Four-year-old Rosemary picks up a picture book and pretends to read it to one of her preschool classmates. Once upon a time, she says, there was a fairy princess. She was very beautiful. A handsome prince asked her to marry him. They lived happily ever after. The end. Which one of the following is the most reasonable interpretation of Rosemary's behavior?
a. She has acquired a story schema for fairytales.
b. She has a good working sight vocabulary.
c. She is engaging in knowledge transforming.
d. Her lack of attention to the words on the page suggests possible dyslexia.
Question 2
Charlize has excellent phonological awareness and word recognition skills, but she often struggles to understand and remember what she reads. Three of the following strategies are consistent with recommendations for promoting reading comprehension. Which one is not recommended?
a. Ask Charlize to stop occasionally and imagine what is happening in a story, almost as if she were watching a movie in her head.
b. Draw comparisons between events in a story and Charlize's personal experiences.
c. Ask Charlize to summarize a short textbook passage.
d. Ask Charlize to read at a slower pace than she usually doesideally, no more than two words per second.
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