Reading Comprehension & Decoding Skills Flashcards
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A passage uses the words 'first,' 'then,' 'next,' and 'finally.' What text structure do these signal words indicate?
Answer: Sequential or chronological order
Transitional words like first, then, next, and finally signal that events or steps are presented in time order.
Which of the following best describes a 'vowel digraph'?
Answer: Two vowels together that make one sound, as in 'rain'
A vowel digraph is two adjacent vowels that together produce a single vowel sound, such as 'ai' in 'rain.'
After reading a story, a student is asked: 'What lesson does this story teach?' This question targets which comprehension skill?
Answer: Identifying the theme or moral
Identifying the lesson or moral requires the student to derive the story's central theme, a higher-order comprehension skill.
A student reads a biography and a fictional story about the same historical figure. How do these text types primarily differ?
Answer: A biography contains factual information; fiction may include invented events
Biographies are nonfiction texts grounded in documented facts, while fiction may invent events, dialogue, and details.
The WIAT Oral Reading Fluency subtest measures which combination of skills?
Answer: Accuracy, rate, and prosody during oral reading
Oral reading fluency on the WIAT captures how accurately, quickly, and expressively (prosody) a student reads aloud.
A student misreads 'was' as 'saw' and 'no' as 'on.' What type of reading error is most likely occurring?
Answer: Letter reversal or directionality errors
Reversing letters or reading words backward (was/saw, no/on) indicates directionality errors, commonly associated with early reading difficulties.
Which question best assesses a student's ability to make a text-to-world connection while reading?
Answer: 'How does the drought in this story relate to real water shortages you've heard about?'
Text-to-world connections ask students to link the text's content to real-world knowledge or events beyond the story.