RICA Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

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RICA Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ A 6th grader who is advanced in most areas of reading has difficulty completing assigned reading selections. He appears motivated when he begins reading, b... ut he has difficulty keeping his attention on the task at hand. Which of the following would be his teacher's best INITIAL strategy for addressing this difficulty? ✔✔breaking down the student's reading assignments into small steps and helping him learn to monitor his own attention and progress. Competency 1 When creating lesson plans to promote specific reading skills, a teacher should make sure that: ✔✔the targeted reading skills relate to an appropriate instructional progression ans reflect students' needs. Competency 1 An early elementary teacher could most effectively support at-home reading by: ✔✔recommending books that parents/guardians would likely enjoy reading with their children. (Competency 1) A 6th grade teacher wants to ensure that the classroom reading environment supports contentarea learning for the English Learners in the class. Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in addressing this objective? ✔✔making avalible in the classroom content-area texts at various levels that supplement and reinforce the information presented in students' textbooks Competency 1 Of the following questions, which would be most important for a teacher to consider when interpreting the results of a reading assessment for a particular student? ✔✔How do these findings relate to the student's performance on other recently administered reading assessments? (Competency 2) A 4th grade class includes 2 students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). When planning classroom entry-level and progress-monitoring assessments for theses students, the teacher should: ✔✔consult each students' IEP to determine any specific testing accommodations required for that students. (Competency 2) A middle school teacher is preparing the class to take the 6th grade California Standards Test (CST) in English-language arts. The teacher believes that a student in the class with a Section 504 Plan would perform significantly better on the assessment if she were allowed to have frequent supervised breaks within sections of the test. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the teacher to follow to ensure that arrangements for this student during the test are appropriate? ✔✔providing the student with this testing accomodation only if it is specified in her Section 504 Plan (Competency 2) Midway through the year, a 2nd grade teacher convenes a student success team to plan additional support for a student who is performing somewhat below grade-level standards in reading. Other members of the team include the student and her parents, another teacher who works closely with the student, and a school administrator. In the context of developing an improvement plan for the student, which of the following pieces of information would be most important for the teacher to communicate to the success team? ✔✔a description of the student's assessed strengths and weaknesses that could serve as a foundation for addressing her needs (Competency 2) [Show More]

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