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◉ A second-grade teacher, in preparation for reading a new text
about honeybees, asks the students to brainstorm all the meanings
they know for the word comb. The teacher is primarily focusing on
which language system?
a. phonology
b. semantics
c. orthography
d. morphology.
Answer: b. semantics
◉ Experiments that use modern eye-movement technology to
investigate what the eye "sees" when a proficient reader scans and
comprehends a text have made what important discovery?
a. Good readers skim a text, perceiving just a few letters.
b. Good readers are dependent on context to identify words.
c. Skilled readers perceive all letters when they read.
, d. The perceptual span of a good reader is triple that of a poor
reader..
Answer: c. Skilled readers perceive all letters when they read.
◉ Accurate, fast word recognition is necessary for development of
reading fluency and text comprehension..
Answer: Which statement best describes the relationship between
reading comprehension and word decoding in a beginning reader's
development?
◉ phonological awareness.
Answer: Near the close of the day, a kindergarten teacher guides the
students in conversation about the day's activities. She writes down
what is said on large chart paper, then reads it to the class. This
activity would aid their literacy development primarily by
promoting which skill?
◉ Reading depends on constructing pathways between the
phonological, orthographic, and meaning processors..
Answer: What is the most important implication of the Four-Part
Processiong Model for Word Recognition?
◉ Analyze the screening results and gather additional diagnostic
assessment data..