RICA Subtest 2 Study Guide Solutions
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Word Consciousness - ANSWER-Awareness of words and their meanings as well as
interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - ANSWER-Informal language: most basic,
everyday speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (...
Word Consciousness - ANSWER✔✔-Awareness of words and their meanings as well as
interest in their usage.
Conversational vocabulary (Tier 1) - ANSWER✔✔-Informal language: most basic,
everyday speech that is familiar to students
Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2) - ANSWER✔✔-Formal language: high frequency words
that are found in many different subject discipline (Ex. examine, identify, authority)
Content Specific Vocabulary (Tier 3) - ANSWER✔✔-Subject specific vocabulary: found
in science, math, social studies (ex. hypothesis, photosynthesis)
Systematic Explicit Instruction - ANSWER✔✔-High structure and sequenced
instruction
Needs to be very interactive
Matthew Effect - ANSWER✔✔-"Rich get richer and the poor get poorer"
The gap between strong and weak readers will only widen when no one is catching any
literacy difficulties and students are not receiving proper instruction
3 types of vocabulary practice - ANSWER✔✔-deliberate, spaced, and retrieval
- goes well with "I do, we do, you do", modeling and instruction
Wide reading - ANSWER✔✔-Reading a wide variety of genres, styles, and purposes
Will expose students to more reading and will help them learn more vocabulary
,Cognates - ANSWER✔✔-Words that look similar and have the same meaning in two
languages. (good to connect with for ELs)
Semantics - ANSWER✔✔-Meanings of words, phrases, and sentences
Morphology - ANSWER✔✔-The structure and form of words (affixes and roots)
Listening Vocabulary - ANSWER✔✔-words you understand when listening to others
speak.
Speaking Vocabulary - ANSWER✔✔-words you use when you talk. smaller than
listening vocabulary
Writing Vocabulary - ANSWER✔✔-words you use when you write.
sight vocabulary - ANSWER✔✔-words that a child can immediately recognize and
pronounce correctly while reading
Meaning Vocabulary - ANSWER✔✔-words you understand when reading silently.
background knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-Reader's knowledge about the topic
- Students will have a harder time comprehending what they have read if they lack
essential background knowledge
The Role of vocabulary in Fluency - ANSWER✔✔-knowing the meaning of words will
help in achievement of swift and accurate word recognition
Role of vocabulary and reading comprehension - ANSWER✔✔-Students vocabulary is
key indicator and predictor of Students understanding of what they are reading
(Comprehension = being able to explain words and their meanings)
Role of Academic Language and Comprehension - ANSWER✔✔-If there is a lack of
proficiency with academic language that can prevent proper comprehension
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