ECE 108 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
This version of a children's book provides an opportunity for all children in the group to
actively engage in learning about concepts about books, print, and the meaning of text.
- Answers -Big Books
Which term describes the ability to read or listen to and understand text? - Answers -
comprehension
Which of the following characteristics will help determine how well a student will
comprehend text? - Answers -a. their familiarity with the topic in the text
b. the quality of the writing
c. how interesting the topic is to the listener or reader
d. all of the above
Teaching comprehension strategies has been found most effective when using the
following sequence of steps: - Answers -direct explanation, modeling, guided practice,
independent application, and reflection
According to the text, which graphic organizer is used mostly with expository text in
which students use prior knowledge to determine what they want to know after reading?
- Answers -KWL
In this strategy, students are formed into groups to discuss the books. Each student is
assigned a particular role in the group to help keep them focused on the book and the
task. - Answers -literature circles
Miss Barron is talking to you about her second-grade struggling readers. She tells you
they are not fluent but she is not worried as long as they can eventually sound out all
the words. Given what you know about the relationship between fluency and
comprehension, how would you respond? - Answers -Students need to recognize
words automatically and become fluent readers so they can focus their attention on
meaning.
Reading comprehension is an active process where readers use multiple strategies to
construct meaning of text. Therefore, which of the following is an effective way to teach
comprehension strategies? - Answers -a. Implement the shared book experience
where you can model fluency and help students develop listening skills.
b. Promote active discussions after reading aloud by creating questions that have more
than one correct answer.
c. Help students learn how to retell and give them practice in retelling a variety of texts.
d. All of the above
, Of the following, which response best describes comprehension? - Answers -a.
Comprehension is an active process in which a reader constructs meaning based on his
or her prior knowledge.
b. Comprehension is an active process in which a reader carefully decodes all the
words on the page.
c. Comprehension should not be taught in early childhood classrooms as the focus
should be more on decoding.
d. Comprehension should be taught in early childhood classrooms by having students
answer a series of comprehension question after everything they read.
Think about the relationship between reading and writing. How does writing help
reading? - Answers -a. Children work with sounds of letters and identification of letters.
b. Children learn to create coherent sentences.
c. Children learn about text structure.
d. All of the above
A twenty-two-month-old scribbles with a crayon on a piece of paper and brings it to her
childcare teacher. Of the following, which describes the best response from the
teacher? - Answers -a. Urge the child to draw something particular.
b. Express genuine encouragement by saying, "Tell me about your picture."
c. Respond, "What a nice picture."
d. Ask the child to tell her what the picture is.
When children create their own spellings for words, they are using which of the
following? - Answers -a. conventional spelling
b. invented spelling
c. phonemic spelling
d. unique spelling
Which of the following is a period of time set aside for writing instruction, in which the
teacher provides a mini-lesson that models a writing skill, a time for independent writing,
and a time for students to share their work with each other? - Answers -a. guided
instruction
b. writing center
c. writing workshop
d. independent writing
In this strategy, writing is a joint effort as the teacher and the children create writing
together. The teacher guides the lesson and writes on large chart paper in a whole-
group or small-group setting. - Answers -interactive writing
This type of journal writing is similar to a conversation in which students are able to
write about any topic and share their writing with teachers or peers. - Answers -
dialogue journals
This version of a children's book provides an opportunity for all children in the group to
actively engage in learning about concepts about books, print, and the meaning of text.
- Answers -Big Books
Which term describes the ability to read or listen to and understand text? - Answers -
comprehension
Which of the following characteristics will help determine how well a student will
comprehend text? - Answers -a. their familiarity with the topic in the text
b. the quality of the writing
c. how interesting the topic is to the listener or reader
d. all of the above
Teaching comprehension strategies has been found most effective when using the
following sequence of steps: - Answers -direct explanation, modeling, guided practice,
independent application, and reflection
According to the text, which graphic organizer is used mostly with expository text in
which students use prior knowledge to determine what they want to know after reading?
- Answers -KWL
In this strategy, students are formed into groups to discuss the books. Each student is
assigned a particular role in the group to help keep them focused on the book and the
task. - Answers -literature circles
Miss Barron is talking to you about her second-grade struggling readers. She tells you
they are not fluent but she is not worried as long as they can eventually sound out all
the words. Given what you know about the relationship between fluency and
comprehension, how would you respond? - Answers -Students need to recognize
words automatically and become fluent readers so they can focus their attention on
meaning.
Reading comprehension is an active process where readers use multiple strategies to
construct meaning of text. Therefore, which of the following is an effective way to teach
comprehension strategies? - Answers -a. Implement the shared book experience
where you can model fluency and help students develop listening skills.
b. Promote active discussions after reading aloud by creating questions that have more
than one correct answer.
c. Help students learn how to retell and give them practice in retelling a variety of texts.
d. All of the above
, Of the following, which response best describes comprehension? - Answers -a.
Comprehension is an active process in which a reader constructs meaning based on his
or her prior knowledge.
b. Comprehension is an active process in which a reader carefully decodes all the
words on the page.
c. Comprehension should not be taught in early childhood classrooms as the focus
should be more on decoding.
d. Comprehension should be taught in early childhood classrooms by having students
answer a series of comprehension question after everything they read.
Think about the relationship between reading and writing. How does writing help
reading? - Answers -a. Children work with sounds of letters and identification of letters.
b. Children learn to create coherent sentences.
c. Children learn about text structure.
d. All of the above
A twenty-two-month-old scribbles with a crayon on a piece of paper and brings it to her
childcare teacher. Of the following, which describes the best response from the
teacher? - Answers -a. Urge the child to draw something particular.
b. Express genuine encouragement by saying, "Tell me about your picture."
c. Respond, "What a nice picture."
d. Ask the child to tell her what the picture is.
When children create their own spellings for words, they are using which of the
following? - Answers -a. conventional spelling
b. invented spelling
c. phonemic spelling
d. unique spelling
Which of the following is a period of time set aside for writing instruction, in which the
teacher provides a mini-lesson that models a writing skill, a time for independent writing,
and a time for students to share their work with each other? - Answers -a. guided
instruction
b. writing center
c. writing workshop
d. independent writing
In this strategy, writing is a joint effort as the teacher and the children create writing
together. The teacher guides the lesson and writes on large chart paper in a whole-
group or small-group setting. - Answers -interactive writing
This type of journal writing is similar to a conversation in which students are able to
write about any topic and share their writing with teachers or peers. - Answers -
dialogue journals
