Form 2 PLT

A third-grade teacher read the following excerpt from The Best of Times by Greg Tang. Two is very fast and fun, quickly double and you're done. What's that you say, be more precise? Okay then, just add it twice! Which TWO of the following number sentences best exemplify the same pattern as the one described?

C.7×2=7+7 E.8+8=2×8

1. As people move into the Everglades, animal habitats are destroyed and dangerous animals share living space with humans. 2. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine to prevent the spread of polio. 3. People living in the United States and Canada have many things in common. 4.The flag of the United States has changed many times through the years.

1. Cause and Effect 2.Problem andSolution 3. Compare and Contrast 4. Sequence

In order to develop phonemic awareness, students with special needs must first

understand the utility and function of oral and written language

A first-grade teacher has the students model the numbers 100 and 30 with place-value blocks. Which of the following student comments best indicates an understanding of how to compare whole numbers?

"Hundred is greater because the hundred has ten tens and thirty has three tens."

Which of the following student statements best demonstrates an understanding of multiplication?

"Multiplication combines groups of equal size together."

During a science lesson, a teacher reads aloud from The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. Which of the following excerpts from the book best describes erosion?

"Water sculpts the earth over time."

Which of the following appropriately uses the distributive property of multiplication over addition to find the value of 3×69 ?

(3×60)+(3×9)

To engage in the scientific process, students must follow a series of steps: 1. Make an observation; 2. Ask a question that would explain the observation; 3. Propose (i)______ that is an educated guess to answer the question; 4. Then (ii)_______ to support the educated guess; and 5. Carry out the procedure to support the educated guess.

(i) a hypothesis (ii) design an experiment

A third-grade teacher asks students to solve the following word problem. Samantha bought 6 scarves for $7 each and 3 shirts for $15 each. She used a coupon to receive a discount of $1.50 on each scarf and $3.00 on each shirt. Which of the following is an appropriate first step in computing the amount, in dollars, that Samantha paid for the scarves and shirts?

6(7−1.50)+3(15−3)

In the figure shown, all angles are right angles. Which of the following is the area of the figure?

64 ft2

The diagram illustrates the water cycle. Which lettered part of the diagram best represents evaporation?

A

Put the following United States historical events in chronological order. End of the American Revolutionary War Occurrence of the Boston Tea Party Ratification of the United States Constitution Signing of the Declaration of Independence Election of George Washingtonas the first president of the United States

1) Occurence of the Boston Tea Party (1773); 2) Signing the Declaration of Independence (1776); 3) End of the American Revolutionary War (1783); 4) Ratification of the United States Constitution (1787); 5) Election of George Washington as the first president of the United States (1789).

A kindergarten student was asked to circle all the rectangles in the box, as shown above. Which of the following can the teacher reasonably conclude about the student's understanding of rectangles?

The student thinks a rectangle must have a horizontal side.

A first-grade teacher is selecting texts for a science unit on butterflies. Which of the following is most important for the teacher to consider when creating the text set?

The texts should have a meaningful connection to the anchor text.

A first-grade teacher reads aloud two different versions of "The Three Little Pigs" and brainstorms with students to fill in the Venn diagram below. Based on the Venn diagram, which of the following statements is most accurate?

The third pig escaped the wolf.

Which of the following is an attribute of both cones and cylinders?

They have circular bases.

An elementary teacher can most effectively introduce students to the concept of civic participation by

having students help create classroom rules

are me said like they The words in the list shown are best described as

high frequency

Use of creative drama activities in language arts lessons has been shown to

increase students' comprehension of word meanings

According to Newton's first law of motion, objects not acted upon by a net force tend to remain at rest or remain in motion as a result of

inertia

A family of multiple generations living together so members can help support each other is an example of cultural

interdependence

Marco, a second-grade student, is asked to sort a stack of picture cards into three groups of his choosing. Marco's completed sort is shown below. Marco's picture sort best demonstrates an understanding of

onset

A prekindergarten teacher sends home with students reading adventure bags filled with theme-based fiction and nonfiction picture books as well as interactive activities. The students are encouraged to read and discuss one book daily with a family member and record their activities in a reading log. The strategy best promotes

oral language development

During an art lesson, a teacher displays a large print of a photograph by Ansel Adams titled The Tetons and the Snake River, shown. The work exemplifies Adams' legendary skill as a technician notable for

producing a large range of complex and subtle tones

When the denominator of a fraction is 1, then the fraction

represents a whole number

An elementary physical education teacher notices that a kindergarten student, Melvin, sits out during warm up activities while the rest of the class is performing jumping jacks. Melvin tells the teacher that he can't do jumping jacks. As a result of the conversation, the teacher models jumping jacks and helps the student move the legs and arms simultaneously and in opposition. After a week of practice, the student's skills improve, and he participates with the class. By challenging Melvin in this situation the teacher recognizes the need for students to develop

self-efficacy

A third-grade teacher provides students with an article titled "Working at the Hospital." The first paragraph is below. There are many jobs at the hospital. Some people work as nurses. Some people work as doctors. You probably know about those jobs. There are many other jobs at the hospital. If you are a patient in a hospital, you will meet different workers. It might start with the ambulance driver. That worker helps people get to the hospital quickly. Based on the information provided in the introductory paragraph, students can infer that the primary focus of the article will be about

the responsibilities of different individuals who work at a hospital

An unhealthy emotional state can have a direct impact on physical health by

upsetting the body's hormone balance and weakening the immune system

Building phonological awareness is critical to helping young students learn to read because without it, the students will primarily struggle to

use alphabetic principles, which are necessary to develop the ability to decode words

Students in a preschool class are asked to use magnifying glasses to examine items they find outdoors. Which of the following basic science skills is emphasized in the activity?

Observing

Which of the following sources best represents a secondary source of information?

A documentary about Harriet Tubman

Which of the following teaching strategies most effectively supports emergent writers in a preschool classroom?

Providing students with functional writing opportunities connected to class activities

Since the snow was falling fast, the teacher asked the students to quickly finish the quiz. The passage above contains which of the following grammatical errors?

Split infinitive

The water in Earth's lakes, rivers, and oceans is best described as being part of which of the following?

The hydrosphere

For each row, select whether each topic is best written using formal or informal language. Topic Formal Language Informal Language 1. Writing a text to a friend 2.Writing a report on sharks for class 3.Writing a letter to a United States senator

1. Informal language 2. Formal language 3. Formal language

Match the following functions to the corresponding body system. 1.Produces fluid that helps the body fight infection 2.Controls voluntary and involuntary movements and actions 3.Transports blood, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and hormones 4.Allows the body to take in oxygen and expel carbon dioxide 5.Secretes hormones that regulate metabolism and growth

1. Lymphatic System 2. Nervous System 3.Circulatory System 4. Respiratory System 5. Endocrine System

Two identical pizzas are each sliced into 8 pieces of equal size. The slices are shared among 14 students so that each student receives the same amount of pizza. What fraction of the total number of slices will remain after the slices are shared?

1/8

Which of the following is equivalent to 35 percent?

21/60

The first four triangular numbers, 1, 3, 6, and 10, are shown in the table below. What is the seventh triangular number?

28

A teacher has students trace one of their hands on a sheet of colored paper, cut out the tracing, and use a tool to approximate its area. Which of the following is the most appropriate tool for the students to use to accomplish the task?

A grid of one-inch squares

Which of the following events best exemplifies a direct impact people have on the physical environment?

A methane leak caused by fracking

Of the following, which is most likely to be a reliable source of information?

A peer-reviewed article in a scholarly journal

A teacher observes that a student displays frequent mood swings and hyperactive behaviors. Although the teacher has shared this information with the student's parents and school counselor, the student should ultimately be evaluated by which of the following?

A psychologist

Which of the following situations best demonstrates the concept of interdependence?

A sports club buys lunch for its members from the local diner.

Problem: A school is renting vans to take 143 students and teachers on a field trip. Each van can hold 18 people. If the school rents the least number of vans possible, how many vans does the school need to rent? A third-grade teacher gives students the word problem shown. Based on the information provided, which THREE of the following statements are correct?

A.Eight vans are needed for the field trip. D.Seven vans will be completely full. E.One van will have only 17 people in it.

Which TWO of the following books are most appropriate to use to teach third graders about comparing and contrasting two cultures?

A.The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas, a collection of poems celebrating the varieties of African American ethnic heritages B.Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo, a book about siblings traveling through South Africa to find their mother in Johannesburg C.Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi Igus, a book about a girl's relationship with her Japanese mother and African American grandmother D.Under the Moon and Over the Sea, edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols, a compilation of poems about Caribbean traditions E.The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman, a book about a boy and his family who were forced by war to move from Somalia to the United States C,E

After a teacher models how to use order of operations to simplify expressions, a student simplifies the expression shown. Which of the following best describes an error in the student's work?

Adding before dividing

1, 4, 7, 10, _____ A first-grade teacher presents the class with the arithmetic pattern shown. To complete the pattern, it is most important for students to be familiar with which of the following concepts?

Adding two numbers

Carly cuts carrots carefully. The statement shown best exemplifies which of the following types of figurative language?

Alliteration

A first-grade student has a specific learning disability in writing. Which of the following testing accommodations is most appropriate to be included in an Individualized Education Program (IEP) to meet the needs of the student?

Allowing the student to dictate answers requiring written responses to a scribe

The Lakeview Elementary School library had between 600 and 650 books in 2013 and between 750 and 800 books in 2015. About how many more books did the library have in 2015? A group of third graders are working on the problem shown. Analeigh says that the answer is about 150 books, and Matthew says that the answer is about 250 books. Which of the following observations is the most appropriate?

Analeigh's estimate is best because it is between the greatest and least possible differences.

After having a preschool class read an expository picture book based on an important historical topic, which of the following would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to have students demonstrate chronological-thinking skills?

Arranging pictures of the events from the book in sequential order

There are thirty-two students in a third-grade class. Five students play the drums, eight students play the clarinet, nine students play the flute, and ten students play the piano. Which of the following graphs is most appropriate for displaying the information?

Bar graph

Which of the following words contains an open syllable?

Basic

Which of the following best describes a play director's coordination of actors' onstage movements?

Blocking a scene

Which of the following best illustrates a physical change?

Butter melting on a slice of toast

pan, pig, bug, pack During a small-group literacy activity, a kindergarten teacher asks students to identify the word that does not belong in the list of words shown. The activity best addresses which of the following phonemic awareness skills?

Categorization

Which of the following forms of energy is stored in a battery?

Chemical

Which of the following is a childhood disease that is preventable though vaccination?

Chicken pox

At the beginning of the school year, a teacher organizes a variety of icebreaker activities for students to help them build trust and become comfortable taking academic risks. Which of the following civics concepts is best taught through these activities?

Citizenship

Which of the following digital tools best helps students distribute stories they have written for peer-editing purposes?

Cloud-based file sharing

A teacher shows students two different numbers and asks the students to perform the following steps. 1. For each number, build a tower from connecting cubes so that the number of cubes is the same as the number. 2. Place the taller tower to the left of the shorter tower on the desk. 3. Write a number sentence for the sum of the two numbers. After students complete the activity, the teacher asks students to place the shorter tower to the left of the taller tower, then write a number sentence for the sum. Which of the following properties is most closely aligned with the activity?

Commutative property of addition

Preschoolers are presented with two plates of cookies. The red plate has seven cookies, and the blue plate has ten cookies. When asked which plate has more cookies, most children say the blue plate. The children who answer the question correctly show evidence of which of the following understandings?

Comparing sets of objects visually

Which of the following is most likely to occur in a scene shop?

Constructing and painting backgrounds

Which of the following classroom activities best incorporates science and art learning objectives?

Creating a model of an insect's body

Which of the following activities best helps students understand the interdependent relationships in an ecosystem?

Creating posters of different food chains in a pond ecosystem

Four pies of equal size are to be cut into slices. The slices within a pie will be the same size. Pie A will be cut into 10 slices, pie B will be cut into 8 slices, pie C will be cut into 4 slices, and pie D will be cut into 2 slices. A student who receives the largest slice possible will receive a slice from which pie?

D

The students in a third-grade class investigate how polar bears that live in the Arctic are different from black bears that live in the temperate deciduous forests of North America. The activity will primarily help the students understand which of the following?

How different animals are adapted to different environments

Which of the following will best help students understand how to write three-digit numbers in expanded form?

Decomposing three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones

Which of the following activities is best for a first-grade teacher to use when introducing basic geographic literacy skills?

Describing how objects in the classroom would look if viewed from a hot-air balloon

Which of the following projects primarily focuses on teaching third-grade art students about radial balance?

Designing a cut-paper mandala

A young student draws pictures and writes accompanying labels. The labels indicate attempts to apply letter-sound correspondences in spelling words and demonstrate comprehension of directionality in written expression. Which of the following stages of writing development best identifies the student's current level of performance?

Emergent

During writers' workshop, a first-grade teacher notices that Joanna is sitting and watching other students write but is not writing her own story. When the teacher asks why she isn't writing, Joanna says that she can't write because she doesn't know how to spell any words. Which of the following instructional strategies is most beneficial for the teacher to use with Joanna?

Encouraging Joanna to use inventive spelling when she writes

Of the following, which process typically causes the most rapid changes to Earth's surface?

Eruption of volcanos

First graders are beginning to learn how to look for ways to improve their writing after rereading a rough draft. The teacher provides the following piece of writing. Every month we make cookies. We make a lot! We give them to other people. They are yummy! After the short story is read aloud, the students ask questions based on what they want to know more about. The class then begins to revise the story one sentence at a time. Which of the following sentences is the best revision for the first sentence?

Every month my mom and I make chocolate chip cookies.

Which of the following words is an example of a homonym?

Fair

A kindergarten teacher places students into groups and gives each group two different containers. The teacher then asks the students to determine which container has the greater capacity. Which of the following activities would best help the students solve the problem?

Filling each container with equal-sized scoops of sand

A kindergarten teacher engages students in a lesson with color blocks by asking them to stack a blue block on a green block, a red block next to a yellow block, and two orange blocks on top of a blue block. The activity will best help students understand which of the following?

Following directions related to position

Reading simple stories with improving fluency by automatically saying two or more words in a phrase Gaining control during the reading process by using less "sounding out" Reading words that represent various long vowel sounds The list of characteristics indicates that a student is performing at which of the following stages of reading development?

Full alphabetic

Which of the following best identifies the purpose of the explanatory genre of writing?

Giving information about a topic or describing something accurately

Which of the following sentences is best identified as a compound sentence?

Goodnight Moon is my favorite bedtime story; consequently the book is worn.

Third-grade students are placed in four groups, and each group collaborates to write a summary of the informational text below. Which small group best summarized the text?

Group 3

Which of the following instructional strategies is most appropriate when teaching preschool students conflict resolution skills?

Having students take turns explaining what happened and helping them resolve the issue together

A kindergarten teacher is helping students learn words that express their feelings. Which of the following instructional strategies most effectively reinforces the teacher's goal?

Helping students make a class book showing various emotions

A second-grade teacher begins a read-aloud of a fictional chapter book. Which of the following instructional strategies best develops students' ability to engage in character analysis to improve their comprehension of the text?

Helping students relate to the characters through targeted questioning

Which of the following activities best helps third-grade students understand the concept of civic participation in the community?

Meeting with local representatives to discuss community issues

Which of the following teaching strategies best helps children in early childhood classrooms build relationships based on acceptable norms for social behavior?

Modeling and guiding interactions that are needed to get along well with others

Third graders are voting to select the volunteer activity the class will participate in. Based on the information provided in the chart, which of the following statements is correct?

Nine students voted to participate in the bake sale.

Which of the following actions best describes the first step of active listening?

Looking directly at the speaker when he or she is speaking

Which of the following activities is most appropriate to help children distinguish between living and nonliving things?

Making a Venn diagram and comparing the characteristics of a robot and a human being

Carlos has 3 boxes of marbles with the same number of marbles in each box. If he has a total of 12 marbles, how many marbles are in each box? A teacher uses the problem shown while teaching a lesson about division. The teacher illustrates how to solve the problem by first drawing three boxes and then filling them with marbles as shown. Which of the following best characterizes the strategy for dividing that the teacher illustrated for the students?

Partitive division

Which of the following components of an effective oral presentation describes the highness or lowness of a speaker's voice?

Pitch

Which of the following strategies is most effective in developing preschool children's understanding of print concepts?

Placing children's names on their desks and other appropriate places

Which of the following activities will best help students understand that sound involves a series of vibrations?

Placing grains of rice on top of a drum and observing the result when striking the drum with a mallet

A teacher of young children hopes to convey the idea of scarcity by conducting an activity in the classroom. Which of the following activities is most appropriate for helping the students understand the concept and how it affects them?

Placing students in a line and giving a sticker to every third student

Which of the following health risks is primarily associated with prolonged tobacco use?

Prematurely wrinkled skin

Which of the following movement activities best introduces a child to the concept of force?

Pretending to move like a butterfly and then like a bear

The students in a science class want to increase participation among their peers in their school's recycling program. Of the following activities, which provides the students with the best opportunity to use creative problem solving to achieve their goal?

Producing different advertising campaigns about recycling to see which is the most effective

Which of the following teacher actions is most helpful in promoting self-regulation in a kindergarten classroom?

Providing students opportunities for make-believe playtime in which they set and negotiate rules with their peers

During a reading lesson, a third-grade teacher writes the lines of a poem on separate strips of paper. The teacher then holds up the strips one at a time and has students read the phrases aloud together. Which of the following is most likely the goal of the activity?

Reinforcing students' use of proper phrasing to promote fluency

Does each paragraph have a clear topic sentence? Does each sentence in a paragraph relate to the topic sentence? Is there anything that needs to be added or removed? Is the vocabulary strong and precise? When writing an informational piece on a nonfiction topic, a student considers the questions shown. At which of the following steps in the writing process is the student most likely to improve the writing piece effectively?

Revising

Which of the following instructional activities best develops a preschool student's understanding of how the physical characteristics of a location affect human behavior?

Role-playing daily activities that students participate in throughout the world

A first-grade teacher reads an informational text about baby animals aloud to students. The following vocabulary words are in the text. Baby Marsupial Fur Scales The teacher wants to focus instruction on Tier-II vocabulary words. Which of the following words best represents a Tier-II vocabulary word for most first-grade students?

Scales

Which of the following reasons best supports the need for schools to provide quality physical activity programs?

Schools are an ideal setting for teaching children how to adopt and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.

After a shared reading of a story, a teacher demonstrates a retelling strategy for the class with a think-aloud. On which of the following elements is it best for the teacher to focus?

Sequencing the events in the story

A second-grade teacher uses the models of two circles of the same size shown during a lesson on fractions. A student comments that four of the eight equal parts in one circle fill the same amount of space as two of the four equal parts in the other circle. Which of the following statements best describes what the student has observed?

Shaded regions of the same size in wholes of the same size represent equivalent fractions.

Mr. Thompson, a first-grade teacher, tells his students that he has a total of 17 cubes. He shows the students exactly 3 of the cubes and tells them the remaining cubes are in a bowl. He then asks the students to work in groups to find how many cubes are in the bowl. He instructs them to discuss the problem, draw a picture, and write a number sentence. Which of the following student expectations is Mr. Thompson primarily reinforcing with the activity?

Students will write equations to solve mathematical problems.

Put the organisms listed below in the order that best represents a food chain, starting on the left with the organism that is most directly dependent on the Sun. Frog Grass Water snake Grasshopper

The correct order is grass, grasshopper, frog, and water snake. The grass incorporates energy from sunlight, the grasshopper eats the grass, the frog eats the grasshopper, and the water snake eats the frog.

A blank multiplication table is shown. If the table is completed, which of the following patterns will be shared by each of the numbers along the main diagonal from upper left to lower right in the table?

The numbers are each perfect squares.

Which of the following is the best reason for a teacher to incorporate creative drama and dance activities into daily lessons?

To provide opportunities for students to practice empathy and expression

For a formative assessment, a second-grade teacher gives each group of students a box of pattern blocks and a task to work on collaboratively. The teacher can best assess the students' understanding of composing two-dimensional shapes by having the students perform which of the following tasks?

Using only the triangular blocks in the set to build each of the other shapes in the set

CVC, CVCe, CVVC A first-grade teacher provides students with a list of words and instructs them to sort the words into the categories shown. The activity will most likely reinforce students' understanding of which of the following concepts?

Vowel patterns

Of the following combinations of laboratory materials, which is best for determining the volume of a small, irregularly shaped rock?

Water and a graduated cylinder

Which of the following activities best develops agility as skill-related fitness for elementary students?

Weaving in and out through cones

A critique based on the analysis of a work of art's purely visual characteristics always begins with asking oneself which of the following questions?

What do you see?

An elementary art teacher asks second-grade students to close their eyes and visualize lines, shapes, and colors as they listen to a piece of classical music. When the piece is over, the students view an abstract work of art by Robert Delaunay, shown, titled Endless Rhythm. Through the activity, the art teacher best demonstrates an understanding of how to

create connections for students across art disciplines

By completing a picture walk of a story before students begin reading it independently, a first-grade teacher best demonstrates an understanding of how to help students

anticipate vocabulary that will help them read the story

A child who rides a bike five days a week for 30 minutes each session is most likely to improve

cardiovascular endurance

After a play has been cast, actors often meet to begin practicing their parts and gain a common understanding of the entire play. By engaging in this activity, actors are

completing a read-through