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Ch.8
Reading Fluency
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The phrase, "You read just like you're speaking!" is another way to say someone is a ________ reader. | Fluent |
| Why is comprehension a major component of fluent reading? | Just because a student can accurately decode a text, and use the appropriate volume and pitch, does not mean they can necessarily comprehend it. However, comprehension needs to be apparent because without it, fluent reading means nothing! |
| What is another name for appropriate text phrasing? | Chunking |
| Why is explicit instruction one of the 6 instructional principles for teaching fluency? | Students need to be directly shown what fluent reading looks and sounds like. It does not come naturally for many students, therefore, they need a teacher to instruct them on components of fluent reading |
| Fluency involves a combination of what three things? | Rate, accuracy, and prosody |
| WCPM stands for... | Words correct per minute |
| What will suffer if a child's reading rate is too slow? | Comprehension |
| An Oral Recitation Lesson can be described as... | Students are assigned all or part of the text for practice, which they later read aloud to the class using recitation |
| The Oral Reading Fluency Test is part of what assessment? | DIBELS |
| Why is automaticity the first stage of the reading fluency flow chart? | Students must first be able to quickly and accurately recognize words (with little conscious attention) in order to demonstrate fluency, prosody, and finally comprehension |
| Where should students be reading outside of the classroom? | Home |
| What is an example of a repeated reading that early childhood students can partake in? | Poetry |
| If a child is partaking in assisted or partner reading with tech support, that is called... | Computer assisted reading |
| Reader's Theatre can be described as... | An activity where students practice reading from a script, then they share their oral reading with classmates and selected audiences |
| What is an alternative to round robin where act as broadcast news anchors/reporters? | Radio reading |
| One way a teacher can redesign their "silent sustained reading" is by incorporating... | Scaffolded silent reading, where the teacher provides independent reading level books, and he/she checks in with each student using running records |
| The 3 finger rule is described as... | If there are more than 3 words on a page that you do not know, the book is too challenging for you |
| Closed caption TV benefits which specific group of students? | English language learners (ELL) |
| One form of choral reading is where the students _____ the teacher. | Echo |
| True or False: New vocabulary words from a text should be introduced at the end of the week. | False; they should be introduced at the beginning (on Monday). |