RICA Subtest 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions (Latest 2025)
1) The first question showed a worksheet for 5th graders that
had the students add suffixes to words (ly, ed, etc.) - Correct
Answers ✅I think the answer was about morphology.
2) A fifth grade teacher provides her students with an easier
science article with easier vocabulary about the topic of
asteroids before reading from the actual science textbook.
What is the teacher trying to achieve?
First question is where the child asks the teacher that he does
not know what exothermic means, what would the teacher
suggest or what would the teacher do to help assist the
student. - Correct Answers ✅Possible pre
teaching/preloading information to familiarize students with
content and vocabulary
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. First question is
where the child asks the teacher that he does not know what
exothermic means, what would the teacher suggest or what
would the teacher do to help assist the student. - Correct
Answers ✅Context clue Or Word morphology
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. Second question is
where it asks if all endotherms are mammals - Correct
,RICA Subtest 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions (Latest 2025)
Answers ✅I chose literal comprehension information. ALL
mammals are endothermic.
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. - Correct Answers
✅Third question: For this question you HAVE to know what
non-restrictive clauses are. It asked about the usage of
nonrestrictive clauses and what part of the excerpt it pertains
to. It says All mammals are endothermic, snakes can..., and
some other answers. You are basically looking for the answer
that you can remove, while still retaining meaning, If that
makes sense. Think of what is stated as non-essential detail
5) The teacher provides students a sentence frame and
demonstrates how to fill the sentence frames. What is the
teacher trying to demonstrate? - Correct Answers
✅Figurative Language
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part A- Who was the tee animal that other animals did not
welcome and like? - Correct Answers ✅Literal
comprehension students answered giraffe
, RICA Subtest 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions (Latest 2025)
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part B- The teacher asked the student why didn't the other
animals like giraffes? - Correct Answers ✅The students
supported the answer with text evidence
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part C- The teacher asked explicit questions
For this question it asks what student #3 is practicing as
shown in her response (or something). - Correct Answers
✅The student was using evidence from the passage to clear
up information
I chose the answer that student was using the text to
clarify.... I chose this because student#3 says something like
"I don't think the giraffe was unhappy. In the story it says
he...."
6 P.2 ) A fourth grade teacher asked her students to break
into groups and each student read a different passage from
the same story in their respective group. The students are to
discuss their passage in the group and then report the
important elements back to the whole class. What is the
primary reason or what is the teacher trying to achieve
Solutions (Latest 2025)
1) The first question showed a worksheet for 5th graders that
had the students add suffixes to words (ly, ed, etc.) - Correct
Answers ✅I think the answer was about morphology.
2) A fifth grade teacher provides her students with an easier
science article with easier vocabulary about the topic of
asteroids before reading from the actual science textbook.
What is the teacher trying to achieve?
First question is where the child asks the teacher that he does
not know what exothermic means, what would the teacher
suggest or what would the teacher do to help assist the
student. - Correct Answers ✅Possible pre
teaching/preloading information to familiarize students with
content and vocabulary
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. First question is
where the child asks the teacher that he does not know what
exothermic means, what would the teacher suggest or what
would the teacher do to help assist the student. - Correct
Answers ✅Context clue Or Word morphology
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. Second question is
where it asks if all endotherms are mammals - Correct
,RICA Subtest 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions (Latest 2025)
Answers ✅I chose literal comprehension information. ALL
mammals are endothermic.
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is
going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe
the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk
about snakes. This is a 3-part question. - Correct Answers
✅Third question: For this question you HAVE to know what
non-restrictive clauses are. It asked about the usage of
nonrestrictive clauses and what part of the excerpt it pertains
to. It says All mammals are endothermic, snakes can..., and
some other answers. You are basically looking for the answer
that you can remove, while still retaining meaning, If that
makes sense. Think of what is stated as non-essential detail
5) The teacher provides students a sentence frame and
demonstrates how to fill the sentence frames. What is the
teacher trying to demonstrate? - Correct Answers
✅Figurative Language
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part A- Who was the tee animal that other animals did not
welcome and like? - Correct Answers ✅Literal
comprehension students answered giraffe
, RICA Subtest 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions (Latest 2025)
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part B- The teacher asked the student why didn't the other
animals like giraffes? - Correct Answers ✅The students
supported the answer with text evidence
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal
where first grade students read about giraffes and why other
animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part
question
Part C- The teacher asked explicit questions
For this question it asks what student #3 is practicing as
shown in her response (or something). - Correct Answers
✅The student was using evidence from the passage to clear
up information
I chose the answer that student was using the text to
clarify.... I chose this because student#3 says something like
"I don't think the giraffe was unhappy. In the story it says
he...."
6 P.2 ) A fourth grade teacher asked her students to break
into groups and each student read a different passage from
the same story in their respective group. The students are to
discuss their passage in the group and then report the
important elements back to the whole class. What is the
primary reason or what is the teacher trying to achieve
