AECTP Reading Instruction 2

Question 1

A teacher notices a student reads 'house' as 'horse.' Which phonemic awareness skill should the teacher target first?

Accepted Answer

Phoneme substitution

Answer

Phoneme substitution directly addresses the student's error of replacing the /h-ou-s/ medial vowel sound with a different phoneme.

Question 2

Which instructional approach best supports students transitioning from decoding individual words to reading connected text fluently?

Accepted Answer

Repeated reading of decodable texts

Answer

Repeated reading of decodable texts builds automaticity with phonics patterns while providing practice in connected text.

Question 3

A second-grade student has strong decoding skills but struggles to answer comprehension questions. The MOST likely explanation is a deficit in:

Accepted Answer

Language comprehension

Answer

According to the Simple View of Reading, comprehension requires both decoding and language comprehension; strong decoding with poor comprehension points to a language comprehension deficit.

Question 4

Which text structure signal word would BEST help students identify a compare-and-contrast organizational pattern?

Accepted Answer

However

Answer

'However' signals contrast between ideas, a key marker of compare-and-contrast text structure.

Question 5

A teacher uses think-alouds while reading to students. The PRIMARY purpose of this strategy is to:

Accepted Answer

Model metacognitive reading strategies

Answer

Think-alouds make the teacher's invisible thought processes visible, modeling metacognitive strategies students can internalize.

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AECTP Reading Instruction 2