LETRS Volume 2 Unit 5-8 Post test Questions & Answers

Once students decode well, which statement describes the relationship between vocabulary and reading comprehension? Vocabulary is the best single predictor of reading comprehension. In teaching the word invisible, the teacher broke it into the parts in – vis – ible and talked about the meanings of the parts. Which aspect of language was emphasized? morphology The Hart and Risley study (1995) identified a “30-million-word” gap. This gap refers to: the difference in the number of words heard by preschool children raised in high- and lowlanguage family environments. Which of the following is least likely to narrow the vocabulary gap between language-rich and language-poor students? watching children’s television programs To introduce a Tier 2 vocabulary word explicitly and systematically before reading, which of these strategies would be the least effective? asking students to write the word 10 times until they can spell it