FREE RICA Fluency Questions and Answers

Question 1

What is fluency's primary objective across all reading development stages?

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Automaticity

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Prosody

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Rate

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Fluency with single-syllable words with regular letter-sound correspondences and high-frequency sight words

Question 2

Your pupil is currently reading an expository text. Reading it is difficult for him or her because of the academic language. Which academic year is this student in?

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4th

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3rd

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6th

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5th

Question 3

Which reading group should you train explicitly and systematically in structural analysis, syllabic analysis, and orthographic knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Older readers

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Younger readers

Question 4

What is a successful method to utilize with non-native English speakers and English learners to increase fluency?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Echo/imitating reading

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Modeling

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Phrase-cued reading

Question 5

What kind of evaluation should a teacher use to evaluate precision?

Accepted Answer

Running records

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Multidimensional Fluency Scale

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Timed readings

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None of the above

Question 6

What are the objectives of the techniques employed to create prosody?

Accepted Answer

To recognize phrases in sentences and read them appropriately

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To focus on specific words child is having difficulty with and model faster reading

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To build on students' phonemic awareness

Question 7

How old should kids be able to read aloud narrative and expository texts with proper pace, intonation, and expression?

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3rd-6th grade

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1st grade

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2nd grade

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Kindergarten