RICA Flashcards

D1C1 What is an evidence-based learning objective?

D1C1 What key factors in differentiated reading instruction must teachers consider when planning instruction?

D1C1 What are the three classifications for students who are struggling with reading?

D1C1 The Framework model of instruction includes the following components:

D1C1 For self-paced, silent reading, teachers should provide students with books at which level?
a) independent
b) instructional
c) frustration

D1C1 What can be used to monitor student independent reading?

D1C2 Which assessment determines which students have achieved the target standard(s)?
a) entry level
b) progress
c) summative

D1C2 A test is valid if it:

D1C2 What two levels should teachers organize the results of assessments?

D1C2 A miscue analysis is used to:

D1C2 Graphophonemic errors are errors to:

D1C2 Semantic errors are:

D1C2 A child who continues to make syntactic errors (such as into for through) needs to:

D2C3 Phonological awareness is:

D1C3 Is it better to focus on one or two phonemic awareness tasks at a time, or work on several of them simultaneously?

D1C3 The development of phonemic awareness is a prerequisite to:

D1C3 Which are considered the most difficult of the phonemic tasks and therefore focused greatly upon?

D1C3 To do a complete job of assessing phoneme awareness, teachers should measure each child’s proficiency in:

D1C4 Essential, basic principles about how letters, words, and sentences are represented in written language are:

D1C4 Should uppercase and lowercase letters be taught at the same time?

D1C4 Reteaching the concept of directionality should include:

D1C5 Word identification is:

D1C5 Making a connection between the word being pronounced and its meaning is:

D1C5 These four types of words should be taught as sight words:

D1C5 The five stages of spelling development are:

D1C6 Phonics instruction should be:

D1C6 It is best to follow a ______ approach to teaching sight words

D1C7 Structural analysis (also called morphemic analysis) is:

D1C7 True or false? Multisensory techniques should be used to teach children to spell.

D1C7 Syllabic analysis is:

D1C7 Orthography, for the most part, is a synonym for:

D1C8 The fluent reader reads:

D1C8 Achieving fluency is important because the nonfluent reader struggles to:

D1C8 These two interventions that will allow independent, silent reading to play a positive role in developing reading fluency:

D1C8 Another word for reading with appropriate expression is:

D1C8 Factors that lead to a lack of fluent reading are:

D1C9 Three components of effective fluency lessons:

D1C9 Fluency can be improved when the teacher works:

D1C9 True or false? Repeated readings are good for fluency.

D1C9 Phrase-cued reading can be used to build

D1C9 The appropriate intervention for reading accuracy is:

D1C10 The five different vocabularies are:

D1C10 The reasonable criteria for deciding which words to teach are:

D1C10 For each person, words are either unknown, acquainted, or established. Therefore, vocabulary knowledge is a(n) ______ process

D1C11 Teachers should teach these three types of word-learning strategies they can use independently while reading:

D1C11 Word consciousness is:

D1C11 Knowledge of these things will increase a student’s vocabulary and knowledge of academic language:

D1C11 Instruction must fit the ____ and ____ of the students

D1C11 Too many vocabulary lessons stop at the definition of the words; lessons must challenge the students to use the words in _______.

D1C11 To learn the meanings of words, students must have ________ to the words.

D1C11 Vocabulary instruction involves each of the following:

D1C12 Automaticity theory states that reading requires the reader to perform two main tasks of:

D1C12 RICA uses these three taxonomies, or systems, to classify students’ comprehension:

D1C12 Literal comprehension is:

D1C12 Inferential comprehension is:

D1C12 Evaluative comprehension is:

D1C12 Beyond the sentence level, students will become better readers if they understand the:

D1C12 _____ language activities will enhance a child’s vocabulary, which in turn will aid comprehension

D1C13 True or false? Children in small groups should be of the same instructional reading level

D1C13 True or false? Children will have a better chance of understanding what they read if their teacher helps them call to mind what they already know about the topic

D1C13 When it comes to comprehension, teachers need to help their students become proficient in using these strategies:

D1C13 Reciprocal teaching is an instructional process for teaching strategies of:

D1C14 True or false? Teachers should directly teach each literary element by defining the element and providing examples

D1C14 True or false? When students understand the elements of a story, they will recall details with greater accuracy

D1C14 Literary analysis is:

D1C14 Literary criticism is:

D1C15 content-area literacy is:

D1C15 Students can use _______ to become more efficient readers of content-area texts