Reading comprehension is a ____________________ process during which the reader uses comprehension skills and strategies to build connections between the text and prior knowledge of the topic.
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[Ques. 2] Research has not only demonstrated that reading fluency is highly correlated with reading comprehension, it has also demonstrated that an increase in fluency ____________________ an increase in comprehension.
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[Ques. 3] During Chall's Stage ____________________ , students develop automatic decoding skills and learn to read with proper phrasing.
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[Ques. 4] ____________________ is the component of fluency that refers to reading with proper phrasing and expression.
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[Ques. 5] A reading comprehension technique/strategy frequently used to improve students comprehension of narrative stories is:
A) the Paraphrasing Strategy.
B) the Story Map.
C) the POSSE Strategy.
D) the Cognitive Mapping Strategy.
[Ques. 6] To provide effective fluency instruction, teachers should do all of the following EXCEPT:
A) provide students reading passages at their independent reading level.
B) provide students models of fluent reading with proper phrasing.
C) frequent opportunities to practice.
D) support and feedback.
[Ques. 7] Using Word Maps, students and teachers work to answer all the following questions about the new vocabulary word EXCEPT:
A) What is it?
B) What is it like?
C) What are some examples?
D) What are some non-examples?
[Ques. 8] Expository text structures include:
A) setting, characters, problem, solution and outcome.
B) description, problem/solution, comparison/contrast, cause/effect and sequence.
C) prediction, self-questioning, clarifying and summarizing.
D) sensory memory, short-term memory, working memory and long-term memory.
[Ques. 9] During 2nd grade, the average increase in cwpm per week is:
A) .85-1.5 words.
B) 1-3 words.
C) 2-3 words.
D) 2.5-3.5 words.
[Ques. 10] A student in 7th grade has an expected oral fluency rate between:
A) 110-140 cwpm on a 7th grade level passage.
B) 125-150 cwpm on a 7th grade level passage.
C) 130-160 cwpm on a 7th grade level passage.
D) 135-170 cwpm on a 7th grade level passage.