Multiple Choice Test 1

How does the language experience approach help children see the connection between written and oral language? 1. after discussion of a shared experience, children dictate the text as the teacher writes and then everyone reads aloud, 2. after discussion of a shared experience, children learn the nuances of speech from the teacher's writing of the story, 3. after discussion of a shared experience, teachers ask open ended questions to promote discussion and sight word development, 4. after discussion of a shared experience, teachers use different colored markers so children pay attention to their writing

1. after discussion of a shared experience, children dictate the text as the teacher writes and then everyone reads aloud

Instructional approaches that promote the learning of letter sounds, sound blending, and word study as prerequisites to reading for meaning are based on the premise that reading is what kind of process: 1. bottom up, 2. holistic, 3. interactive, 4. top down

1. bottom up

Which activity will best help students understand the social nature of writing? 1. buddy journals, 2. data charts, 3. double entry journals, 4. free writes

1. buddy journals

Which activity will assist children who fail to use context clues while reading? 1. completing a cloze passage, 2. creating rimes, 3. manipulating onsets, 4. sorting words

1. completing a cloze passage

Which is one benefit of reading aloud to students at any grade level? Students can: 1. develop larger vocabularies, 2. increase their fluency and flexibility, 3. improve concepts about print, 4. learn to sit quietly

1. develop larger vocabularies

A teacher has helped students to build background and understand vocab and set a purpose for reading. The students have read to find answer to specific questions about a story and have participated in a general discussion about the story. Now the teacher is showing them how recognizing cause and effect can aid comprehension. This is an example of what type of reading lesson: 1. directed reading activity, 2. self directed inquiry, 3. language experience, 4. jigsaw reading activity

1. directed reading activity

In which stage of writing development do children restrict their writing to one or two consonants per word: 1. early phonemic, 2. letter naming, 3. prephonemic, 4. transitional

1. early phonemic

The reading teacher must determine appropriate placement in the individualized reading program for a student entering midyear. Which assessment instrument would be most appropriate for this situation? 1. informal reading inventory, 2. book company grade level proficiency test, 3. standardized achievement test, 4. group intelligence test

1. informal reading inventory

Which activity is appropriate for modeling the proper use of punctuation to emergent readers and writers? 1. interactive writing, 2. quick writes, 3. story maps, 4. word walls

1. interactive writing

How does inviting children to "share the pen" encourage children's acquisition of written language?: 1. it allows children to write a letter, a few letters, or a word, 2. it demonstrates how children can correctly form letters and use punctuation, 3. it helps children to analyze sounds of words so that all words are spelled correctly, 4. it provides children with explicit instruction in writing

1. it allows children to write a letter, a few letters, or a word

A study of developmental stages of writing reveals that children begin to write using which unit to represent their meaning? 1. letters, 2. sentences, 3. syllables, 4. words

1. letters

Which activity would be most helpful in promoting discussion in literature circles? The teacher: 1. models good questioning behavior, 2. develops a literal level question chart, 3. creates a list of authors favored by students, 4. charts a time line of main events

1. models good questioning behavior

What should a teacher consider first when writing weekly lesson objectives for a third grade class: 1. needs of the students, 2. available instructional materials, 3. skills addressed in the reading series, 4. standardized assessments

1. needs of the students

What is the purpose of using a KWL chart in a thematic study? To help students: 1. organize prior and new knowledge, 2. determine main ideas in a reading selection, 3. highlight cause and effect relationships, 4. compare and contrast important concepts

1. organize prior and new knowledge

Which assessment tools encourage students to become more responsible for their own literacy learning? 1. portfolios and reading logs, 2. teacher observation and informal reading inventory, 3. running record and reading attitude inventory, 4. miscue analysis and standardized tests

1. portfolios and reading logs

A young child who's writing of words reveals that the letter used do not represent the words phonemes would be described as being at which stage of inventive spelling: 1. prephonemic, 2. early phonemic, 3. letter name, 4. transitional

1. prephonemic

Based on Rosenblatt's work, what is the aesthetic stance for reading: 1. readers drawing on past experiences and connecting them to reading, 2. readers focusing their attention on information they need to remember, 3.reading a driver's manual before the examination for a license, 4. reading roll of thunder, hear my cry for guided reading

1. readers drawing on past experiences and connecting them to reading

Which best defines efferent reading? 1. reading a text to acquire information, 2. reading a literary work objectively, 3. reading in a small group to acquire information, 4. focusing on structures that represent specific concepts

1. reading a text to acquire information

Which activity would best provide a literate environment in a fifth grade classroom?: 1. reading aloud to the students,. 2. teaching grammar rules along with writing, 3. providing students with story topics, 4. teaching students how to develop outlines

1. reading aloud to the students

What is an example of supported reading?: 1. students listen to a recorded reading while following along in a book, 2. students read leveled books in homogenous group, 3. students and teacher read silently from self selected books at a scheduled time period, 4. students take turns reading aloud from the same book in an assigned book group

1. students listen to a recorded reading while following along in a book

Which activities are characteristic of shared reading? 1. the teacher talks about the author and illustrator of a book an then reads it aloud several times, 2.the teacher asks a student to read a book aloud and then leads a discussion of new concepts, 3. the teacher points out vocabulary words in a book book and then has students read their small books silently, 4. the teacher builds background knowledge about the topic of the book and then has students take turns reading aloud

1. the teacher talks about the author and illustrator of a book an then reads it aloud several times

A teacher uses a miscue analysis technique to assess a students reading ability. The student reads the sentence "bill gave his father a nice gift" as "bill gave is dad a nice gift" which would be an appropriate comment for the teacher to record on an analysis sheet?: 1. this remains a meaningful sentence and the miscue is not significant, 2. the miscue is significant because it indicates the student does not use word analysis clues, 3. the miscue 'dad' for 'father' indicates that the student needs additional work with consonant letter sounds, 4. this is a significant miscue that can be corrected through spelling instruction

1. this remains a meaningful sentence and the miscue is not significant

What is the largest source of vocab growth for intermediate grade students: 1. wide reading across genre, 2. direct vocab instruction, 3. educational television programs, 4. computer assisted vocabulary programs

1. wide reading across genre

Based on Vygotsky's theory of learning, how could a teacher best help students who are performing significantly below their potential: 1. spend additional instructional time with them in a small group setting, 2. allow for constant involvement with proficient learners in the classroom, 3. provide computer assisted instruction, 4. provide instruction that focuses on mastery learning

2. Allow for constant involvement with proficient learners in the classroom

Why is Reading Recovery effective with young children: 1. Reading recovery encourages children to read only non fiction text since classroom emphasize fiction, 2. Reading recovery provides children with a great deal of individualized and focused instruction, 3. Reading recovery makes excellent use of classroom volunteers to struggling readers, 4. Reading recovery identifies struggling readers during their first years of schooling

2. Reading recovery provides children with a great deal of individualized and focused instruction

A student in the fourth grade is having trouble understanding the science text. Which assessment tool should the teacher use to gather info about the students proficiency in reading the science text? 1. An interest inventory on science topics, 2. an informal reading inventory using science passages, 3. a norm referenced test in science, 4. a portfolio of science projects

2. an informal reading inventory using science passages

Which book may be used for developing primary student's fluency through repeated readings: 1.bridge to terabithia, 2. brown bear brown bear what do you see, 3. Lincoln a photobiogprahy, 4. roll of thunder, hear my cry

2. brown bear brown bear what do you see

Which activity is most effective in developing sight vocabulary?: 1. reading widely , 2. building word banks, 3. using dictionaries and thesurai , 4. choosing content rich words from reading books

2. building word banks

Which strategy can be used to improve students reading fluency: 1. round robin reading, 2. chunking sounds, 3. grand conversations, 4. dictionary respellings

2. chunking sounds

Which question should a teacher ask to help students develop self monitoring strategies? 1. Can you spell the world through , 2. does the sentence make sense, 3. what is the subject of the sentence, 4. why did you choose this story

2. does the sentence make sense

Which is a major objective of the physical design of a literacy classroom: 1. enable teachers to access required material easily, 2. enable children to be immersed in a variety of learning opportunities, 3. enable children to learn quietly without distractions, 4. enable substitutions to function smoothly when the teacher is away

2. enable children to be immersed in a variety of learning opportunities

At the end of ch 10 of bridge to terabithia, jess finds out that leslie has drowned. Chapter 11 deals with his reaction to the death. What would be the best response strategy for beg chapter 11: 1. have students summarize in a few words how jess found out about leslies death, 2. have students talk about how they would feel if they were in jess's position, 3. have students complete a story map of chapter 10, 4 introduce several key vocab words in chapter 11

2. have students talk about how they would feel if they were in jess's position

Which is a recommendation of the joint IRA/NCTE standards for the English language arts: 1. increased emphasis on grades and competition, 2. increased emphasis on modeling democratic processes, 3. decreased emphasis on understanding the structure of a field of study, 4. decreased emphasis on inquiry based instruction and problem solving

2. increased emphasis on modeling democratic processes

Grade 3 to 5 students for whom English is a second language and native English students whose language skills are underdeveloped may both benefit from which literacy approach?: 1. listening to books on tape, 2. keeping a personal dictionary , 3 using a literature based basal reader, 4. providing environmental print in the English learners first language

2. keeping a personal dictionary

Why are function words especially difficult for students to learn? They are: 1. associated with strong, emotional events, 2. lacking in definable meaning, 3. typically multi-syllabic words, 4. words with figurative meanings

2. lacking in definable meaning

Which methodology recognizes that children may have the mental but not mechanical skills to present their own writing: 1. fluency workshop, 2. language experience, 3. writing process, 4. writing to read

2. language experience

Which process Is essential for inclusion in lessons designed to develop reading fluency: 1. imaging, 2. modeling, 3. rephrasing, 4. scanning

2. modeling

Which level of word knowledge do students demonstrate if they can match a word with its definition: 1. full word knowledge , 2. partial word knowledge, 3. initial word knowledge, 4. sight word recognition

2. partial word knowledge

Which statement does research support about students metacognitive skills: 1. competent readers rarely need to monitor their own comprehension, 2. poor readers frequently do not know when they don't understand what they have read, 3. poor readers use a variety of strategies when they don't understand the text, 4.all readers can rely on a single corrective strategy when monitoring their comprehension

2. poor readers frequently do not know when they don't understand what they have read

Which type of book is especially appropriate for beg readers because of the high frequency of repeated sound patterns and the presence of rhyme: 1. picture book, 2. predictable book, 3 word book, 4. wordless book

2. predictable book

What is a characteristic of sustained silent reading (SSR): 1. book reports are written in groups, 2. teachers and students read self selected books, 3. student's complete worksheets that assess their reading comp, 4. stories are written as plays

2. teachers and students read self selected books

What is metacognition in reading: 1. the act of recalling what one reads, 2. the act of monitoring one's own comprehension of text, 3. the ability to synthesize information from many diff sources, 4. the ability to incorporate new info into existing knowledge schemata

2. the act of monitoring one's own comprehension of text

What part of the word "spring" is the onset : 1. the letter s , 2. the letters spr, 3. the letters ing, 4. the whole word spring

2. the letters spr

Which classroom feature demonstrates the extension of literacy learning to other content areas?: 1. the classroom library is located next to the science discovery center, 2. the science discovery center has a graph, blank and drawing paper for students to record the results of their activities, 3. the sand play area has labeled storage compartments for each toy, 4. the teacher provides mailboxes for students to send and receive messages

2. the science discovery center has a graph, blank and drawing paper for students to record the results of their activities

A teacher receives a variety of answers to the question "what do you think was the meaning of the story" what is the most probable explanation for the different answers: 1.the students were not paying attention and guessed at the correct answer, 2. the student's answers were influenced by their personal feelings, ideas, attitudes, and background experiences, 3. the teachers question was vague, it allowed for many interpretations, 4. the teachers question was too hard, the students had to guess the answer

2. the student's answers were influenced by their personal feelings, ideas, attitudes, and background experiences

When is direct vocabulary instruction most effective? When students: 1. spend at least 30 minutes daily on vocab instruction, 2. use new vocab words in varied settings, 3. copy definitions of new words from the dictionary, 4. memorize dictionary definitions of new words

2. use new vocab words in varied settings

What factor most distinguishes capable from less capable writers? Capable writers have the ability to: 1. decode rapidly, 2. vary writing depending on purpose and audience, 3. create compositions independently without help from peers, 4. use the same strategy consistently in their writing

2. vary writing depending on purpose and audience

Which question would be appropriate to ask to activate a student's aesthetic reading of grandfather's journey by allen say: 1. what happened to the family's house during the war, 2. what memories do you have after reading the story, 3. how many weeks did it take the grandfather to arrive in the new world, 4. after traveling around in the US in what city did the grandfather decide to live

2. what memories do you have after reading the story

A teacher decides to temporarily group students together who needed to improve their inferencing skills. Which type of instructional format is the teacher using: 1.Discussion, 2. Interest, 3. Mini-lesson, 4. Project

3. Mini-lesson

Which instructional practice reflects the understanding that literature has a central role in learning to read: 1. literacy play centers, 2. phonemic awareness training, 3. shared book experience, 4. structured vocabulary instruction

3. Shared book experience

Which situation involves a problem with semantics or schemas? 1. A child hears friends talking about gifts they hope to receive. The door closes before one friend finishes the sentence. I really want one of those litte red. The child assumes the friend wants a wagon, 2. a child has learned that saying "im the leader so you should do as I tell you" will cause friends to behave in the desired way. The child tells a group of friends to make faces at the teacher and the friends refuse to do it., 3. a child overhears a parent talking on the phone. The parent refers to someone having a learned a lesson. The child assumes that the parent is talking to one of the child's teachers, 4. a child has learned the alphabet and enjoys playing with a set of magnetic letters. The child forms a sentence with the letters and is disappointed when the teacher says the sentence doesn't make sense.

3. a child overhears a parent talking on the phone. The parent refers to someone having a learned a lesson. The child assumes that the parent is talking to one of the child's teachers

What is a phoneme: 1. printed symbol such as a letter, 2. a package of related concepts, 3. a small unit of spoken language, 4. an alphabetic character

3. a small unit of spoken language

A beginning reader reads "they are sitting at the table" as "they be sittin' at the table" how should the teacher respond to this: 1. correct the student immediately for using improper grammar, 2. point out to the reading group that the student used a different verb from what is written, 3. allow the student to continue to read without comment, 4. ask the student to repeat the sentence and speak more carefully this time

3. allow the student to continue to read without comment

What does the emergent literacy theory emphasize? 1. direct instruction by parents, 2. successful performance on readiness tests, 3. attempts by children to construct meaning from language, 4. attainment of a specific mental age before instruction can begin

3. attempts by children to construct meaning from language

Which claim would be characteristic of a supporter of intensive phonics instruction? A reader who knows phonics rules: 1. can identify unknown words because it is possible to pronounce them more or less correctly, 2. may read more slowly when faced with material that contains many unknown words, 3. can identify unknown words because it is possible to pronounce them more or less correctly, 4. can apply skills learned form reading decodable texts directly to reading beginning literature text

3. can identify unknown words because it is possible to pronounce them more or less correctly

A curriculum committee is using the joint IRA/NCTE standards for the english language arts as a guide in choosing language arts materials for use in school district. If budget limitations prevent the purchase of all the chose materials which should the committee make the first priority to purchase? 1. basal readers , 2. teacher manuals , 3. class set of trade books , 4. drill and practice workbooks

3. class set of trade books

The teacher should use which instructional strategy to teach predicting outcomes? 1. language experience, 2. directed reading activity (DRA), 3. directed reading-thinking activity (DRTA), 4. SQ3R

3. directed reading-thinking activity (DRTA)

Research indicates that elementary school teachers unfamiliar with questioning techniques frequently ask which kind of questions? Questions that require students to : 1. draw conclusions, 2. express an opinion about stated facts, 3. give specific info from a text, 4. make inferences from a text

3. give specific info from a text

Which word contains both a diagraph and a blend? 1. Chair, 2. father, 3. graph, 4. grass

3. graph

What was the primary disadvantage of the phonics approaches found in basal readers in the 1960s and 70s : 1. literature selections had controlled vocabularies, 2. few expository selections were included, 3. isolated skills instruction was overemphasized, 4. lessons on decoding were difficult for the teachers to present to children

3. isolated skills instruction was overemphasized

Why should teachers immerse young children in environmental print? Young children begin to read by identifying: 1. colors, 2 letters, 3. logos, 4. textures

3. logos

What is a benefit to an emergent reader of using inventing spelling? Inventive spelling develops: 1. reading fluency, 2. mnemonic spelling, 3. phonemic awareness, 4. the ability to use spelling lists

3. phonemic awareness

Which would least likely be included in a first grade writing center?, 1. alphabet strips , 2. journal notebooks, 3. phonics workbooks, 4. unlined paper

3. phonics workbooks

Which activity reflects the whole language approach to instruction?: 1. word analysis, 2. round robin reading, 3. reading trade books, 4 phonics combined with literature study

3. reading trade books

Which stage of the writing process is usually deemphasized for emergent writers: 1. pre writing, 2. drafting, 3. revising, 4. publishing

3. revising

A child who cross checks while reading demonstrates that he is engaging in which behavior: 1. auditory blending, 2. phonemic segmenting, 3. self monitoring, 4. visual imaging

3. self monitoring

Which best exemplifies authentic assessment: 1. multiple choice items, 2. sentence completion tasks, 3. story retelling, 4. true-false tests

3. story retelling

What is the major purpose for including literature in a reading program: 1. to help students learn how to locate materials in the library, 2. to provide reading materials that have various types of text structure, 3. to promote a lifetime appreciation and enjoyment of high quality reading material, 4. to supplement basal selections with materials dealing with similar topics

3. to promote a lifetime appreciation and enjoyment of high quality reading material

What concepts are included in "book orientation": 1. reading a page in an English book from left to right, top to bottom, 2. recognizing that a capital letter marks the beg of a sentence, 3. turning pages at the correct time as a book is read aloud, 4. understanding the purpose of punctuation marks in structuring a book

3. turning pages at the correct time as a book is read aloud

Which scenario represents an appropriate environment for literacy instruction for a student with ADD: 1. keep the student in the same reading group during the school year, 2. have the student complete workbook pages as prescribed in the teacher's manual, 3. use writing activities which require the student to respond actively, 4. create a reading program to be completed individually by the student

3. use writing activities which require the student to respond actively

Which activity would be appropriate for a kindergarten teacher to develop children's directionality in print? 1.tell the children where to start reading each story, 2. encourage the use of the dominant hand, 3. write a language experience story on the board, 4. show children the beg and end of a story

3. write a language experience story on the board

What best facilitates the use of a writer's workshop in the K-3 classroom: 1. decodable books, 2. morning routine, 3. writing center, 4. writing groups

3. writing center

Which is an important guideline for involving parents in a reading program: 1.Ask parents to reteach strategies introduced during class instruction, 2. Provide parents with a time schedule for tutoring children, 3. Involve only those parents who attend instructional session, 4. Provide information to parents through newsletters, conferences and workshops

4. Provide information to parents through newsletters, conferences and workshops

What activity or approach to teaching includes teacher and student sharing time, minilessons, checking the state of the class and workshop activities: 1. The language experience approach, 2. The discussion webb, 3. Pre reading plan workshop, 4. Writing workshop

4. Writing workshop

At what age to children overgeneralize the rules of language, for example saying "foots" instead of feet: 1. between 6 and 12 months, 2. between 1 and 2, 3. between 2 and 3, 4. between 3 and 4

4. between 3 and 4

Why is kid watching a more useful assessment tool than standardized tests in the primary grades? 1. kid watching relies on an analysis of data by research institutes, 2. standardized test are usually culturally biased, 3. it is difficult to acquire national normative data for the primary grades, 4. children demonstrate more reliable reading behaviors in an authentic setting

4. children demonstrate more reliable reading behaviors in an authentic setting

A student obtains a percentile score of 20 on a standardized reading test. What should the teacher do: 1. place the student in the middle reading group, 2. assign the student a peer tutor, 3. assign the student independent reading at grade level, 4. conduct additional assessments

4. conduct additional assessments

What do Fredericks and Rasinksy (1990) believe to be essential for literacy school volunteers?1. background in education, 2. knowledge of childrens literature, 3. diagnostic ability, 4. consistent training

4. consistent training

Which activity promotes both responding to and writing about literature?1. anticipation guide, 2. choral reading, 3. cloze procedure, 4. double journal entry

4. double journal entry

During which stage of the writing process can teachers best help students to respond to the content of their won writing through the eyes of their classmates: 1. prewriting, 2. drafting, 3. revising, 4. editing

4. editing

Which teacher activity would best help students who are learning english as a second language? The teacher: 1. provides individualized instruction focused on students needs, 2. rewards the students for accurate examples of speaking and reading in English, 3. points out conversational and oral reading mistakes at the time they occur, so that the student can benefit from the instruction, 4. encourages experimentation with oral language and reading by allowing students to play with language

4. encourages experimentation with oral language and reading by allowing students to play with language

Which strategy uses literature to help children read?: 1. Capsule vocabulary, 2. concept ladders, 3. elkonian boxes, 4. grand conversations

4. grand conversations

Which post reading activity would provide students with an appropriate means of examining personal perspectives for the story number the stars by lois lowry? 1. allow students to engage in choral readings from the story, 2. have students compose a sequel in which story outcomes change, 3. create a game of concentration the vocab words from story, 4. have students write story describing how they would feel if they faced a similar problem

4. have students write story describing how they would feel if they faced a similar problem

How are graphic organizers helpful to comprehension? Graphic organizers: 1. support students as they become fluent readers, 2. provide questions for students to answer as they read informational txt, 3 help build knowledge of a story structure when reading narrative text, 4. illustrate the relationship between ideas in text

4. illustrate the relationship between ideas in text

Which activity for English language learners best reflects the interrelationship of the language arts?: 1. learners listen to a story in English and then retell it to ha partner in their own English words, 2. learners work in pairs on grammar worksheets identifying subjects and verbs in English sentences, 3. learners memorize poems in English and recite them in front of the class, 4. learners create picture books with English text and share them with a regular kindergarten class

4. learners create picture books with English text and share them with a regular kindergarten class

What is characteristic of a developmentally appropriate classroom?, 1. appropriate language is modeled by an adult classroom volunteer while the teacher assesses children, 2. children who are linguistically diverse are compared to their peers for assessment, 3. conventional language is used in writing and speaking at all times, 4. meaningful written and oral interactions are modeled and encouraged

4. meaningful written and oral interactions are modeled and encouraged

What does research indicate young readers should do to advance their acceptance of people with disabilities: 1. read books about a wide variety of disabilities, 2. read different genres about children with disabilities, 3. read and discuss stories in which the protagonists focus on their disability, 4. read and discuss stories with multidimensional characters

4. read and discuss stories with multidimensional characters

Which is considered an authentic reading task: 1. word lists, 2. multiple choice, 3. standardized instrument, 4. running record

4. running record

Which strategy for developing fluency relies on using technology? 1. choral reading, 2. echo reading, 3. guided reading, 4. screen reading

4. screen reading

Singing "I like to eat I like to eat I like to eat apples and bananas" then "ay lake to ate, ay lake to ate, ay lake to ate, ate, aypples and banaynayas" is an example of which phonemic awareness activity? 1. sound blending, 2. sound isolation, 3. sound segmentation, 4. sound substitution

4. sound substitution

Which cueing system is activated by the words a, an and the? 1. phonological, 2. pragmatic, 3. semantic, 4. syntactic

4. syntactic

The concept of inclusion is based upon which assumption: 1. parents prefer that their children work with a variety of people in the learning situation, 2. classroom teachers are adequately and sufficiently trained to deal with individual differences in their own classroom3, 3. special education teachers are primarily responsible for the instruction of children with special needs, 4. the classroom teacher and special education teacher share the same responsibilities for the instruction of learners with special needs

4. the classroom teacher and special education teacher share the same responsibilities for the instruction of learners with special needs

What is a morpheme? 1. a letter of the alphabet, 2. a consonant blend, 3. the basic sound unit, 4. the smallest unit of meaning

4. the smallest unit of meaning

Which statement reflects a current criticism of standardized tests and traditional assessments?1 they are too comprehensive in heir assessment of literacy areas, 2. they produce scores that are difficult to convert to letter grades, 3. they are not systematically developed, 4. they are not an integral part of instruction

4. they are not an integral part of instruction

Why would a teacher engage students in reciprocal questioning: 1. to question students about a text, 2. to give students an opportunity to ask one another questions about a text, 3. to encourage students to take complete control of the lesson, 4. to encourage students to become active readers by developing their own questions

4. to encourage students to become active readers by developing their own questions

Which instructional activity helps children to collect and practice their sight word? 1. Book buddies, 2. sound boxes, 3. semantic maps, 4. word banks

4. word banks

What is most promising in motivating students to write longer pieces? 1. dictation task assessment, 2. scope and sequence chart, 3 semantic feature analysis, 4. word processing programs

4. word processing programs

What can best be used to help students compare and contrast vowel patterns? 1. exclusion brainstorming, 2. read arounds , 3. structural analysis, 4. word sorts

4. word sorts

What is the best way to ensure that children who are learning to read have enjoyable reading experience? Teach: 1. the sounds of letters, 2. structural analysis, 3. syllabication, 4. words in meaningful text

4. words in meaningful text

Which study method encourages students to assess what they already know about a topic, set a purpose for reading and write what they have learned after they have read? 1. K-W-L, 2. QAR, 3. S3QR, 4. SSR

1. K-W-L