RICA Study Guide- w/Scenarios 63 Questions with Complete Solutions
2023/2024
Differentiated instruction - Correct Answer A variety of techniques used to adapt instruction to the individual ability levels and learning styles of each student in the classroom Evidence-based learning objectives - Correct Answer These describe what students should know or be able to do following instruction. They should be measurable/observable, attainable, relevant to instruction, and target the desired level of learning.
- Primary Components of Reading Assessment - Correct Answer entry-level
assessment, monitoring of student progress, summative assessment Scaffolding - Correct Answer Support given to students during the learning process that is designed to meet the students' specific needs and help them achieve their learning goal(s). Ex: additional resources/manipulatives, graphic organizers, modeling of a task Sheltered Instruction - Correct Answer Instructional approach to teaching English language learners that integrates language and content instruction to promote access to grade-level content and English language proficiency.Response to Intervention - Correct Answer A multi-tier approach use to identify and support students with learning and behavioral needs by providing interventions at increasing levels of intensity.IEP - Correct Answer Individualized Education Program for each public school student who recieves special education and related services.Direct Instruction - Correct Answer Explicit teaching of a skill/concept through presentation/demonstration of material, structured and guided practice, independent practice, and application.Reciprocal Teaching - Correct Answer An instructional strategy that is implemented in the form of dialogue between teachers and students to facillitate a group effort to bring meaning to a segment of text. The teacher and students take turns in the role of teacher in leading the dialogue.Readers Workshop - Correct Answer Includes instruction on literature or a reading strategy, independent reading time, and opportunities for students to respond to what they are reading and share their response with a partner/group 1 / 2
Gradual Release - Correct Answer "I do, we do, you do" model of scaffolded instruction that moves from teacher-centered instruction to student-centered independent practice and collaboration.Flexible Grouping - Correct Answer Placing students in groups to maximize student performance for specific activities/tasks. Heterogeneous grouping, homogeneous grouping, group size, composition and instructional objectives should be taken into account when forming groups.Phonics - Correct Answer The ability to make the correct association between sounds and symbols of a language.Phonemic Awareness - Correct Answer The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in spoken words and understand that spoken words and syllables are made up of sequences of sounds.Phonological Awareness - Correct Answer The ability to hear and manipulate the sound structure of a language, including the sounds at word, syllable, and phoneme levels.Phonemes - Correct Answer The smallest unit of speech.Morphemes - Correct Answer The smallest grammatical unit of meaning in a language.Onset - Correct Answer The part of a word before a vowel, not all words have this.Rime - Correct Answer The part of a word, including the vowel, that follows the onset.
Digraph - Correct Answer Two letters that make one sounds. Ex: th
Diphthong - Correct Answer "Gliding vowel" sound, or when two vowel sounds occur in
the same syllable. Ex: "boy" and "way"
Blending - Correct Answer Smoothly joining phonemes of a word to come up with a pronunciation close enough to the word to access the word.Affixes - Correct Answer Either prefixes (before the root word, ex: non, un, pre) or
suffixes (after the root word, ex: ment, er, ly
Syllabic Analysis - Correct Answer The process of decoding a multisyllabic word by examining the word's syllables and recognizing the word by putting together knowledge of the each of the word's syllables.Sight Words - Correct Answer Commonly used words students are encouraged to memorize by sight, also called high frequency words.
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