Reading Comprehension

Question 1

Facilitation Reading Fluency

Answer 1

Strengthen decoding skills (PA)

Progress toward application in reading and spelling

Opportunities for collaboration

Visual representations

Progression of supported reading
- chorus reading, partner reading with feedback, echo reading, audiobook reading

Question 2

Semantic Features of Reading Comprehension

Answer 2

Lexicon
Integrating Info
Drawing Inferences
Identifying causal relationships
Organization of expository info

Question 3

Semantic Features - Lexicon

Answer 3

Vocabulary within reading

Question 4

Semantic Features - Integrating Information

Answer 4

More important in intermediate grades

Know academic vocab. words

Connecting existing knowledge and new knowledge

Thinking about comprehension across sentences

Question 5

Semantic Features - Drawing Inferences

Answer 5

Thinking beyond what is written

Working on abstract ideas

Question 6

Semantic Features - Identifying Causal Relationships

Answer 6

Helping them understand the hierarchy of info

Using a graphic organizer

Question 7

Semantic Features - Organization of Expository Info.

Answer 7

Hierarchy in factual reading

Graphic organizer to help identify key ideas

Relevant vs. Irrelevant info.

Question 8

Morphosyntactic Features of Reading Comprehension

Answer 8

Verb Tense
Derivatives
Pronoun References
Complex Sentences

Question 9

Morphosyntactic Features - Verb Tense

Answer 9

Pointing out tenses used in academic writing

Question 10

Morphosyntactic Features - Derivatives

Answer 10

Talking about cues related to this via the root word and parts of speech

Important for spelling

Ex. Magic, magician, magical

Question 11

Morphosyntactic Features - Pronoun References

Answer 11

Important to help kids recognize the referent

Question 12

Morphosyntactic Features - Complex Sentences

Answer 12

Helping kids recognize what’s within each sentence they’re reading

Making it as visual as you can

Question 13

QART

Answer 13

Question
Answer
Relationship
Technique

Gives them a purpose for reading - provides a strategy

Question 14

QART - Right There

Answer 14

Asking a question where the answers will be found RIGHT THERE in the text

Ex. bold words in a text book

Question 15

QART - Think and Search

Answer 15

The answers are found in the text, but they require integration of information. May need to read a paragraph/section

Not found in a single word

Question 16

QART - Author and You

Answer 16

Helping them combine their own prior knowledge with that which is found in the text

Making an inference

Question 17

QART - On My Own

Answer 17

Offering applications to real life

Question 18

Metacognitive Skills of Reading Comprehension

Answer 18

• Identify what they do and do not understand
• Teach strategies to recognize and address
• Direct instruction > modeling > guided practice > application
• Graphic tools to determine knowledge level
• Own questions
• Teach them to make up their own questions
• Checklist / Think alouds
• Peer tasks

Question 19

Written Language - Goal Areas

Answer 19

• Spelling
• Semantics
• Word choices
• How specific their vocabulary is, is it their grade level appropriate
• Integrating meaning across sentences
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Cohesion
• Mechanics
• Perspective
• Purpose
• Varied genres

Question 20

Written Language - Techniques to Intervention

Answer 20

• Graphic Organizers
• Word Walls/ Personal Dictionary
• Think Alouds
• Thinking through the process
• Go through a checklist you’ve provided
• Provide examples so they understand both the structure and format you’re looking for
• Models
• Provide examples and clear expectations
• Technology
• Determine whether it is a benefit to his written language skills – not handwriting skills
• We’re not assessing, we’re trying to help our kids be successful

Question 21

Written Language - Metalinguistic Skills

Answer 21

Diagramming Sentences

Labeling the parts of speech

Question 22

Written Language - Metacognitive Skills

Answer 22

Editing

Proofreading

Planning and Organizing

Question 23

Writing Lab Approach - Features

Answer 23

•	Classroom-based
•	Collaborative
•	Inclusive
•	Curriculum-based projects 
•	Computer supported 
•	Focus on Process
•	Student Choice
•	Author – Audience communication 
•	Purpose
o	     Scaffolding is built into the process

Question 24

Writing Lab Approach - Guiding Principles

Answer 24

BACKDROP

Diamond Model of Recursive Process

Question 25

Writing Lab Approach - BACKDROP

Answer 25

Balance
Authentic Audience
Constructive Learning
Keep it Simple
Dynamic
Research and Reflective Practice
Ownership
Patience

Question 26

Writing Lab Approach - Diamond Model

Answer 26

Pre-writing/Investigating
Writing
Post-writing