090 Foundations of Reading Practice Test Questions With Latest Solutions
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Foundations of Reading
Institution
Foundations Of Reading
Sea, and see, fair and fare, are called:
a) Homophones
b) Antonyms
c) Homographs
d) Twin words - Correct Answer A
Another name for a persuasive essay is:
a. Dynamic essay
b. Convincing essay
c. Argumentative essay
d. Position paper - Correct Answer C
A teacher is working with ...
090 Foundations of Reading Practice Test Questions With Latest
Solutions
Sea, and see, fair and fare, are called:
a) Homophones
b) Antonyms
c) Homographs
d) Twin words - Correct Answer A
Another name for a persuasive essay is:
a. Dynamic essay
b. Convincing essay
c. Argumentative essay
d. Position paper - Correct Answer C
A teacher is working with a group of third graders at the same reading level. Her goal is to improve
reading fluency. She asks each child in turn to read a page from a book about mammal young. She asks
the children to read with expression. She also reminds them they don't need to stop between each
word; they should read as quickly as they comfortably can. She cautions them, however, not to read so
quickly that they leave out or misread a word. The teacher knows the components of reading fluency
are:
a. speed, drama, and comprehension
b. cohesion, rate, and prosody
c. understanding, rate, and prosody
d. rate, accuracy, and prosody - Correct Answer D
"Language load" refers to:
,a. The basic vocabulary words a first grader has committed to memory
b. The number of unrecognizable words an English Language Learner encounters when reading a
passage or listening to a teacher
c. The damage that carrying a pile of heavy books could cause to a child's physique
d. The number of different languages a person has mastered - Correct Answer B
A syllable must contain:
a) A vowel
b) A consonant
c) Both a vowel and a consonant
d) A meaning - Correct Answer A
A third-grade teacher has several students reading above grade level. Most of the remaining students
are reading at grade level. There are also a few students reading below grade level. She decides to
experiment. Her hypothesis is that by giving the entire class a chapter book above grade level, high-level
readers will be satisfied, grade-level readers will be challenged in a positive way, and students reading
below grade level will be inspired to improve. Her method is most likely to:
a. Succeed, producing students reading at an instructional reading level. High-level readers will be happy
to be given material appropriate to their reading level. Grade-level readers will challenge themselves to
improve reading strategies in order to master the text. Because only a few of the students are reading
below grade level, the other students, who feel happy and energized, will inspire the slower readers by
modeling success. - Correct Answer C
Of the three tiers of words, the most important words for direct instruction are:
a. Tier-one words
b. Common words
c. Tier-two words
d. Words with Latin roots - Correct Answer C
,At the beginning of each month, Mr. Yi has Jade read a page or two from a book she hasn't seen before.
He notes the total number of words in the section, and also notes the number of times she leaves out or
misreads a word. If Jade reads the passage with less than 3% error, Mr. Yi is satisfied that Jade is:
a. Reading with full comprehension
b. Probably bored and should try a more difficult book
c. Reading at her independent reading level
d. Comfortable with the syntactical meaning - Correct Answer C
The purpose of corrective feedback is:
a. To provide students with methods for explaining to the teacher or classmates what a passage was
about
b. To correct an error in reading a students has made, specifically clarifying where and how the error was
made so that the student can avoid similar errors in the future
c. To provide a mental framework that will help the student correctly organize new information
d. To remind students that error is essential in order to truly understand and that it is not something to
be ashamed of - Correct Answer B
Dr. Jenks is working with a group of high school students. They are about to read a science book about
fossils. Before they begin, she writes the words stromatolities, fossiliferous, and Eocene on the board.
She explains the meaning of each word. These words are examples of:
a. Academic words
b. Alliteration
c. Content-specific words
d. Ionization - Correct Answer C
Which of the following best explains the importance prior knowledge brings to the act of reading?
, a. Prior knowledge is information the students gets through researching a topic prior to reading the text.
A student who is well-prepared through such research is better able to decode a text and retain its
meaning
b. Prior knowledge is knowledge the student brings from previous life or learning experiences to the act
of reading. It is not possible for a student to fully comprehend new knowledge without first integrating it
with prior knowledge
c. Prior knowledge is predictive. It motivates the student to look for contextual clues in the reading and
predict what is likely to happen next
d. Prior knowledge is not important to any degree to the act of reading, because every text is self-
contained and therefore seamless. Prior knowledge is irrelevant in this application - Correct Answer B
A cloze test evaluates a student's
a. Reading fluency
b. Understanding of context and vocabulary
c. Phonemic skills
d. Ability to apply the alphabetic principle to previously unknown material - Correct Answer B
Sight words are:
a) Common words with irregular spelling
b) Words that can easily be found on educational websites
c) Any word that can be seen, including text words, words on signs, brochures, banners, and so forth
d) There is no such thing; because oral language is learned before written language, all words are
ultimately based on sound. The correct term is sound words and includes all words necessary to decode
a particular text - Correct Answer A
"Ph"one, "th"ey, "ch"urch. The underlined letters in these words are examples of:
a. Consonant blend
b. Consonant shift
c. Continental shift
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