Reading & Literacy Support Flashcards
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Which of the following is a key component of phonemic awareness?
Answer: Manipulating individual sounds in spoken words
Phonemic awareness involves the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual phonemes (sounds) in spoken words.
When a paraprofessional uses an 'echo reading' strategy, what is the student asked to do?
Answer: Repeat the text aloud after the paraprofessional models it
In echo reading, the adult reads a sentence or phrase aloud first, then the student repeats (echoes) the same text, which supports fluency and expression.
A student consistently skips unknown words while reading aloud. Which cueing strategy should the paraprofessional encourage first?
Answer: Prompt the student to look at the beginning letter and think of a word that makes sense
Prompting a student to use the initial letter sound along with context clues is a balanced decoding strategy that builds independence.
Which reading fluency component refers to reading with appropriate expression, phrasing, and rhythm?
Answer: Prosody
Prosody is the aspect of reading fluency that encompasses appropriate expression, intonation, phrasing, and rhythm that mirrors natural speech.
A paraprofessional notices a student can decode words accurately but does not understand what was read. This difficulty is best described as a problem with:
Answer: Reading comprehension
Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and make meaning from text; a student who decodes accurately but lacks understanding has a comprehension deficit.
Which strategy is most effective for building a student's sight word vocabulary?
Answer: Repeated exposure and practice through flashcards, games, and connected text
Sight words are learned through repeated, varied exposure because many cannot be decoded phonetically and must be recognized automatically.
When supporting a struggling reader using the 'running record' technique, the paraprofessional is primarily assessing:
Answer: The student's oral reading accuracy, error patterns, and self-correction behavior
A running record is a formative assessment tool used to record a student's oral reading behaviors, including miscues and self-corrections, to inform instruction.