Ready for RICA A Test Preparation Guide for California's Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card

by Zarrillo, James J

• ISBN13: 9780134206240
• ISBN10: 013420624X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Access Card
• Copyright: 2016-01-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Ready for RICA will provide all the strategies and content reviews you need to pass California's Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA). The text helps you focus on what's essential, and provides a glossary of key words, as well as a guide on how to study efficiently in the last 10 days before the exam.

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Author Biography

Dr. James Zarrillo is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Allied Studies (CEAS) at California State University, East Bay. Earlier, Dr. Zarrillo was the Associate Dean of CEAS and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education.  Previously, he was a member of the faculty at California State University, Long Beach and an elementary school teacher in Burbank, California. In addition to Ready for RICA, Dr. Zarrillo is author of Teaching Elementary Social Studies: Principles and Applications (Fourth Edition, Pearson, 2012); Teaching Reading with Children’s Literature (co-authored with Carole Cox, Macmillan, 1993); and Multicultural Literature, Multicultural Teaching (Harcourt Brace, 1994).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Preface 

Introduction  

Chapter 1: Competency 1 Planning, Organizing, and Managing Reading Instruction 

Chapter 2: Competency 2 Reading Assessment  

Chapter 3: Competency 3 Phonological and Phonemic Awareness  

Chapter 4: Competency 4 Concepts About Print, Letter Recognition, and the Alphabetic Principle  

Chapter 5: Competency 5 Phonics and Sight Words: Terminology and Concepts  

Chapter 6: Competency 6 Phonics and Sight Words: Instruction and Assessment  

Chapter 7: Competency 7 Syllabic Analysis, Structural Analysis, and Orthographic Knowledge  

Chapter 8: Competency 8 Fluency: Role in Reading Development and Factors That Affect the Development of Fluency  

Chapter 9: Competency 9 Fluency: Instruction and Assessment  

Chapter 10: Competency 10 Vocabulary, Academic Language, and Background Knowledge: Role in Reading Development and Factors That Affect Development  

Chapter 11: Competency 11 Vocabulary, Academic Language, and Background Knowledge: Instruction and Assessment 

Chapter 12: Competency 12 Comprehension: Concepts and Factors Affecting Reading Comprehension  

Chapter 13: Competency 13 Comprehension: Instruction and Assessment–Before Children Read, While Children Read, and After Children Read  

Chapter 14: Competency 14 Comprehension: Instruction and Assessment–Understanding and Analyzing Narrative/Literary Texts  

Chapter 15: Competency 15 Comprehension: Instruction and Assessment–Expository/Informational Texts and Study Skills  

Chapter 16: Study Guide: Key Points to Remember  

Chapter 17: The Case Study  

Chapter 18: Working With the Practice Test on the RICA Website  

Chapter 19: Ten Days to RICA