Chapter 11: Differentiating for Success
Multiple Choice Items
1. Reading Recovery is an intervention program that was designed to address the needs of:
a) kindergarten students
b) first grade students
c) students in kindergarten to grade 3
d) students at any grade level
2. According to the program’s design, Reading Recovery instruction should be delivered by:
a) a paraprofessional
b) a specially trained and supervised teacher
c) the student’s parent or guardian
d) the student’s peers
3. A Response to Intervention (RTI) program involves three tiers. During the first tier, students:
a) are placed in special education programs
b) are screened to identify academic difficulties
c) participate in Reading Recovery programs
d) participate in 30 minute daily tutoring sessions
4. Teacher Steve Doran would like all of his students to discuss the novel, Because of Winn-
Dixie, but some of the students are unable to read the text independently. This teacher should:
a) ask the students who struggle to read the text at home
b) ask the students to read the novel in a round-robin manner
c) read the text aloud to the students
d) assign additional worksheets for the students who struggle
5. Of the following, the most appropriate role for a school literacy coach is to:
a) work individually with students who struggle in reading
b) conduct teacher observations
c) plan instructional programs for parents
d) collaborate with teachers to design instruction
6. When the new school year began, new teacher Mary Kay planned many reading activities for
her class. Veteran teachers correctly advised that she should use a single text:
a) for all instruction to facilitate discussion
b) when students participate in reading workshop
c) 75% of the time to build the classroom community
d) only 25% of the time so that she could differentiate instruction
7. Several fifth grade students have been having difficulty reading an assigned novel and they
need teacher support to comprehend the text. Of the following, the most appropriate instructional
technique to use with these students would be:
a) Guided Reading
b) Reading Recovery
c) Accelerated Reader
d) Sustained Silent Reading
8. Literacy Centers:
a) should only be used in the primary grades
b) should only be used in the upper elementary grades
c) can be used at any grade level
d) can be used only with phonics activities
9. In the most effective intervention programs, students are instructed by:
a) paraprofessionals
b) peer tutors
c) certified teachers
d) parent volunteers
10. Second grade teacher Mabel Frisby never asks all of her students to complete the same
assignment because some students are working below grade level and some exceed grade level
expectations. When this teacher varies and adjusts instruction and assignments to address
individual differences, she is practicing:
a) differentiated instruction
b) balanced literacy
c) the Accelerated Reader System
d) Whole Language Instruction
11. When students participate in guided reading sessions, they should read texts written at their:
a) independent level
b) instructional level
c) frustration level
d) proximal level
12. When a teacher practices differentiated instruction, he should:
a) place students in ability groups which remain constant throughout the school year
b) allow students to place themselves in permanent groups
c) place students in flexible groups which will change according to need
d) base grouping primarily upon the students’ social needs
13. Many students in Kathy Sites’ class are advanced readers who can apply comprehension
strategies and discuss challenging books with minimal teacher guidance. The most appropriate
activity for these students would be:
a) Reading Recovery
b) Literature Circles
c) Basal Reading Programs
d) The Language Experience Approach
14. When his class was studying the Olympics, the teacher gathered multiple copies of related
fiction and nonfiction books that varied in difficulty. This teacher compiled a:
a) miscue analysis
b) basal reading program
c) decoding set
d) text set
15. To increase the likelihood that all students will be successful, teachers should:
a) use consistent workbook programs
b) ask every student to complete the same assignment
c) create tiered lessons
d) hold the same requirements for all students
16. To help students monitor their progress and develop responsibility for completing their
assignments, teachers should:
a) check students’ workbooks daily
b) create individualized projects
c) provide checklists for students to track their progress
d) provide individualized homework packets for students to complete with their parents
17. The most effective way to help students who struggle with writing is to provide:
a) daily spelling drills
b) related workbook exercises
c) topics for daily compositions
d) more opportunities for authentic writing
18. Two teachers are working together to plan a unit on space exploration. These teachers should
design activities:
a) with multiple options to address students’ strengths and needs
b) with firm requirements that assess all students in the same manner
c) that require all students to read grade level materials
d) that require every student to give an oral presentation
19. Before planning instruction, it is essential for teachers to:
a) use assessment procedures to determine students’ strengths and needs
b) allow students to select their own working groups
c) meet with their students’ previous teachers
d) select texts that all students will read
20. A group of sixth grade students read independently and take computer-generated
comprehension quizzes on their reading. These students are participating in a(n):
a) Reading Recovery Program
b) Accelerated Reader Program
c) Response to Intervention Program
d) Guided Reading Program
21. When teachers create tiered activities, they should:
a) tell students that some will get an easier assignment
b) tell students that some are more capable than others
c) strive to make the differences among assignments unnoticeable
d) ask parents to select the appropriate level of difficulty for their children
22. Classrooms in which differentiated instruction is practiced are appropriate:
a) only for struggling students
b) only for advanced students
c) for all students
d) for round-robin reading activities
23. The child who is most likely to have difficulty learning to read is the child who has:
a) poor fine or gross motor skills
b) parents who had difficulty learning to read and write
c) strong oral language skills
d) parents who read aloud to them
24. Of the following, the most effective way to help students improve their reading is to:
a) provide time for them to read books at their own reading level
b) provide time for drill and practice activities
c) send home daily report cards
d) send home content-area worksheets
25. An early intervention program which helps young children develop concepts of print and an
understanding of literacy behaviors is:
a) Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)
b) No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
c) Accelerated Reader
d) Head Start
1. Students in Tony Aston’s fourth grade class completed a unit in which they studied various
types of trees. Describe three authentic ways in which the students could demonstrate their
learning.
2. Marc, age 6, has been placed in a first grade classroom but he can read and write on a fourth
grade level. How can a teacher provide appropriately challenging work for Marc within the first
grade classroom? Give two suggestions.
3. Teacher Judy Short would like to develop the classroom community by having all of her
students read and discuss the novel, Frindle, by Andrew Clements. Several students, however,
are unable to read the text independently. Give three suggestions the teacher could use to
differentiate instruction and enable all students to participate in the discussion.
Chapter 11 Answer Key for Multiple Choice Items
1. Students in Tony Aston’s fourth grade class completed a unit in which they studied
various types of trees. Describe three authentic ways in which the students could
demonstrate their learning.
2. Marc, age 6, has been placed in a first grade classroom but he can read and write on a
fourth grade level. How can a teacher provide appropriately challenging work for Marc
within the first grade classroom? Give two suggestions.
3. Teacher Judy Short would like to develop the classroom community by having all of her
students read and discuss the novel, Frindle, by Andrew Clements. Several students,
however, are unable to read the text independently. Give three suggestions the teacher
could use to differentiate instruction and enable all students to participate in the
discussion.
