Reading Comprehension Flashcards

Which strategy best helps students identify the main idea of an informational paragraph?

Answer: Identifying the topic and what the author says about it most

The main idea is the central point the author makes about the topic, found by identifying the topic and the author's key claim about it.

Text-dependent questions require students to:

Answer: Use evidence directly from the text to support answers

Text-dependent questions cannot be answered from personal experience alone — they require citing specific evidence from the passage.

Which comprehension approach uses gradual release ('I do, We do, You do') to teach strategies explicitly?

Answer: Direct instruction of comprehension strategies

Explicit comprehension strategy instruction uses a gradual release model where the teacher models, guides practice, then releases responsibility to students.

A student's listening comprehension is strong but reading comprehension is weak. According to the Simple View, the primary deficit is likely in:

Answer: Decoding/word recognition

Strong listening comprehension but weak reading comprehension points to a decoding problem, not a language comprehension problem.

Which activity BEST develops deep comprehension through student-to-student discourse?

Answer: Accountable talk / structured discussion protocols

Accountable talk and structured discussion protocols require students to cite text evidence, build on each other's ideas, and deepen understanding through dialogue.

Which of the following is an example of a literal comprehension question?

Answer: What did the author say the character's name was?

Literal comprehension questions have answers explicitly stated in the text, such as factual details like a character's name.