RICA Subtest 2 Exam 2026 Questions
and Answers
sight vocabulary - Correct answer-Words you can recognize and correctly
pronounce
meaning vocabulary - Correct answer-words you understand when reading silently.
To comprehend a text, a reader must have adequately developed - Correct answer--
meaning vocabulary
- academic language knowledge
- background knowledge
Tiers of Academic Vocabulary - Correct answer-1) words most children will know
without instruction (rain, water)
2) more difficult and appear in several contexts across two or more areas of study
(climate, nautical)
3) most difficult as they are only used in one area of study (unicellular, amoeba)
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, Nontechnical Academic Language - Correct answer-academic words that run
across disciplines. (identify, summarize, classify, define)
Morpheme - Correct answer-in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning
(walk and ed); may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)
good vocabuarly instruction - Correct answer-- repeated exposure
- provide definitions
- provide examples of how target words are used in sentences and paragraphs
magic # of vocab words to teach children per week - Correct answer-9
Contextual Redefinition - Correct answer-use of context surrounding the target
word and cooperate learning. Small group - teacher shows word and students
independently write definition. In groups, students write second definitions with
partners. Discussion on word, third definition of the word. Teacher selects most
accurate definition of the students'.
semantic maps - Correct answer-Word maps. Diagrams. Activate prior knowledge
to find meaning of target word. Target word in center, and satellite bubbles appear
around word and students place characteristics or examples in the bubbles.
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and Answers
sight vocabulary - Correct answer-Words you can recognize and correctly
pronounce
meaning vocabulary - Correct answer-words you understand when reading silently.
To comprehend a text, a reader must have adequately developed - Correct answer--
meaning vocabulary
- academic language knowledge
- background knowledge
Tiers of Academic Vocabulary - Correct answer-1) words most children will know
without instruction (rain, water)
2) more difficult and appear in several contexts across two or more areas of study
(climate, nautical)
3) most difficult as they are only used in one area of study (unicellular, amoeba)
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, Nontechnical Academic Language - Correct answer-academic words that run
across disciplines. (identify, summarize, classify, define)
Morpheme - Correct answer-in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning
(walk and ed); may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)
good vocabuarly instruction - Correct answer-- repeated exposure
- provide definitions
- provide examples of how target words are used in sentences and paragraphs
magic # of vocab words to teach children per week - Correct answer-9
Contextual Redefinition - Correct answer-use of context surrounding the target
word and cooperate learning. Small group - teacher shows word and students
independently write definition. In groups, students write second definitions with
partners. Discussion on word, third definition of the word. Teacher selects most
accurate definition of the students'.
semantic maps - Correct answer-Word maps. Diagrams. Activate prior knowledge
to find meaning of target word. Target word in center, and satellite bubbles appear
around word and students place characteristics or examples in the bubbles.
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