RICA - Subtest 3 Zarrillo
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ELA Content Standards - Answer: Used to plan instruction with the goal that every student will meet the
CCSS standards - adopted in 2014 and defined as what every student should know
Uses for ELA content standards - Answer: 1. instructional decisions
2. instructional tool decisions
3. how groups are organized
4. activity decisions
5. pacing of instruction
Balanced instructional program - Answer: Strategic and appropriate selection of what skills should be
taught, given a child's level of reading development.
Reading Instruction Elements - Answer: 1. word analysis
2. fluency
3. systematic vocabulary instruction
4. reading comprehension
5. literary response and analysis
6. writing stratgies and applications
7. written and oral English language conventions
8. listening and speaking stratgies
, 9. speaking applications
Direct, explicit instruction - Answer: teacher-directed and have clearly stated objectives, which is to
teach a student a specific reading skill or strategy. Students should have chance to use skills/strategies in
variety of way
Skill - Answer: something that a reader does automatically - such as decoding
Strategy - Answer: something a reader consciously chooses to implement - such as previewing the
chapter of book to activate prior knowledge
Ongoing reading assessments - Answer: assessments made on a regular basis through a variety of
means, both formal and informal.
The purpose is to document progress the student makes in reading, while also identifying areas that
need instruction.
"Kid watching" is one important the of ongoing reading assessment. In this case, notes are made in a
systematic way about students' reading behaviors.
Systematic Teaching Steps - Answer: 1. Teacher knows the skills and stratgies that are to be taught and
that are defined by grade level standards
2. systematic approach to assessments that shape instructional planning
3. Students are grouped based on proficiency level and assessment data
4. direct and explicit teaching of skills and stratgies
Goal of systematic teaching - Answer: to prevent reading difficulties
Mastery of skills instruction - Answer: the developmental aspect of teaching reading skills so that
prerequisite skills are taught and mastered by the student
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