To assess her students' comprehension, a teacher copied a passage from a text they were reading but she deleted a few words. She then asked the students to supply the missing words as they read the passage. This teacher was using a
a) Cloze Procedure.
b) Miscue Analysis.
c) Running Record.
d) Informal Reading Inventory.
Ques. 2Preschool children
a) lack the maturity to use comprehension strategies.
b) use comprehension strategies when they listen to stories.
c) should use predominantly drill and practice activities.
d) should be asked to read orally rather than silently.
Ques. 3A fourth grade teacher selected a trade book for the entire class to read and then planned many instructional activities based on that book. This teacher used an approach known as
a) Literature Circles.
b) Reading Workshop.
c) Literature Focus Unit.
d) a Basal Reading Program.
Ques. 4Children often need to reread a text in order to form inferences because during a first reading, they tend to focus only on
a) literal comprehension.
b) inferential comprehension.
c) critical comprehension.
d) evaluative comprehension.
Ques. 5Of the following, the best way for teachers to model and teach conventional spelling, capitalization, and punctuation to students who are English learners is to use
a) shared reading.
b) miscue analysis.
c) interactive writing.
d) quickwriting.
Ques. 6During a thematic unit on the postal system, a teacher read aloud two related books, Truman's Aunt Farm and The Jolly Postman. The teacher then encouraged the students to use those books as models for writing their own books. Books which are used as models are referred to as
a) basal readers.
b) trade books.
c) mentor texts.
d) predictable texts.
Ques. 7Children draw and write entries to record and react to what they are learning in
a) informal reading inventories.
b) learning logs.
c) eponyms.
d) basal reader.
Ques. 8Stories are best defined as
a) picture books for younger children, characterized by simple text.
b) chapter books for middle readers, characterized by complex plots.
c) any reading materials for young children.
d) one type of literature, characterized by specific structural elements.
Ques. 9Children should adapt their writing to fit their
a) audience.
b) reading level.
c) reading inventory.
d) maturity level.
Ques. 10Every day, third-grade teacher Jeanne Brown read a text aloud and then asked her students questions about the text. She changed this practice when her principal correctly told her that research suggests the most significant improvements occur in comprehension when
a) students learn to generate their own questions.
b) students answer the questions listed in their basal readers.
c) teachers focus upon literal comprehension.
d) teachers focus upon word recognition skills.