EDCI 3200 Benton

When grouping students for guided reading, teachers should:

regroup the students occasionally because different books place different demands on the reader

Twelve-year-old Brenna completed a research report that had a table of contents, illustrations with captions, a bibliography, and an index. This project showed that the student understood:

text features of nonfiction

Kindergarten teacher Cassie Bond invited her students to dictate sentences about their class trip. The teacher wrote the children's sentences on large chart paper and then helped them read those sentences. This example shows a teacher using:

the Language Experience Approach

The one-to-one correspondence between phonemes and graphemes, such that each letter consistently represents one sound is known as:

the alphabetic principle

When analyzing political cartoons, it is most helpful for students to try to determine:

the intended audience for the cartoon

The parent of a third grade child proudly announced that she requires her son to find three new words in the dictionary each day and write their definitions. The child's teacher politely responded that research indicates that the best way to build vocabulary is by:

Reading

When the mayor announced that the town's skateboard park would close, some students were upset while others felt that it was the right decision. The best way for their teacher to use this situation as a literacy learning experience would be to:

encourage students to respectfully debate the issue

After she read a book aloud to the class, new teacher Grace Scott saw two students reading it together during a recess period. Of the following, the most effective action for this teacher to take would be to:

encourage the students to continue rereading so that they could make a deeper connection with the book

The teacher motivated Jack to read by giving him books that had the length and depth of novels but were written and illustrated in comic book format. Those books are examples of:

graphic novels

Fifth grade teacher Ashley Venti introduced a new book, helped students form predictions, and then encouraged students to read the first chapter silently. This teacher used an instructional technique known as:

guided reading

Carlos, an English learner, has enrolled in a public school in Pennsylvania. He has a rich vocabulary in Spanish, but limited English. Research suggests that a student who has a rich vocabulary in his first language will probably:

have less difficulty learning English than would a student with limited vocabulary in the native language

While completing a unit on recycling, a teacher encouraged her class to consider the subject from many viewpoints. Of the following, the best way to help students consider many viewpoints would be to use:

Cubing

In the word snug, the rime is:

ug

Teachers can most effectively use retellings to determine a child's:

understanding of story structure

Of the following, the most authentic way to help students learn the letters of the alphabet would be to:

use environmental print and the children's names

When using Literature Circles, teachers should:

use flexible grouping to meet students' needs

Students who are English learners:

use the same writing process that native speakers use

Appropriate language arts instructional patterns include literature circles, literature focus units, reading and writing workshop, and thematic units. Effective teachers:

vary the approach to fit the situation and the students' needs

The area of language arts in which students create meaning through multiple sign systems such as video productions, dramatizations, and posters is referred to as:

visually representing

When teaching students who are English language learners, it is most helpful to scaffold their learning by using:

visuals such as photographs and maps

Of the following, the most useful tool for engaging students in self-reflection and goal setting is the:

Portfolio

In the English language, there are approximately:

44 phonemes

Of the following, the best way to introduce report writing to children who have never written a report is to:

: write a collaborative report with the class

After reading the novel Travel Team, a group of sixth-grade students wanted to talk about the characters and give their reactions to the story. To grant their wish and to capitalize upon their interest, their teacher used the instructional technique known as:

Grand Conversation

Research suggests that students with less effective oral language abilities tend to:

Have less effective written language abilities

Mrs. Marsico's third-grade class is reading a novel, The Trumpet of the Swan, and completing many related activities. Because the entire class is reading the same novel, they are participating in a:

Literature Focus Unit

Students who are English learners usually make more progress when the classroom environment is:

Predictable

Of the following, the technique that can most directly help students become more fluent readers is:

Readers Theatre

Because he had successfully learned to decode words with a short a spelling pattern, James was able to read a passage fluently and effortlessly. This automatic action showed that James has mastered a literacy:

Skill

Harry, a fan of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, purchased audio versions of the novels and listened to the stories during his family's vacation. When he listened to the novels, Harry was engaged in:

The correct answer is:

In September, the teacher met with 9-year-old Harry every morning to help him set purposes for reading. By December, Harry seemed able to set purposes independently, so the principal correctly advised the teacher to:

gradually release this responsibility to the student

After observing young children working in the housekeeping center, the school reading specialist suggested that the kindergarten teacher add shopping lists, telephone message pads, and boxes with cereal logos to transform the area into:

a Literacy Play Center

The novel The Shakespeare Stealer, tells the story of a boy who visits the Globe Theatre and interacts with Shakespeare. The author helps readers understand the lives of performers and theatre patrons in London in the 1600s. Consequently, this novel has an example of:

an integral setting

Of the following, the most effective way to link social studies instruction with language arts instruction would be to encourage students to:

analyze political cartoons

When implementing process drama in a classroom, teachers should:

ask questions about the dramatic context

Fourth grade teacher Tony Catania began a lesson by asking a low level question. As his students showed interest in the topic and began to contribute to a discussion, the teacher used the most effective instructional technique by:

asking fewer questions and letting students engage in higher level conversations

By reading their work in the Author's Chair, students gain a sense of:

audience

The terms skills and strategies are not synonymous. Skills differ from strategies because skills are used:

automatically

As she was reading the novel Esperanza Rising, Irina recalled her childhood in Mexico. Irina made a personal response to this novel because she applied her:

background knowledge

For a funny birthday gift, Rob drew a portrait of his brother that exaggerated his curly hair and long beard. Portraits that exaggerate or distort a person's appearance are known as:

caricatures

Language arts teachers should integrate instruction on viewing with reading instruction primarily because:

children use similar strategies in reading and viewing

Although Emily conversed comfortably with peers and with older adults, she struggled when presenting oral reports in class. Emily had not yet developed:

communicative competence

The goal of both the reading process and the writing process is:

constructing meaning

The theory which emphasizes the use of all six language arts to communicate, solve problems, and persuade others to a course of action is known as:

critical literacy

The sixth-grade students in Kathy Smyth's class gathered many facts about the Vikings, but they had difficulty preparing an organized presentation. In this situation, it would be most helpful for the teacher to present a minilesson on:

data charts

Of the following, it is most important for teachers to always:

determine students' background knowledge before beginning instruction

When a group of fourth-grade students were ready to revise rough drafts of their research reports, their teacher wisely told them that their first concern should be to:

determine whether they have answered their research questions

The preschool director urged parents to read aloud to their children because by listening to stories, children:

develop a concept of story

During the emergent literacy stage, children:

develop reading and writing abilities concurrently

An individual's awareness of color:

develops throughout life

Because 3-year-old Brenna showed growth in phonemic awareness, her teacher stated that she had shown progress in:

discriminative listening

Last year, Sarah felt comfortable using her college's program for online registration. When the college introduced a new program, however, Sarah had difficulty and experienced:

disequilibrium

Of the following, the best way to motivate children to engage in research and improve their writing skills is by:

establishing a climate of inquiry

To plan instruction, new teacher Brooke Hippert needed to know which writing strategies her students could already use effectively. Of the following, the best way for a teacher to determine which writing strategies students can use is to:

examine samples in the students' portfolios

When the students were selecting books for their literature circles, their teacher correctly advised them that:

fiction and nonfiction can be used in literature circles

The novel Sarah, Plain and Tall, is told through the eyes of Anna, the oldest child; Anna is the narrator. This is an example of:

first-person viewpoint

Sixth-grade students in Nancy Loving's class did not use context clues when they encountered unfamiliar words. The most effective way to teach these students about context clues would be to:

have the teacher model use of context clues as she reads aloud

When implementing the Common Core Standards, teachers:

help students use illustrations to comprehend texts

Third-grade student Ella wrote the sentence, "It is to cold to go swimming." Ella's sentence shows that she has difficulty with:

homonyms

Figurative language such as, "It's raining cats and dogs" and "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water" are examples of:

idioms

Of the following, the most important reason for helping students use correct spelling and punctuation is that adherence to conventions will:

increase readability for the audience

After visiting a firehouse, a first-grade teacher and her students sat together and took turns holding the pen and writing sentences about their experience. This group participated in:

interactive writing

It is important for students to learn to recognize common symbols such as $, @, or &, primarily so that they can:

interpret posters, charts, and graphs

Each of the twenty students in Steve McCall's fifth-grade class selected a topic and completed a research project. Because there will not be sufficient time for all of the students to present their work in an assembly, the best choice for the teacher would be to:

invite all of the students to share simultaneously in an online virtual museum

When implementing an interactive read-aloud, it is most important to:

involve students in the activity

Developing students' concept of story is crucial primarily because it:

lays the foundation for composing and comprehending stories

When the teacher noticed that her students had difficulty creating realistic characters in their stories, she wisely discussed examples in:

mentor books

Young children grow in their ability to reflect upon language. The ability to talk about concepts of language is known as:

metalinguistics

Science teacher Gloria McCall has observed that her students can conduct experiments and report results factually but they don't connect the new information with previous results. Of the following, the best way to help students reflect on their learning and plan future research would be to:

model and encourage the use of learning logs

Before students begin to work in revising groups, teachers should:

model appropriate types of revising suggestions

When she asked students to summarize information from a science presentation, fourth grade teacher Gloria McCall wrote their comments on the whiteboard. Of the following, the best instructional reason for writing notes on the whiteboard is to:

model note taking skills

When students participate in writing workshop, the teacher should:

monitor as each student works at his own pace

Because students need to know whether they're listening successfully and whether a listening strategy is working, teachers should introduce and model the strategy of:

monitoring

Susan deduced that the subway would travel under the ground because she knew that sub means under. To determine the meaning of the word subway, Susan used her knowledge of:

morphemes

Self-explanatory pictorial representations used to present information are known as:

pictograms

The ability to read sentences with appropriate phrasing and intonation is known as:

prosody

A kindergarten teacher has observed that most of his students have difficulty writing letters or words. This teacher should:

provide pencils and crayons to encourage writing

Several students who are English language learners have enrolled in Doris Triado's third-grade class. The principal has correctly advised this teacher to:

provide time for English language learners to talk with classmates

A sixth-grade teacher wanted to discuss the novel Because of Winn-Dixie with her students. Because the teacher felt that her students would have no difficulty with the vocabulary and could read the novel without teacher support, the teacher wisely decided to:

provide time for the students to read the novel independently

Of the following, the best way for parents to build their children's vocabulary is to:

read to them every day

Sixth-grade teacher Ashley Cole gave her students graphic organizers because they needed help to organize their writing

scaffolding

A fourth-grade teacher observed that some of her students who were English language learners lacked the background knowledge to fully comprehend the novel chosen for the literature focus unit. The principal correctly advised the teacher to:

show portions of a video to build background knowledge

When 8-year-old Renee said, "The polar bear tumbled down the hill like a slippery snowball," she used a:

simile

When a class is participating in process drama, it is appropriate for:

students to ask the performers questions about the dramatic context

To encourage students to vary their word choices and use more interesting and descriptive words in their writing, it would be most effective for a teacher to present a lesson on:

synonyms

When a class is using Grand Conversations:

talk should be primarily among the students

A new teacher discovered that her classroom library contained fiction and nonfiction books related to the class' study of the Industrial Revolution. Experienced teachers correctly advised her to:

teach students about the differences between fiction and nonfiction

Research suggests that children are better listeners when they become involved in a story:

while the teacher is reading aloud

The term researchers use to describe a student's interest in learning and using new words is:

word consciousness

Of the following, the most effective way to focus students' attention on words is to:

write important words on word-wall charts and post them in the classroom