A Student in Your Third Grade Classroom Has Selected a Text

question 15

Multiple Choice

A student in your third grade classroom has selected a text to read independently. Her reading fluency with this text is 72 correct words per minute. What is the best instructional response?

• A) Assign her a reading partner so that they can read the text together.
• B) Help the student select a more complex text to read.
• C) Help the student select a less complex text to read.
• D) Tell the student that the text is a good fit for her independent reading.

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Definitions:

Carcinogens

Substances or exposures that are known to lead to cancer development in living tissue.

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the peripheral nervous system that is responsible for carrying motor and sensory information both to and from the central nervous system.

Sympathetic Nervous System

The part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for action and stress responses.

Carcinogens

Substances or exposures that can lead to cancer by damaging cellular DNA.