Author Question: Juan, an English Learner, read the sentence, The cow is in the pen. He then picked up the pen on ... (Read 78 times)

bcretired · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Juan, an English Learner, read the sentence, The cow is in the pen. He then picked up the
pen on his desk and asked his teacher how a cow could fit in a pen. Juan had difficulty
understanding this sentence primarily because he:

a) did not understand phonics generalizations
b) lacked background knowledge
c) lacked phonemic awareness
d) was not a strategic reader

Question 2

Although he can read materials written at the high school level, ten year old Evan has been
placed in a fourth grade classroom. Of the following, the best way to meet Evan's needs would

a) require him to complete more workbook pages than his peers
b) require him to complete the same assignments as his peers
c) excuse him from the classroom literature circles
d) collaborate with Evan to design independent literacy projects