RICA SUBTEST 3 TEST 2026
EDUCATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1).
Answer: Informal language: most basic, everyday speech that is familiar
to students
◉ Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2).
Answer: Formal language: high frequency words that are found in many
different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority)
◉ Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3).
Answer: Subject specific vocabulary: found in science, math, social
studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
◉ Systematic Explicit Instruction.
Answer: High structure and sequenced instruction
Needs to be very interactive
◉ Matthew Effect.
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.
Answer: deliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
◉ Wide reading.
Answer: Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more
vocabulary
◉ Cognates.
Answer: Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
◉ Semantics.
Answer: Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
◉ Listening Vocabulary.
Answer: words you understand when listening to others speak.
◉ Speaking Vocabulary.
, Answer: words you use when you talk. smaller than listening vocabulary
◉ Writing Vocabulary.
Answer: words you use when you write.
◉ sight vocabulary.
Answer: words that a child can immediately recognize and pronounce
correctly while reading
◉ Meaning Vocabulary.
Answer: words you understand when reading silently.
◉ background knowledge.
Answer: 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.
Answer: knowing the meaning of words will help in achievement of
swift and accurate word recognition
◉ Role of vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Answer: Students vocabulary is key indicator and predictor of Students
understanding of what they are reading
EDUCATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1).
Answer: Informal language: most basic, everyday speech that is familiar
to students
◉ Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2).
Answer: Formal language: high frequency words that are found in many
different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority)
◉ Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3).
Answer: Subject specific vocabulary: found in science, math, social
studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
◉ Systematic Explicit Instruction.
Answer: High structure and sequenced instruction
Needs to be very interactive
◉ Matthew Effect.
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.
Answer: deliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
◉ Wide reading.
Answer: Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more
vocabulary
◉ Cognates.
Answer: Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
◉ Semantics.
Answer: Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
◉ Listening Vocabulary.
Answer: words you understand when listening to others speak.
◉ Speaking Vocabulary.
, Answer: words you use when you talk. smaller than listening vocabulary
◉ Writing Vocabulary.
Answer: words you use when you write.
◉ sight vocabulary.
Answer: words that a child can immediately recognize and pronounce
correctly while reading
◉ Meaning Vocabulary.
Answer: words you understand when reading silently.
◉ background knowledge.
Answer: 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.
Answer: knowing the meaning of words will help in achievement of
swift and accurate word recognition
◉ Role of vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Answer: Students vocabulary is key indicator and predictor of Students
understanding of what they are reading
