
Which of these is the most effective, research-supported practice to promote
vocabulary growth in students across a school year? - ✔✔ensure that the
teacher regularly uses complex and sophisticated language
Good reasons for teaching a few words rexplicitly and in-depth include all of the
follwing except: - ✔✔Students only need to know a few words to understand
most texts.
In teaching the antonyms and synonyms of a word such as generosity, a teacher
would be emphasizing which aspect of language? - ✔✔semantics
Once students have learned to decode printed words, which strand of the
Reading Rope model (Scarborough, 2001) is the best single predictor of reading
comprehension? - ✔✔vocabulary
The principle of teaching word meanings in relationship to other word meanings
is best exeplified by which activity? - ✔✔explaining shades of meaning among
synonyms
What consideration might distinguish vocabulary instruction for English
Learners (ELs) from the vocabulary instruction of native English? - ✔✔ELs may
need more multisensory supports to understand the meanings of words.
Which conclusion was documented by the Hart and Risley (1995) research team
regarding the relationship between home language exposure and later reading
comprehension? - ✔✔The number of words to which preschoolers are exposed
predicts their vocabulary knowledge at grade three.
Which of the following is the least effective activity when a new word meaning
is being explicitly and directly taught? - ✔✔Ask students if anyone knows what
the word means.
Which of these is the least effective way to foster implicit learning of the
vocabulary students need for classroom success? - ✔✔providing several hours
daily of children's television programs
Which of these is the most effective, research-supported practice to promote
vocabulary growth in students across a school year? - ✔✔ensure that the
teacher regularly uses complex and sophisticated language
