Chapter 8 Quiz: Promoting Comprehension: Reader Factors
Quiz by Alfredo Vanillawafers
Grade 3
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1Comprehension is a complicated process which begins:when teachers ask post-reading questionswhen students discuss their reading with a peerduring reading as students connect words and ideasDuring pre-reading as students activate background knowledge30s
- Q2Research suggests that comprehension results when there is successful interaction of:phonics and background knowledgephonics and word recognitionvision and cognitionthe reader and the text30s
- Q3Teachers can best model comprehension strategies by:adding words to the classroom word wallencouraging students to read with a partnerthinking aloudinviting the principal to speak to the class30s
- Q4Students use the evaluating strategy:only when they are selecting a text to readwhen they meet with the teacheronly when they have finished reading a textthroughout the reading process30s
- Q5Teachers can help their students become more fluent readers by providing:graphic organizersmany opportunities for repeated readingsseating at the front of the classroomdaily periods of round-robin reading30s
- Q6The best way to help students apply comprehension strategies is to provide time for them to:add interesting words to the wallread expository texts in basal readersview and discuss films with classmatesread interesting books at their reading level30s
- Q7In a close reading activity. a teacher will most likely use:text-dependent questionscritical response questionsvocabulary-dependent questionsinferential questions30s
- Q8Of the following, the instructional procedure which offers students the most opportunities to make choice is:reading workshopguided readingthe thematic unitthe basal reading program30s
- Q9Of the following, the instructional material that would best help students summarize a text is a(n):miscue analysisElkonin boxword chainGraphic organizer30s
- Q10Fluent readers tend to have better comprehension primarily because they:Do not have to stop reading to decode wordsare more interested in bookshave better speaking abilitydo not monitor their reading30s
- Q11Capable writers usually:focus upon mechanical correctness rather than meaningVary their writing to fit their purposes and audienceswrite expository texts rather than narrative textsneglect to monitor their writing30s