RICA Subtest 3 (Latest Update 2025
/ 2026) Guide with Questions &
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A
(Verified Answers)
Question:
strategies to promote independent reading
Answer:
1. books need to be at an independent reading level
2. should fit student's personal interest
3. structured independent reading opportunities should be provided
4. at home reading
5. monitoring independent reading
,Question:
advantages of independent reading
Answer:
1. provides familiarity with language patterns
2. increases fluency
3. increases vocabulary
4. broadens knowledge in content area
5. motivates further reading
Question:
Goldilocks test (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
students select a book that isn't too easy or too hard; its just right
Question:
Goldilocks test - Too Easy
Answer:
1. Have you read it lots of times before?
2. Do you know/understand the story very well?
3. Do you know almost every word?
4. Can you read it smoothly?
,Question:
Goldilocks Test - Too Hard
Answer:
1. Are there more than 5 words on a page that you don't know?
2. Are you confused about what is happening in most of this book?
3. When you read, does it sounds choppy?
Question:
Goldilocks Test - Just Right
Answer:
1. Is this book new to you?
2. Are there just 2-3 words on a page that you don't know?
3. Are you able to read some part of the story smooth while the others
choppy?
Question:
Five finger rule
Answer:
a way to find a just-right book; use your fingers to count the words you don't
know - student reads one page and places a finger up each time they can't the
word. if student has five fingers up before the page is read, the book is too
hard.
, Question:
I + I Strategy (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
independent reading level + personal interest = best chance of success
Question:
interest inventory (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
An assessment of likes and dislikes - used for lesson planning
Question:
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) (structured independent reading
opportunities)
Answer:
structured activity in which children are given fixed time periods for reading
self-selected materials silently
Question:
Reader's Workshop (structured independent reading opportunities)
Answer:
students read silently, small groups meet and work on projects, and the
teacher meets with groups and individual students - expanded to reading and
writing / difficult to do everyday because it is not direct instruction
/ 2026) Guide with Questions &
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A
(Verified Answers)
Question:
strategies to promote independent reading
Answer:
1. books need to be at an independent reading level
2. should fit student's personal interest
3. structured independent reading opportunities should be provided
4. at home reading
5. monitoring independent reading
,Question:
advantages of independent reading
Answer:
1. provides familiarity with language patterns
2. increases fluency
3. increases vocabulary
4. broadens knowledge in content area
5. motivates further reading
Question:
Goldilocks test (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
students select a book that isn't too easy or too hard; its just right
Question:
Goldilocks test - Too Easy
Answer:
1. Have you read it lots of times before?
2. Do you know/understand the story very well?
3. Do you know almost every word?
4. Can you read it smoothly?
,Question:
Goldilocks Test - Too Hard
Answer:
1. Are there more than 5 words on a page that you don't know?
2. Are you confused about what is happening in most of this book?
3. When you read, does it sounds choppy?
Question:
Goldilocks Test - Just Right
Answer:
1. Is this book new to you?
2. Are there just 2-3 words on a page that you don't know?
3. Are you able to read some part of the story smooth while the others
choppy?
Question:
Five finger rule
Answer:
a way to find a just-right book; use your fingers to count the words you don't
know - student reads one page and places a finger up each time they can't the
word. if student has five fingers up before the page is read, the book is too
hard.
, Question:
I + I Strategy (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
independent reading level + personal interest = best chance of success
Question:
interest inventory (appropriate reading level selection)
Answer:
An assessment of likes and dislikes - used for lesson planning
Question:
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) (structured independent reading
opportunities)
Answer:
structured activity in which children are given fixed time periods for reading
self-selected materials silently
Question:
Reader's Workshop (structured independent reading opportunities)
Answer:
students read silently, small groups meet and work on projects, and the
teacher meets with groups and individual students - expanded to reading and
writing / difficult to do everyday because it is not direct instruction
