Foundations of Reading Instruction Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes 'decodable text'?
Answer: Text that primarily uses phonics patterns students have been explicitly taught
Decodable text is specifically designed so that most words align with phonics patterns already taught, allowing students to practice applying decoding skills.
A teacher says: 'The letters 'igh' in the word 'night' all work together to make the long /ī/ sound.' This instruction targets:
Answer: A vowel team grapheme-phoneme correspondence
The trigraph 'igh' is a vowel team (a multi-letter grapheme representing a single vowel sound), specifically making the long /ī/ phoneme.
Which of the following is an evidence-based practice for building reading vocabulary?
Answer: Providing rich, robust instruction on high-utility Tier 2 words
Research supports explicit, rich instruction of Tier 2 (high-utility, cross-curricular) words through multiple exposures, student-friendly definitions, and meaningful use.
What does 'prosody' refer to in the context of reading fluency?
Answer: Reading with appropriate expression, phrasing, and rhythm
Prosody is the expressive, rhythmic, and phrased quality of oral reading that reflects the reader's comprehension of the text's meaning.
A student consistently omits the endings of words when reading aloud (e.g., reads 'jump' for 'jumping'). Which instructional focus is most appropriate?
Answer: Morphological endings and inflectional suffixes
Omitting word endings suggests the student is not attending to inflectional suffixes, making instruction on morphological endings the most targeted next step.
Which statement best describes the relationship between oral language and reading comprehension?
Answer: Oral language proficiency is a foundational predictor of reading comprehension
Oral language — including vocabulary, syntax, and discourse — is a strong foundational predictor of reading comprehension ability, especially in later grades.
A teacher provides a graphic organizer for students to record the problem, solution, characters, and setting of a story. This tool primarily supports:
Answer: Narrative text structure comprehension
Graphic organizers that capture story grammar elements (characters, setting, problem, solution) directly support understanding of narrative text structure.