RICA Subtest 2 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Word Consciousness Correct Answer Awareness of words and their meanings as well as interest in their usage. Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) Correct Answer Informal language: most basic, everyday speech that is familiar to students Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) Correct Answer Formal language: high frequency words that are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority) Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) Correct Answer Subject specific vocabulary: found in science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis) Systematic Explicit Instruction Correct Answer High structure and sequenced instruction Needs to be very interactive Matthew Effect Correct Answer "Rich get richer and the poor get poorer" The gap between strong and weak readers will only widen when no one is catching any literacy difficulties and students are not receiving proper instruction 3 types of vocabulary practice Correct Answer deliberate, spaced, and retrieval - goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction Wide reading Correct Answer Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary Cognates Correct Answer Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two languages. (good to connect with for ELs) Semantics Correct Answer Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences Morphology Correct Answer The structure and form of words (affixes and roots) Listening Vocabulary Correct Answer words you understand when listening to others speak. Speaking Vocabulary Correct Answer words you use when you talk. smaller than listening vocabulary Writing Vocabulary Correct Answer words you use when you write.