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56.
Which of the following are two key indicators of a student's reading fluency development?
  1. Range of reading preferences and motivation to read.
  2. Reading accuracy and reading rate.
  3. Knowledge of word-learning and reading comprehension strategies.
  4. Reading level and comprehension.
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57.
Research has shown that which of the following factors has the most significant impact on a student's vocabulary growth during the upper elementary grades?
  1. The frequency and amount of the student's independent reading.
  2. The student's level of mastery of basic phonics skills.
  3. The extent to which the student engages in social interactions.
  4. The student's level of interest in content-area topics.
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58.
Which of the following should be an important consideration for a teacher who is planning reading instruction for elementary school students?
  1. Frequent sustained silent reading is essential to the mastery of fundamental reading skills during the early stages of literacy development.
  2. Weaknesses in basic reading skills are best addressed implicitly, without direct intervention, as part of a holistic approach to literacy development.
  3. Engagement in authentic tasks related to reading that make use of other modalities (i.e., listening, speaking, and writing) supports literacy development.
  4. Basic reading skills develop in a natural, predictable sequence that is relatively fixed for all learners regardless of their background or stage of cognitive development.
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59.
A second-grade teacher is teaching a series of reading comprehension lessons focused on helping students recognize basic elements of story grammar. During one lesson, the teacher guides students in retelling familiar stories aloud using a story grammar chart to scaffold their retellings. The teacher's inclusion of this activity in the lesson best illustrates:
  1. A constructivist approach to teaching literary response skills.
  2. An effective strategy for providing independent practice of a newly acquired reading skill.
  3. An indirect approach to developing oral vocabulary knowledge.
  4. An effective use of an oral language activity to enhance development of a reading skill.
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60.
A kindergarten teacher leads an activity in which students practice counting on their fingers the number of separate sounds they hear in simple words. This activity promotes development of which of the following literacy skills?
  1. Phonics skills.
  2. Phonemic awareness.
  3. Letter knowledge.
  4. Word consciousness.
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