RICA Subtest 2 Questions and answers
1) The first question showed a worksheet for 5th graders that had the students add suffixes to words (ly, ed,
... [Show More] etc.) - correct answer I think the answer was about morphology.
2) A fifth grade teacher provides her students with an easier science article with easier vocabulary about the topic of asteroids before reading from the actual science textbook. What is the teacher trying to achieve?
First question is where the child asks the teacher that he does not know what exothermic means, what would the teacher suggest or what would the teacher do to help assist the student. - correct answer Possible pre teaching/preloading information to familiarize students with content and vocabulary
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk about snakes. This is a 3-part question. First question is where the child asks the teacher that he does not know what exothermic means, what would the teacher suggest or what would the teacher do to help assist the student. - correct answer Context clue Or Word morphology
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk about snakes. This is a 3-part question. Second question is where it asks if all endotherms are mammals - correct answer I chose literal comprehension information. ALL mammals are endothermic.
3) Endothermic and exothermic passage. This passage is going to be about mammals and reptiles and briefly describe the warm blooded aspect of mammals and we'll also talk about snakes. This is a 3-part question. - correct answer Third question: For this question you HAVE to know what non-restrictive clauses are. It asked about the usage of nonrestrictive clauses and what part of the excerpt it pertains to. It says All mammals are endothermic, snakes can..., and some other answers. You are basically looking for the answer that you can remove, while still retaining meaning, If that makes sense. Think of what is stated as non-essential detail
5) The teacher provides students a sentence frame and demonstrates how to fill the sentence frames. What is the teacher trying to demonstrate? - correct answer Figurative Language
6) There is a comprehension passage about a zoo animal where first grade students read about giraffes and why other animals did not like giraffes. This was a potential three-part question [Show Less]