Every day first grade teacher Mary Tomlin works with a small group of students who are reading at the same level. She selects a book at their instructional level and helps the children apply strategies as they read. This teacher is using the instructional
a. guided reading
Of the following, the best way to assess the quality of students' writing is to use a:
a. running record
b. miscue analysis
c. rubric
d. repetend
c. rubric
During guided reading, students should read books at their:
a. independent level
b. instructional level
c. frustration level
d. listening level
b. instructional level
Of the following, the best way to help students understand a comprehension strategy would be to:
a. assign additional homework
b. administer daily quizzes
c. ask students to read with a partner
d. teach a minilesson on strategy use
d. teach a minilesson on strategy use
A new teacher attended a workshop on the Writing Process in which she was correctly told that:
a. students must write with a partner
b. students always follow the steps in the same sequence
c. the process should only be used with expository texts
d. the p
d. the process involves recurring cycles
To help students focus upon particular types of errors in their writing, many teachers provide:
a. editing checklists
b. miscue analyses
c. informal reading inventories
d. response journals
a. editing checklists
Of the following, the best way for teachers to help their students understand and use comprehension strategies is for the teacher to:
a. monitor students as they complete worksheets collaboratively
b. ask parents to monitor their children's homework
c. mo
c. model comprehension strategies as they read aloud to the class
Six year old Danny proudly read a list of words with no hesitation. Danny's automatic response indicated that in this situation, he was most likely using a:
a. comprehension strategy
b. word learning strategy
c. decoding skill
d. study skill
b. word learning strategy
Proofreading should be taught:
a. as early as first grade
b. when students reach middle school
c. only to students who are reading on grade level
d. only to students who have developed sentence fluency
a. as early as first grade
When students engage in grand conversations, the teacher should:
a. act as a participant rather than the leader
b. lead the discussion
c. use a rubric to assign participation grades
d. group the students by ability level
a. act as a participant rather than the leader
Shared reading differs from reading aloud to students primarily because during shared reading:
a. students read the entire text aloud
b. the teacher reads the entire text aloud
c. students see the text as the teacher reads aloud
d. expository texts are re
c. students see the text as the teacher reads aloud
When engaged in the writing process, students focus upon mechanics such as capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when they reach the:
a. prewriting stage
b. drafting stage
c. revising stage
d. editing stage
d. editing stage
Problem-solving tactics that students apply as they read are known as:
a. Basals
b. Rubrics
c. Skills
d. Strategies
d. Strategies
Students most often set their own purposes for reading when they are given time for:
a. guided reading
b. independent reading
c. echo reading
d. shared reading
b. independent reading
During shared reading, children should:
a. be reminded to remain silent as the teacher reads
b. read books at their independent level
c. be invited to join in the reading of predictable refrains and rhyming words
d. listen to the teacher read and not be d
c. be invited to join in the reading of predictable refrains and rhyming words
Third grade teacher Eileen Baker relies upon research findings to guide her instruction. Research suggests that students' reading and writing ability shows the most improvement when:
a. reading and writing instruction are integrated
b. reading and writing
a. reading and writing instruction are integrated
When her students are engaged in the prewriting stage, fifth grade teacher Betty McIntyre encourages them to draw because drawing often:
a. helps students organize their ideas
b. helps children work together
c. leads to improved spelling
d. makes their te
a. helps students organize their ideas
The primary purpose of a Grand Conversation is to:
a. test students' understanding of a text
b. clarify and deepen students' understanding of a text
c. motivate students to read expository texts
d. develop socialization and speaking skills
b. clarify and deepen students' understanding of a text
During periods of shared reading, teachers should:
a. refrain from showing the text to all students
b. ask the most capable readers to read orally
c. insist that every student read orally
d. encourage students to join in the reading when they feel comfort
d. encourage students to join in the reading when they feel comfortable
The most authentic type of reading is:
a. independent reading
b. oral reading
c. echo reading
d. guided reading
a. independent reading