RICA SUBTEST 2 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
, Word Consciousness - ANSWERAwareness of words and their meanings as well as
interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - ANSWERInformal language: most basic, everyday
speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) - ANSWERFormal language: high frequency words that
are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority)
Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) - ANSWERSubject specific vocabulary: found in
science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
Systematic Explicit Instruction - ANSWERHigh 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 - ANSWERdeliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
Wide reading - ANSWERReading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary
Cognates - ANSWERWords that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
Semantics - ANSWERMeanings of words, phrases, and sentences
Morphology - ANSWERThe structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
Listening Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you understand when listening to others speak.
Speaking Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you use when you talk. smaller than listening
vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you use when you write.
sight vocabulary - ANSWERwords that a child can immediately recognize and
pronounce correctly while reading
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
, Word Consciousness - ANSWERAwareness of words and their meanings as well as
interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - ANSWERInformal language: most basic, everyday
speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) - ANSWERFormal language: high frequency words that
are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority)
Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) - ANSWERSubject specific vocabulary: found in
science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
Systematic Explicit Instruction - ANSWERHigh 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 - ANSWERdeliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
Wide reading - ANSWERReading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary
Cognates - ANSWERWords that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
Semantics - ANSWERMeanings of words, phrases, and sentences
Morphology - ANSWERThe structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
Listening Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you understand when listening to others speak.
Speaking Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you use when you talk. smaller than listening
vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary - ANSWERwords you use when you write.
sight vocabulary - ANSWERwords that a child can immediately recognize and
pronounce correctly while reading
