When Mary Orally Read a Paragraph from the Text, Little

question 2

Multiple Choice

When Mary orally read a paragraph from the text, Little House on the Prairie, she stumbled over most of the words and required a great deal of assistance from her teacher. Mary was unable to state the main idea of the selection. This book was at Mary's:

• A) independent level
• B) instructional level
• C) frustration level
• D) Lexile level

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Definitions:

Locus

(pl., loci) The place on the chromosome at which the gene for a given trait occurs (i.e., a segment of the chromosomal DNA containing information that controls some feature of the organism); also called gene locus.

Homozygous

Having a pair of identical alleles for a particular locus. Compare with heterozygous.

Heterozygous

Describes an individual having two different alleles for a specific gene.

Alleles

Genes governing variation of the same character that occupy corresponding positions (loci) on homologous chromosomes; alternative forms of a gene.