Foundational Reading Skills & Comprehension Strategies Flashcards
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What grade level is the IREAD-3 assessment administered to students in Indiana?
Answer: Grade 3
IREAD-3 is administered to all third-grade students in Indiana public schools to evaluate whether they have acquired foundational reading skills needed for academic success in subsequent grades.
What is the primary purpose of the IREAD-3 assessment in Indiana?
Answer: To evaluate whether students have mastered foundational reading skills by the end of third grade
IREAD-3 measures essential reading skills including phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension to ensure students can read proficiently before advancing beyond third grade.
Which foundational reading skill involves the ability to decode unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of letter-sound relationships?
Answer: Phonics
Phonics involves understanding the systematic relationships between letters and sounds, enabling readers to decode (sound out) unfamiliar words they encounter in text.
What does reading fluency measure in the context of the IREAD-3 assessment?
Answer: The ability to read text accurately, at an appropriate rate, and with proper expression
Reading fluency encompasses three components: accuracy (reading words correctly), rate (appropriate speed), and prosody (proper expression and phrasing), all of which support comprehension.
Which reading comprehension strategy involves a student making predictions about what will happen next in a text?
Answer: Predicting
Predicting requires students to use text clues, prior knowledge, and context to anticipate upcoming events or information, actively engaging them with the text and improving comprehension.
What happens if an Indiana third-grade student does not pass the IREAD-3 assessment?
Answer: The student may be retained in third grade or provided with additional reading intervention and a retake opportunity
Indiana law provides that students who do not pass IREAD-3 may be retained, though good-cause exemptions exist. Students receive additional reading support and have opportunities to retake the assessment.