Chapter 11 Quiz

Reading Recovery is an intervention program that was designed to address the needs of:

first grade students

According to the program's design, Reading Recovery instruction should be delivered by:

Correct a specially trained teacher

A Response to Intervention (RTI) program involves 3 tiers. During the first tier, students:

Correct are screened to identify academic difficulties

Teacher Steve Doran would like all of his students to discuss the novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, but some of the students are unable to read the text independently. This teacher should:

Correct read the text aloud to the students

Of the following, the most appropriate role for a school literacy coach is to:

Correct collaborate with teachers to design instruction

When the new school year began, new teacher Mary Kay planned many reading activities for her class. Veteran teachers correctly advised that she should use a single text:

Correct only 25% of the time so that she could differentiate instruction

Several fifth grade students have been having difficulty reading an assigned novel and they need teacher support to comprehend the text. Of the following, the most appropriate instructional technique to use with these students would be:

Guided Reading

Literacy Centers:

Correct can be used at any grade level

In the most effective intervention programs, students are instructed by:

Correct certified teachers

Second grade teacher Mabel Frisby never asks all of her students to complete the same assignment because some students are working below grade level and some exceed grade level expectations. When this teacher varies and adjusts instruction and assignments

Correct differentiated instruction

When students participate in guided reading sessions, they should read texts written at their:

instructional level

When a teacher practices differentiated instruction, he should:

place students in flexible groups which will change according to need

Many students in Kathy Sites' class are advanced readers who can apply comprehension strategies and discuss challenging books with minimal teacher guidance. The most appropriate activity for these students would be:

Literature Circles

When his class was studying the Olympics, the teacher gathered multiple copies of related fiction and nonfiction books that varied in difficulty. This teacher compiled a:

text set

To increase the likelihood that all students will be successful, teachers should:

create tiered lessons

To help students monitor their progress and develop responsibility for completing their assignments, teachers should:

provide checklists for students to track their progress

The most effective way to help students who struggle with writing is to provide:

more opportunities for authentic writing

Two teachers are working together to plan a unit on space exploration. These teachers should design activities:

with multiple options to address students' strengths and needs

Before planning instruction, it is essential for teachers to:

use assessment procedures to determine students' strengths and needs

A group of sixth grade students read independently and take computer-generated comprehension quizzes on their reading. These students are participating in a(n):

Accelerated Reader Program

When teachers create tiered activities, they should:

strive to make the differences among assignments unnoticeable

Classrooms in which differentiated instruction is practiced are appropriate:

for all students

The child who is most likely to have difficulty learning to read is the child who has:

difficulty developing phonemic awareness

Of the following, the most effective way to help students improve their reading is to:

provide time for them to read books at their own reading level

An early intervention program which helps young children develop concepts of print and an understanding of literacy behaviors is:

Head Start