RICA Reading Comprehension 3

Question 1

Which RICA-aligned strategy helps students comprehend expository text by teaching them to recognize how information is organized?

Accepted Answer

Explicit text structure instruction (description, sequence, compare-contrast, cause-effect, problem-solution)

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Round-robin oral reading

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Sustained silent reading without teacher guidance

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Phonics drills before reading

Question 2

A teacher asks students to compare two texts on the same topic and evaluate which author's argument is more convincing. This activity develops which comprehension skill?

Accepted Answer

Critical reading and evaluative thinking

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Phonemic awareness

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Sight word recognition

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Oral language fluency

Question 3

According to the RICA framework, what is 'text-based evidence'?

Accepted Answer

Specific words, phrases, or passages from the text that support a claim or answer

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Information a student recalls from personal experience

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An opinion the student forms independently of the text

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Facts the teacher provides during a lesson

Question 4

A student frequently adds information NOT in the text when retelling a story. The teacher should address this by:

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Teaching the student to distinguish between text-based information and personal connections or inferences

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Praising the student for creative thinking and moving on

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Assigning longer texts to improve focus

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Reducing retelling activities in the curriculum

Question 5

What is the purpose of a 'think-aloud' during comprehension instruction?

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To make the teacher's invisible thought processes visible, modeling how skilled readers construct meaning

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To allow students to read aloud in turns for fluency practice

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To assess students' oral reading accuracy

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To provide a quiet reading environment free of interruptions

Question 6

A student summarizes a text by listing every detail rather than focusing on key ideas. Which instructional strategy BEST addresses this?

Accepted Answer

Teaching the student to use the 'main idea + key details' framework and distinguish important from unimportant information

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Requiring longer summaries to include all information

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Allowing the student to summarize only fiction texts

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Reducing comprehension instruction to focus on decoding