RICA Reading Comprehension

Question 1

Which comprehension strategy involves students creating mental pictures of events or ideas described in a text?

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Visualizing

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Summarizing

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Questioning

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Monitoring

Question 2

A student reads a passage but cannot determine the main idea. What is the MOST appropriate first instructional step?

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Teach the student to identify topic sentences and key supporting details

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Have the student re-read the passage silently three more times

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Assign an easier passage at a lower reading level

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Ask the student to copy the passage by hand to improve focus

Question 3

What is the difference between a 'text-explicit' question and a 'text-implicit' question in reading comprehension instruction?

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Text-explicit questions are answered directly in the text; text-implicit questions require inference

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Text-explicit questions require prior knowledge; text-implicit questions are answered directly in the text

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Text-explicit questions are open-ended; text-implicit questions have one correct answer

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Text-explicit questions assess vocabulary; text-implicit questions assess fluency

Question 4

Which graphic organizer is BEST suited to help students understand the cause-and-effect structure of an informational text?

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Cause-and-effect chain or flow chart

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Venn diagram

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Story map

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KWL chart

Question 5

According to RICA content, what is the role of 'metacognition' in reading comprehension?

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Metacognition allows readers to monitor their own understanding and apply fix-up strategies when meaning breaks down

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Metacognition refers to a student's ability to decode words quickly

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Metacognition describes a student's listening comprehension skills

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Metacognition is the process of sounding out unknown words

Question 6

A teacher asks students to stop at key points during reading to ask themselves 'Does this make sense?' This strategy PRIMARILY develops:

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Comprehension monitoring

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Phonemic awareness

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Decoding automaticity

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Syllabic analysis