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TExES Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam Questions and Answers A 2nd grade teacher expects students to consistently read at home and also asks that they spend time reading aloud to an adult or older sibling. Which of the following is a skill the teacher hopes the students will further develop due directly to reading out loud?

• Ready fluency
• Confidence to read aloud in class
• Increase vocabulary
• Reading comprehension - Correct Answers ✅A) Ready

fluency A 2nd grade teacher responds to a parent who has reached out for reading guidance for their child. She has noticed that the child frequently rereads books that he has read before and she asks the teacher for help finding new books that he would find interesting. The teacher agrees to help the child find new books, but suggests the parent allow him to spend some of his time rereading old favorites. This suggestion best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which concept related to reading development?

• Students will only improve fluency if they are intrinsically

motivated.

• Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
• The importance of not interfering with student choice

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• More time spent reading improves reading fluency. -

Correct Answers ✅B) Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.A 2nd grade teacher is reassessing her classroom routines and practices to ensure that she is dedicating enough time to activities that will help build reading fluency in her students.Which of the following activities is not supporting her goal of improving student reading fluency?

• Helping students choose books that are on their

independent reading level.

• Scheduling independent silent reading and periodically

increasing the length of time.

• Asking students to summarize the stories they read in

class either verbally or in writing.

• Read-aloud books that the student has previously read. -

Correct Answers ✅C) Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.A 3rd grade teacher assesses her students' fluency by listening to them read aloud. While they read aloud, she counts the number of errors they make, uses a timer to determine how long it takes for them to read a set number of words, and evaluates the flow and expression in their reading. The third consideration, evaluating the flow of the reading, is more subjective than the other two factors. What 2 / 4

TExES Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam Questions and Answers is the term used to describe a student's flow and expression while reading aloud?

• Prosody
• Oral fluency
• Accuracy
• Automaticity - Correct Answers ✅A) Prosody

A 3rd grade teacher is planning an activity where students are given 60 seconds to read a text, marking how far they were able to read in that time. The teacher then asks them to repeat their reading, attempting to make it further in the text.Which of the following readers would most benefit from this fluency activity?

• A fluent reader working on speed
• A non-automatic reader working on word identification
• A fluent reader working on prosody
• A non-automatic reader working on sight word skills -

Correct Answers ✅A) A fluent reader working on speed Students who read below grade level and are working to

improve their fluency should:

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TExES Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam Questions and Answers

• read books above their current reading level.
• read books at their current independent reading level.
• practice reading aloud.
• reread books that they have already enjoyed. - Correct

Answers ✅B) read books at their current independent reading level.

• practice reading aloud.
• reread books that they have already enjoyed.

A 2nd grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their environments. She seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice questions on the topic. That afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students missed a majority of the comprehension questions. Which of the following statements best describes why students were unsuccessful on the assignment?

• The students had not achieved mastery in the following

areas: reading rate, prosody, or word accuracy.

• The students were not able to decode words featuring a

CVC pattern and require additional phonics instruction in this area.

• The students are largely uninterested in the topic and

would rather reader an article about something else.

• The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three

vocabulary words and concepts discussed in the article. -

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