Additional: Quiz questions Flashcards
What’s the major problem with high stakes tests?
Often narrows the curriculum to what is tested.
Which measure of validity is most important for informing the classroom?
Content
Children’s “pretend reading” should be…
Encouraged because it helps them construct more advanced understandings about reading.
Whats the best technique to introduce shared reading?
Incorporating shared reading of a big book
What seems to be the most important preReq for learning conventional reading/writing?
Phonemic awareness and letter knowledge
When should ELL students be provided with formal instruction in read/write English?
After they’ve a sufficient grasp of Eng and basic reading in their native language.
What word learning task is the hardest?
Refining an earlier understanding of known words
What consonant element would you teach first?
S=/s/ (sun)
what must happen for vocab study to have an impact on comprehension?
Unfamiliar words must be identified, labeled, and connected to backgrounds or relationships
What are the main disadvantages of deco able texts?
lack natural flow and use words that incorporate phonics but are unusual or difficult
The most effective approach for learning new words is..
wide reading
