RICA subtest 2 | 100% Correct Answers 2024
Word Consciousness - (answers)Awareness of words and their meanings as well
as interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - (answers)Informal language: most basic,
everyday speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) - (answers)Formal language: high frequency
words that are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify,
authority)
Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) - (answers)Subject specific vocabulary:
found in science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
Systematic Explicit Instruction - (answers)High structure and sequenced
instruction
Needs to be very interactive
Matthew Effect - (answers)"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 - (answers)deliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
Wide reading - (answers)Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary
,Cognates - (answers)Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
Semantics - (answers)Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
Morphology - (answers)The structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
Listening Vocabulary - (answers)words you understand when listening to others
speak.
Speaking Vocabulary - (answers)words you use when you talk. smaller than
listening vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary - (answers)words you use when you write.
sight vocabulary - (answers)words that a child can immediately recognize and
pronounce correctly while reading
Meaning Vocabulary - (answers)words you understand when reading silently.
background knowledge - (answers)Reader's knowledge about the topic
- Students will have a harder time comprehending what they have read if they
lack essential background knowledge
The Role of vocabulary in Fluency - (answers)knowing the meaning of words
will help in achievement of swift and accurate word recognition
Role of vocabulary and reading comprehension - (answers)Students vocabulary
is key indicator and predictor of Students understanding of what they are
reading
, (Comprehension = being able to explain words and their meanings)
Role of Academic Language and Comprehension - (answers)If there is a lack of
proficiency with academic language that can prevent proper comprehension
Role of Background Knowledge and Comprehension - (answers)to comprehend
a text readers need to have developed:
- meaning vocabulary
- academic language knowledge
- background knowledge
Important words/Vocabulary to teach: - (answers)For fluency: The more
frequent a word appears the more important it is to teach
For Utility: Is knowing the word essential for comprehension? if yes, it should
be taught
Level of Knowledge: The less a student knows about the word, the more
important it is to teach it (especially unknown words)
Non technical words Students need to know - (answers)Identify, define,
illustrate, summarize, classify
Morpheme - (answers)in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may
be a word or any affix
bound morpheme - (answers)A morpheme that must be "bound" with another
morpheme to form a word and cannot occur alone (Ex: un-, -est, -es, -ed, pre-)
Word Consciousness - (answers)Awareness of words and their meanings as well
as interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - (answers)Informal language: most basic,
everyday speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) - (answers)Formal language: high frequency
words that are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify,
authority)
Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) - (answers)Subject specific vocabulary:
found in science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
Systematic Explicit Instruction - (answers)High structure and sequenced
instruction
Needs to be very interactive
Matthew Effect - (answers)"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 - (answers)deliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
Wide reading - (answers)Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary
,Cognates - (answers)Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
Semantics - (answers)Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
Morphology - (answers)The structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
Listening Vocabulary - (answers)words you understand when listening to others
speak.
Speaking Vocabulary - (answers)words you use when you talk. smaller than
listening vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary - (answers)words you use when you write.
sight vocabulary - (answers)words that a child can immediately recognize and
pronounce correctly while reading
Meaning Vocabulary - (answers)words you understand when reading silently.
background knowledge - (answers)Reader's knowledge about the topic
- Students will have a harder time comprehending what they have read if they
lack essential background knowledge
The Role of vocabulary in Fluency - (answers)knowing the meaning of words
will help in achievement of swift and accurate word recognition
Role of vocabulary and reading comprehension - (answers)Students vocabulary
is key indicator and predictor of Students understanding of what they are
reading
, (Comprehension = being able to explain words and their meanings)
Role of Academic Language and Comprehension - (answers)If there is a lack of
proficiency with academic language that can prevent proper comprehension
Role of Background Knowledge and Comprehension - (answers)to comprehend
a text readers need to have developed:
- meaning vocabulary
- academic language knowledge
- background knowledge
Important words/Vocabulary to teach: - (answers)For fluency: The more
frequent a word appears the more important it is to teach
For Utility: Is knowing the word essential for comprehension? if yes, it should
be taught
Level of Knowledge: The less a student knows about the word, the more
important it is to teach it (especially unknown words)
Non technical words Students need to know - (answers)Identify, define,
illustrate, summarize, classify
Morpheme - (answers)in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may
be a word or any affix
bound morpheme - (answers)A morpheme that must be "bound" with another
morpheme to form a word and cannot occur alone (Ex: un-, -est, -es, -ed, pre-)
