TEXES Science Of Teaching Reading (STR) Questions And Answers Latest Updates
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TEXES Science Of Teaching Reading (STR) Questions And Answers Latest Updates
A 2nd grade teacher expects students to consistently read at home and also asks that they spend time reading aloud to an adult or older sibling. Which of the following is a skill the teacher hopes the students will furthe...
TEXES Science Of Teaching Reading (STR) Questions
And Answers Latest Updates
A 2nd grade teacher expects students to consistently read at home and also asks that they spend time
reading aloud to an adult or older sibling. Which of the following is a skill the teacher hopes the
students will further develop due directly to reading out loud?
A) Ready fluency
B) Confidence to read aloud in class
C) Increase vocabulary
D) Reading comprehension ANS A) Ready fluency
A 2nd grade teacher responds to a parent who has reached out for reading guidance for their child.
She has noticed that the child frequently rereads books that he has read before and she asks the
teacher for help finding new books that he would find interesting. The teacher agrees to help the child
find new books, but suggests the parent allow him to spend some of his time rereading old favorites.
This suggestion best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which concept related to reading
development?
A) Students will only improve fluency if they are intrinsically motivated.
B) Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
C) The importance of not interfering with student choice during independent reading time.
D) More time spent reading improves reading fluency. ANS B) Rereading familiar texts supports
fluency development.
A 2nd grade teacher is reassessing her classroom routines and practices to ensure that she is
dedicating enough time to activities that will help build reading fluency in her students. Which of the
following activities is not supporting her goal of improving student reading fluency?
A) Helping students choose books that are on their independent reading level.
B) Scheduling independent silent reading and periodically increasing the length of time.
C) Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
,D) Read-aloud books that the student has previously read. ANS C) Asking students to summarize
the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
A 3rd grade teacher assesses her students' fluency by listening to them read aloud. While they read
aloud, she counts the number of errors they make, uses a timer to determine how long it takes for
them to read a set number of words, and evaluates the flow and expression in their reading. The third
consideration, evaluating the flow of the reading, is more subjective than the other two factors. What
is the term used to describe a student's flow and expression while reading aloud?
A) Prosody
B) Oral fluency
C) Accuracy
D) Automaticity ANS A) Prosody
A 3rd grade teacher is planning an activity where students are given 60 seconds to read a text,
marking how far they were able to read in that time. The teacher then asks them to repeat their
reading, attempting to make it further in the text. Which of the following readers would most benefit
from this fluency activity?
A) A fluent reader working on speed
B) A non-automatic reader working on word identification
C) A fluent reader working on prosody
D) A non-automatic reader working on sight word skills ANS A) A fluent reader working on
speed
Students who read below grade level and are working to improve their fluency should:
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
A) read books above their current reading level.
B) read books at their current independent reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
,D) reread books that they have already enjoyed. ANS B) read books at their current independent
reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
D) reread books that they have already enjoyed.
A 2nd grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their environments. She
seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice questions on the topic. That
afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students missed a majority of the comprehension
questions. Which of the following statements best describes why students were unsuccessful on the
assignment?
A) The students had not achieved mastery in the following areas: reading rate, prosody, or word
accuracy.
B) The students were not able to decode words featuring a CVC pattern and require additional
phonics instruction in this area.
C) The students are largely uninterested in the topic and would rather reader an article about
something else.
D) The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts discussed
in the article. ANS D) The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words
and concepts discussed in the article.
Which of the following would NOT be considered when determining whether a student is a fluent
reader?
A) The student's ability to read the words accurately when reading aloud
B) The student's ability to infer unfamiliar word meanings
C) How quickly the students reads
D) The student's ability to read with expression ANS B) The student's ability to infer unfamiliar
word meanings
Which of the following is an important component of choral reading?
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
, A) Participating in a whole-class discussion after reading
B) Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
D) Making confusing words while listening to the text ANS B) Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
Which of the following statements describes the purpose of having a student repeatedly read aloud?
A) To remove any regional accents
B) To increase the student's fluency and reading rate
C) To model proper public speaking
D) To assist with memorization of vocabulary words ANS B) To increase the student's fluency
and reading rate
A 3rd grade teacher notices that two students are both automatic readers and share the same reading
rate and comprehension level. She would like to assign them an activity that will help improve their
individual reading rates without compromising comprehension. Which of the described activities
would be best suited for this purpose?
A) A shared reading activity in which both students silently read the same text independently,
pausing along the text.
B) An echo reading activity in which one student reads a section of text out loud and the other
student repeats back what was read, alternating until the end of the text.
C) A choral reading activity in which the students read the same text at the same time out loud to
attempt to match each other's rate, prosody, and fluency exactly.
D) A timed reading activity in which the students alternate between reading the same text silently and
timing each other as they read, aimi ANS A) A shared reading activity in which both students
silently read the same text independently, pausing along the text.
A 3rd grade teacher administers a fluency benchmark halfway through the year and notices several
students in the class are reading in the 80th percentile or above when it comes to Words Correct Per
Minute (WCPM). However, when reading out loud, this same group of students reads without proper
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