RICA Practice

Question 1

A store of words that a student can identify automatically (or without a need to decode).

Accepted Answer

Sight Word Vocabulary

Question 2

Which is an example of a digraph?

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ph

Question 3

Which is a Homonym?

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The price is fair vs. Go to the fair

Question 4

What are the three important parts a narrative must have?

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Middle, Beginning, End

Question 5

Lack of Background Knowledge may effect _______

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Fluency

Question 6

What are some ways to differentiate instruction?

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Use a variety of grouping formats., Select different strategies/activities for different groups., Multiple means of presentation.

Question 7

Which is a Homograph?

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bass= fish vs. bass= instrument

Question 8

A teacher is linstening for appropriate pitch, response to punctuation, and intonation.

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The teacher is assessing prosody

Question 9

Which is a homophones?

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I vs. Eye

Question 10

The child uses a letter or group of letters to represent every speech sound that they hear in

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Phonetic Stage of Spelling

Question 11

Which of the following strategies can be used to help teach phonemic awareness?

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Sound Deletion, Sound Segmentation, Sound Isolation, Sound Blending

Question 12

What should you do if the lesson previously taught didn't meet the needs of struggling readers?

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Change the pace of the lesson, Change the delivery; more modeling or clues like tap sound

Question 13

Each person has five different vocabularies. Which choice(s) is not one of them?

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Academic Vocabulary

Question 14

How does a 4th grade teacher help her students become proficient with metacognitive strategies?

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Visualizing, Predicting, Adjusting reading rate, Clarifying

Question 15

Which of the following words have a hard "g" sound?

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gal, give, goat

Question 16

_________ is the language used in textbooks and test- it is the language of the classroom.

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Academic Language

Question 17

What is Etymology?

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The study of the origin of words

Question 18

What is a CVC word? A word containing a...

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Consonant, Vowel, and Consonant

Question 19

What Direct Instruction activities activate background knowledge?

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KWL, Picture Walk, Prereading Plans

Question 20

How is fluency assessed in a 3rd grade student?

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Oral reading

Question 21

What three ways can teachers differentiate assessments for students with special needs?

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Give students more time., Divide assessment into smaller units., Change the mode of delivery.

Question 22

Why do some students struggle with expository text when they read narrative fluently?

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Don't necessarily read from beginning to end., Very different text structures., Different text features.

Question 23

What is an IEP?

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Individualized Educational Program

Question 24

Which is not part of figurative language?

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Conjunction

Question 25

Pick two strategies that can improve fluency.

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Repeated Readings, Readers Theater

Question 26

Student reads less than 90% of words correct and less than 60% comprehension.

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Frustration Level

Question 27

The ability of the reader to make judgments about what they have read.

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Evaluative Comprehension

Question 28

Three components of effective fluency instruction:

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Student Model, Teacher Feedback, Teacher Model

Question 29

What word has a long e sound?

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Heal

Question 30

the ability to make the correct association between the sounds and symbols of a language.

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Phonics

Question 31

Character, Plot, Setting, Mood, Theme, & Style are important parts of this.

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Literary Elements

Question 32

Instructional planning must include?

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short and long term goals

Question 33

We should make instructional decisions based on?

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results of previous assessments

Question 34

What is one cause that can affect students reading fluency?

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lack of word analysis skills

Question 35

The ability to recognize a word (or series of words) in text effortlessly and rapidly.

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automaticity

Question 36

Expository text is not one of the following structures.

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Tell a story

Question 37

Which word contains a long i sound?

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hike

Question 38

Which is not a key indicator of fluency?

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Automaticity

Question 39

What strategy is best for teaching concepts about prints in early reading development?

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Teacher read aloud with modeled behaviorss

Question 40

These activities help to increase comprehension...

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Make Connections, Summarize/Retell, Graphic Organizer

Question 41

What is morphology?

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The study of words

Question 42

Type of post reading activity a 3rd grade teacher can do with a small group for comprehension?

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Connections; Text-Text, Text-Self, Text -World

Question 43

The base of most root words origins are:

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Latin, Greek

Question 44

Which is an example of a inflectional suffix?

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dog to dogs, walk to walked

Question 45

Three criteria to consider when deciding which vocabulary words to teach?

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Utility, Level of Knowledge, Frequency

Question 46

What is the best way to teach students to write the alphabet letters?

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Use tactile and kinesthetic lessons

Question 47

Reads 90% of the words correctly and scores 60% on comprehension.

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Instructional Level

Question 48

A 6th grade teacher wants to teach the students the meaning, inconspicuous. How does he do it?

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Contextual Redefinition, Word Sorts, Semantic Maps

Question 49

Pre-communicative, Semi-phonetic, Phonetic, Transitional & Conventional are the five ________.

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Spelling Stategies

RICA Practice

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RICA Practice

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