RICA Study Guide

The smallest unit of speech

Phonemes combine to make these

A bound morpheme that changes the meaning or function of a root/stem to which it is attached.

A meaningful affix attached to the end of a base, root, or stem that changes meaning or grammatical function of the word.

Selective strategies used by readers to recognize and read written words. The reader uses cues in a word that reveal enough to help with pronunciation and determine its meaning

Designed to develop skills before formal reading instruction

Rimes with the same spelling

Initial consonant sound or blend

What students already know about a specific topic, and allows for further knowledge to be built

Language used in the classroom; formal language found in textbooks

Words used when speaking

Literal, Inferential, and Evaluative are examples of?

The ability to distinguish the separate phonemes in spoken words is called...

Understanding that oral English is composed of smaller units

Structure and forms of words

The rate at which words are read correctly during oral reading

Quick reading to obtain specific information

Principles which govern the rules of language

Letters which represent Phonemes

When a student translates text into their own words they are

Text which provides factual information

Text which tells a story

Meaning in language

Three reading levels

Two letter combination which makes one sound

Words which look the same yet sound different

Two letters which represent one sound

Grammatical rules of sentence formation

Division of words into syllables

These words are recognized from memory without analysis

Reading level which is too difficult for a student

Reading level which a student can read on their own with 95%+ accuracy

Reading level at which a student can read with assistance and support

Support for students which slowly decreases as students improve

Component in fluency which refers to reading with proper expression

A simple sentence is composed of...

Informal language used in interaction with peers

A compound sentence contains...

Complex sentences contain...

The alphabetic principle states that...

The Automaticity Theory states that readers are required to perform the following two tasks:

The average student can learn the meaning of this many words per week

A student that has poor fluency and word analysis will...

These type of questions have answers in the book

How and why questions are examples of...

A student making judgments about a text they have read is an example of...

Think and Search, Right There, Author and You, and On My Own are all examples of:

Cause and effect, Compare/contrast,
Problem and Solution, Sequence and Description are examples of:

Reading quickly for a general overview of text

An ideal fluency lesson will contain the following three components:

The CLOZE test is designed to:

Where to begin reading, reading left to right, and return sweep are all examples of:

A young child's attempt to use their best judgment about spelling

A child uses symbols from the alphabet but shows no knowledge of letter-sound correspondences

A child begins to understand letter-sound correspondence and that sounds are assigned to letters

High Frequency Words should be taught as:

An affix which attaches to the beginning of a word

A strategy in which groups are composed of children who will benefit from instruction on a similar reading skill

A running record with miscue analysis is designed to assess:

A reader who has minor difficulty and no special resources are needed is classified as:

A reader who is 1-2 years behind and requires additional resources is classified as:

Phonemic awareness lessons and activities would most benefit a student in which spelling stage?

Letter recognition would be most beneficial for a student in which spelling stage?

providing different students with different avenues to learning in terms of: acquiring content

The type of fluency miscue which involves a student's difficulty or inaccuracy decoding phonemic patterns

The type of fluency miscue in which a child reads a word that satisfies the meaning of the phrase, but is not the actual word presented

Repeated Reading of Independent level text will help to improve:

The most difficult type of words to decode

Groups of words that have a common feature or pattern

Teaching independent and dependent clauses would be an example lesson in:

Teaching story structure is an example in teaching a lesson in:

A student whose spelling is mostly correct would be at which spelling stage?

A student whose spelling is understandable but often misspelled would be at which spelling stage?

Semantic maps are used and most beneficial in teaching:

A struggling reader who is 2 or more years behind would be classified as :

Timed readings of a passage between 2 and 300 words would be used to assess:

Ways to differentiate an assessment for students with special needs would include:

English Language Learners whose home language is not alphabetic will struggle with :