LETRS UNIT 7 | THE SMART WAY TO PASS | REAL
TESTS, REAL RESULTS!
With first-grade students, how much instructional time should be spent on English
language arts? - Answer: 2 hours or more
Teachers should depend heavily on the results of screeners such as Acadience Reading K-6
Next to determine what skills should be taught to students. - Answer: false
By second grade, the most effective approach to teaching reading comprehension
emphasizes: - Answer: all of the above in roughly equal proportion
Which of the following is not a criterion for high-quality text? - Answer: relevant to what's
going on that day
One tet of a robust curriculum in grades K-3 is whether, upon walking into a classroom, an
observer can tell what students are learning about. - Answer: true
Students are more likely to understand a text when teachers incorporate strategies into
their lessons. - Answer: true
Students using comprehension strategies in small groups is an example of which strategy?
- Answer: cooperative learning
Which of the following are techniques for summarization? Select all that apply. - Answer: a.
Finding the main idea of a text
B. Reducing the number of words in a passage
C. Paraphrasing
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, D. Identifying redundancies in a text
Good readers already tend to automatically use comprehension strategies. - Answer: true
Comprehension strategies are effective because they (select all that apply): - Answer: a.
Enable the reader to "converse" with the author.
B. Support mental processes the reader needs to comprehend the text.
Failure to comprehend a text can happen at what stage? Select all that apply. - Answer: a.
When trying to understand individual words
B. When trying to understand sentences
C. When trying to understand a series of sentences
D. When trying to understand the logical flow and meaning of the whole passage
Aside from making students aware of what they're thinking, what are other benefits of
comprehension monitoring? Select all that apply. - Answer: a. It helps students be more
persistent with a text.
C. It gives students more time to process a text.
D. It lets students know they can do something to address their struggles with
comprehension.
After asking students what's confusing about a passage, the teacher should then - Answer:
ask a question that might be answered from the text
The teacher asks a student to explain why someone would sneeze. After the student tries to
explain his thinking, the teacher supports his ideas by - Answer: thinking aloud and
demonstrating a key point.
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TESTS, REAL RESULTS!
With first-grade students, how much instructional time should be spent on English
language arts? - Answer: 2 hours or more
Teachers should depend heavily on the results of screeners such as Acadience Reading K-6
Next to determine what skills should be taught to students. - Answer: false
By second grade, the most effective approach to teaching reading comprehension
emphasizes: - Answer: all of the above in roughly equal proportion
Which of the following is not a criterion for high-quality text? - Answer: relevant to what's
going on that day
One tet of a robust curriculum in grades K-3 is whether, upon walking into a classroom, an
observer can tell what students are learning about. - Answer: true
Students are more likely to understand a text when teachers incorporate strategies into
their lessons. - Answer: true
Students using comprehension strategies in small groups is an example of which strategy?
- Answer: cooperative learning
Which of the following are techniques for summarization? Select all that apply. - Answer: a.
Finding the main idea of a text
B. Reducing the number of words in a passage
C. Paraphrasing
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
, D. Identifying redundancies in a text
Good readers already tend to automatically use comprehension strategies. - Answer: true
Comprehension strategies are effective because they (select all that apply): - Answer: a.
Enable the reader to "converse" with the author.
B. Support mental processes the reader needs to comprehend the text.
Failure to comprehend a text can happen at what stage? Select all that apply. - Answer: a.
When trying to understand individual words
B. When trying to understand sentences
C. When trying to understand a series of sentences
D. When trying to understand the logical flow and meaning of the whole passage
Aside from making students aware of what they're thinking, what are other benefits of
comprehension monitoring? Select all that apply. - Answer: a. It helps students be more
persistent with a text.
C. It gives students more time to process a text.
D. It lets students know they can do something to address their struggles with
comprehension.
After asking students what's confusing about a passage, the teacher should then - Answer:
ask a question that might be answered from the text
The teacher asks a student to explain why someone would sneeze. After the student tries to
explain his thinking, the teacher supports his ideas by - Answer: thinking aloud and
demonstrating a key point.
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