Task response The planning stage (10 p)

Comprehension: Pre-Test

Comprehension:
a. comes naturally to students without instruction
b. can be taught through a variety of strategies
c. can not be developed in students
d. none of the above
Comprehension is:
a. the reason we read
b. active
c. developed through strategies
d. all of the above
Students who read words accurately but cannot comprehend:
a. are struggling with language comprehension
b. are in need of decoding instruction
c. have attention issues
d. all of the above
Skilled readers tend to:
a. make sense of what they read
b. use their own experiences to helpe make sense out of texts
c. know how to resolve problems when they don't understand the text
d. all of the above
Comprehension:
a. can be improved with instruction
b. can not be improved with instruction
c. occurs naturally in a child's reading development
d. none of the above
Graphic organizers:
a. help students focus on text structure as they read
b. help students become better spellers
c. help students to clarify words they don't understand
d. all of the above
Which is NOT a comprehension strategy:
a. metacognition
b. question answer relationship
c. graphic organizers
d. morphology
Comprehension instruction should begin:
a. in primary grades
b. in upper elementary grades
c. in middle school
d. in college preparatory courses
Teaching story structure to aid in comprehension would be appropriate when using the following:
a. a poem
b. a song
c. a story
d. all of the above
Cooperative learning involves students working together:
a. as partners
b. in small groups
c. on defined tasks
d. all of the above