Deck 7: Fluency

Question 1

A(n)_________   is an assessment that teachers use to write a narrative of students' behavior, such as observations of students' strengths and weaknesses related to reading. They are versatile and can be documented using technology, if desired.

Answer 1

anecdotal record,anecdotal note

Question 2

A fluency strategy in which the children read repeated phrases in unison with one another and the teacher is

A)guided reading.
B)choral reading.
C)echo reading.
D)stop light reading.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is not a characteristic of reader's theater?

A)memorization
B)heterogeneous groups
C)few, if any, props
D)movements and gestures

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In relation to reading rate, good readers do all of these except

A)slow down their reading when the text is difficult.
B)reread when necessary.
C)read all texts faster than their peers.
D)consider their schemata before and during reading.

Question 5

According to the National Reading Panel, which of the following would be most effective in promoting fluency?

A)round-robin reading
B)teacher read-aloud of a chapter book
C)guided, repeated, oral reading
D)practice reading text at students' instructional level

Question 6

A(n)_________   is an assessment used to determine students' reading levels. When conducting this assessment, a teacher uses a checkmark to indicate words read correctly.

Question 7

According to Perfetti's _________, if a child is a fluent reader, he or she can focus on _________, instead of on decoding.

Question 8

Reading rate is typically expressed as words _________.

Question 9

An important aspect of accuracy is _________, the ability to know a word and read it without having to put any effort into recognizing it.

Question 10

What is false about decoding strategies?

A)The goal is to produce independence in decoding words.
B)They help students identify words that are not part of their sight word vocabularies.
C)They must be explicitly taught.
D)They are best taught to children in grades 3 and above.

Question 11

Most fluency instruction should be conducted

A)through the use of games.
B)within the context of reading material.
C)first thing in the morning.
D)with students in grades 3 and above.

Question 12

_________ is a strategy to develop fluency. To implement this strategy, the teacher or more knowledgeable other will read one line of text, and the child or less able reader will then repeat the same line of text.

A)Word identification
B)Choral reading
C)Echo reading
D)Shared reading

Question 13

It is important to develop the ability to ready with proper expression, or

A)prosody.
B)harmony.
C)expressionality.
D)synchronicity.

Question 14

The three components of fluency are _________, _________, and _________.

Question 15

Which of the following is not a feature of prosody?

A)inflection
B)pitch
C)generalizability
D)intonation

Question 16

A(n)  _________   helps teachers determine the instructional level of a reader. It also helps teachers diagnose fluency challenges using slashes to represent pauses, and arrows to indicate repetitions.

A)running record
B)self-assessment
C)cloze procedure
D)anecdotal note

Question 17

_________   is the support that is provided to assist learners to do something that they are not yet able to do on their own.

A)ZPD
B)Automaticity
C)Cloze procedure
D)Scaffolding

Question 18

What is false about the relationship between prosody and other reading factors?

A)Slow readers are better comprehenders.
B)Accuracy and prosody are related.
C)Attending to pitch and tone results in improved comprehension.
D)When reading aloud, children should be encouraged to use prosody.

Question 19

A teacher wishes to increase the fluency of her fifth-grade student. When choosing text for repeated readings, the teacher should choose a text that is at the student's _________ reading level.

Question 20

When choosing a book to use for echo reading, which of the following is not an important consideration?

A)It should be in the student's zone of proximal development.
B)It should be a book that can be used multiple times for this purpose.
C)It should include dialogue.
D)It should include sight words the child is learning.

Question 21

How can the use of a running record or informal reading inventory help a teacher analyze a reader's fluency?

Question 22

You conduct a running record with Charlie, a fourth-grade student, and discover that he is reading at an extremely rapid pace and lacks prosody. You decide to conduct a one-on-one mini-lesson with Charlie and three other students. What will you tell them about reading speed? Also, list and describe two activities that you will conduct with the group to promote enhanced use of prosody.

Question 23

How does self-assessment of fluency serve as an instructional tool?

Question 24

Mr. Patel is seeking ways to improve his fifth-graders' fluency while also incorporating self-assessments. You recently attended a conference and learned about having students self-assess their own fluency. Tell him the rationale for the use of self-assessment of fluency, and then explain how he can incorporate self-assessment during centers.

Question 25

Mrs. Weinberg, a new teacher in your school, asks you how you assess your students' fluency. List and discuss at least three assessments that you use with students that address fluency. Be sure to explain the assessment, how to administer it, and the component(s)of fluency it assesses.

Question 26

How can joke books be of benefit to children's use of prosody?

Question 27

In Ms. Clark's second-grade class, students are timed monthly on reading rate. When asked why she does this, Ms. Clark says studies have shown high correlations between rate and comprehension; thus, the most important skill to teach young readers is how to read rapidly. What would you tell Ms. Clark?

Question 28

You notice that several students in your third-grade class lack fluency. State and briefly define the three components of fluency. Then, describe one activity that would help students improve each area of fluency. (Three total strategies/activities)

Question 29

The _________   is the range between a child's actual skill level and potential level--a period when assistance should be provided.

Question 30

Why is it important to consider motivational factors when planning fluency lessons?