LETRS test | 100% Correct
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• What criterion would be most relevant for selecting high-quality texts for reading
aloud or for meiated text reading? -✓✓The text has layers of meaning that can be
explored through several readings.
• According to the National Reading Panel (2000) and several research analyses,
whcih of these strategies is more effective than the others for developing
comprehension? -✓✓having students retell or summarize what they have read
• During a teacher-mediated reading of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood,
which of these questions is most likely to facilitate construction of a mental model
of the texts meanings? -✓✓"What do we know about the characters so far?"
• If a high quality, worthwhile narrative text has been read once, what is the most
appropriate activity studetns should do next? -✓✓Complete a story frame that
outlines major events.
• What is an effective way to helpo students construct a mental model of
informational text? -✓✓Pose queries during reading to ensure studetns are making
the necessary inferences.
• What is the main advantage of letting students know ahead of time what kind of
text (e.g., narrative, informational) they will be reading? -✓✓They can anticipate
how the text is organized and how the information is presented.
• What is a helpful approach when working with a student who is a heavy dialect
speaker and who is having trouble comprehending the language in a text? -
✓✓Explain the relationship between home langauge and school language in
frequent, brief lessons.
• Which of the following teaching strategies is least helpful to English learners? -
✓✓allowing them to avoid speaking in class if they are embarrassed
Answers | A+ Guide
• What criterion would be most relevant for selecting high-quality texts for reading
aloud or for meiated text reading? -✓✓The text has layers of meaning that can be
explored through several readings.
• According to the National Reading Panel (2000) and several research analyses,
whcih of these strategies is more effective than the others for developing
comprehension? -✓✓having students retell or summarize what they have read
• During a teacher-mediated reading of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood,
which of these questions is most likely to facilitate construction of a mental model
of the texts meanings? -✓✓"What do we know about the characters so far?"
• If a high quality, worthwhile narrative text has been read once, what is the most
appropriate activity studetns should do next? -✓✓Complete a story frame that
outlines major events.
• What is an effective way to helpo students construct a mental model of
informational text? -✓✓Pose queries during reading to ensure studetns are making
the necessary inferences.
• What is the main advantage of letting students know ahead of time what kind of
text (e.g., narrative, informational) they will be reading? -✓✓They can anticipate
how the text is organized and how the information is presented.
• What is a helpful approach when working with a student who is a heavy dialect
speaker and who is having trouble comprehending the language in a text? -
✓✓Explain the relationship between home langauge and school language in
frequent, brief lessons.
• Which of the following teaching strategies is least helpful to English learners? -
✓✓allowing them to avoid speaking in class if they are embarrassed
