A third-grade teacher has students work on their oral readin…

A third-grade teacher has students work on their oral reading fluency each day using a repeated-reading approach. Students work with a classmate to take turns reading an assigned grade-level text and timing each other’s oral reading fluency rate. Some students in the class are currently participating in Tier 2 interventions to address identified gaps in grade-level decoding skills. The teacher differentiates the repeated-reading activity for these students by selecting texts that are aligned with the decoding skills they have been studying. According to evidence-based best practices, which of the following additional modifications to the activity should the teacher make in order to improve the students’ oral reading performance with their assigned text? 

A teacher is working with a group of learners who exhibit th…

A teacher is working with a group of learners who exhibit the following characteristics.  The students can accurately read single-syllable words that feature closed, open, and silent-e syllables; and vowel-team syllables that make a long-vowel sound.  The students can accurately read multisyllable words that feature closed and open syllables.  Which of the following set of words includes appropriate types of syllables to provide the students with practice applying their knowledge of syllable types to read decodable multisyllable words? 

In response to students’ performance on the vocabulary measu…

In response to students’ performance on the vocabulary measure, the teacher plans to take a more systematic and robust approach to vocabulary instruction. The teacher’s use of the data best underscores the importance of which of the following approaches to reading assessment?

A third-grade teacher is planning differentiated reading ins…

A third-grade teacher is planning differentiated reading instruction for an entering-level English learner who has grade-level reading skills in a language that uses the Roman alphabet. The teacher could best accelerate the student’s progress in reading English by using which of the following approaches?