5017 Praxis Practice
Sieve of Eratosthenes
(A) is known as the sieve of Eratosthenes, which shows students that prime numbers are divisible only by 1 and the number itself and that any other number that is crossed out is divisible by a circled prime number, so it is therefore a composite number.
A micrometer
1. millionth of a meter 2. instrument for measuring small lengths
Simile
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
C. Manipulate a three-dimensional model of a cross section of Earth's upper layers and oceans The question requires an understanding of the surface features of Earth. As the assessment reveals a lack of understanding, an activity that will effectively address the student's misconception is the most appropriate next step. Manipulation of the model will engage the student and show that oceans are above sections of plates.
A formative assessment in the middle of a unit on plate tectonics reveals that a student believes that landmasses are plates that float and move on ocean water. Having the student do which of the following is the most appropriate next step? A. Give a class presentation on the concept B. Move a magnet close to the edge of a metal block and observe what happens C. Manipulate a three-dimensional model of a cross section of Earth's upper layers and oceans D. Stand books upright and next to each other in a row, push one of the books on the end, and watch the rest of the books fall one by one
is made from the faces of a three-dimensional figure connected at certain edges so that it unfolds into a two-dimensional figure.
A net
B. To distinguish between prime and composite numbers
A fourth-grade teacher uses a group activity to introduce a unit. During the activity, the students in each group find all the factors of several numbers. Students then sort the numbers by writing any number with only two factors on one sheet of paper and any number with more than two factors on another sheet of paper. What is most likely the purpose of the activity? A. To determine the number of factors for numbers B. To distinguish between prime and composite numbers C. To develop the concept of greatest common factor for numbers D. To find and use factor trees for numbers
C. Identifying main Ideas
A teacher gives students a set of cards with headlines written on them and a set of clippings of news articles. The teacher asks the students to match each news article with its corresponding headline. Which of the following skills is the activity most likely to develop? A. Making generalizations B. Recognizing sight vocabulary C. Identifying main ideas D. Using context clues
B. Diphthongs
A teacher observes that a student is having difficulty reading a list of words that includes "spoil," "bead," "tray," and "train." The teacher can best address the student's needs by providing additional instruction in which of the following phonetic elements? A. Prefixes B. Diphthongs C. Onsets D. Rimes
Which of the following instruments would be found in the woodwind section of an orchestra? A. Clarinet B. Violin C. Trombone D. Triangle
A. Clarinet
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Fred, a student in a math class, showed the following solutions for two problems. Problem: Dan cooked 60 of the 200 burgers at a company picnic. What percent of the burgers did he cook? Work: 200 × 0.60 = 120 Answer: 120% Problem: Tara watered 50 of the 180 plants in her mother's garden. What percent of the plants did she water? Work: 180 × 0.50 = 90 Answer: 90% Question: Which of the following strategies could best help the student check answers to word problems and look for errors? A. Estimate the answer first, use an algorithm, and compare results. B. Practice multiplication with decimals outside the context of a word problem. C. Multiply the first digits and add the appropriate number of zeros. D. Complete the multiplication, then use division to check the answer.
A. Estimate the answer first, use an algorithm, and compare results. The question requires an understanding of using knowledge of place value to perform multidigit operations. Estimating the answer first will ensure that the student knows an approximate answer to the question. Then, the student can use an algorithm to calculate the exact answer and check by comparing to the estimate.
Which of the following is most closely associated with the philosophy of the Articles of Confederation adopted in 1777 ? A. States' rights B. Manifest Destiny C. Nationalism D. Checks and balances
A. States' rights The Articles of Confederation, America's first constitution, provided a new central government to which the states surrendered little power. For the states, the Articles of Confederation represented a loose association in which each state retained its sovereignty, freedom, and independence.
A teacher observes that a first-grade student does not employ beginning and final consonants correctly while reading. Which of the following teaching strategies is most likely to help the student? A. Teaching decoding skills and modeling how to use the skills in context B. Showing a video of a children's story and listing some of the words that are used in the story C. Pairing the student with another student who is able to use consonants correctly D. Placing signs around the classroom to label items (e.g., desks, bookshelf, door)
A. Teaching decoding skills and modeling how to use the skills in context
Click on your choices. Question: During the early letter name-alphabetic stage in spelling development, a student might write U for "you," BD for "bed," Y for "when," DF for "drive," and SHP for "ship." Which of the following is characteristic of what students do correctly during the stage? Select all that apply. A. Use consistent directionality B. Demonstrate letter-sound correspondences C. Spell consonant blends partially D. Use vowels in unstressed syllables
A. Use consistent directionality B. Demonstrate letter-sound correspondences C. Spell consonant blends partially
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves who A. were living in the areas still in rebellion B. were serving in the Union armies C. were living in the border states D. had escaped to Northern states
A. were living in the areas still in rebellion
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words used in a phrase or sentence.
Alliteration
D. Determining how much farther an object moves along the ground when released from a greater height on a ramp
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Question: After introducing students to the idea that math and science are closely related, which of the following is most helpful as a follow-up activity? A. Discussing the health benefits of light exercise such as walking and jogging B. Writing a script for a play about the interaction between scientists and mathematicians C. Reading about the lives of scientists who used mathematics in their scientific investigations D. Determining how much farther an object moves along the ground when released from a greater height on a ramp
B. Blowing on a handful of confetti and observing the result
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Question: Which of the following activities is most likely to help students understand how seeds are dispersed from the puffy balls that appear on dandelions after they flower? A. Going to the park to see where the plants grow B. Blowing on a handful of confetti and observing the result C. Planting flower seeds in pots in the classroom and watching the plants grow D. Reading a story about the journey of a spiky seed that clings to a child's shoelace when the child walks through tall grass
Powers of the President of the United States?
Appointing federal judges Granting pardons Vetoing bills from Congress
Which of the following tools is most helpful in determining the mass of a seashell? A. A metric ruler B. A triple-beam balance C. A 200 mL volumetric flask D. A micrometer
B. A triple-beam balance
Which of the following will most likely reduce the number of accidents on school playgrounds?
B. Posting informational signs that show how to use playground equipment properly
C. Red and green
Which of the following are complementary colors on a color wheel? A. Black and red B. Blue and purple C. Red and green D. Yellow and orange
Homographs
words that are spelled the same but have different meanings bat - (animal) and (sports bat) agape- (mouth open) and (love)
Antonyms
words that have opposite meanings
Synonyms
words that have similar (or same) meanings
A. Beginning at the origin and moving right or left the number of units of the first coordinate of the point, then moving up or down the number of units of the second coordinate of the point
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Question: While teaching a unit on plotting points in the xy-coordinate plane, Ms. Santos noticed that some students were confusing the x-coordinate with the y-coordinate. Which of the following strategies will help these students correctly plot points? A. Beginning at the origin and moving right or left the number of units of the first coordinate of the point, then moving up or down the number of units of the second coordinate of the point B. Beginning at the origin and moving up or down the number of units of the first coordinate of the point, then moving right or left the number of units of the second coordinate of the point C. Beginning at the first coordinate of the point on the y-axis and moving up and down the number of units of the second coordinate of the point D. Beginning at the first coordinate of the point on the x-axis and moving right and left the number of units of the second coordinate of the point
D. To recall the partial products used in the algorithm
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. 29×57= Question: Before students in a fifth-grade class solve the problem above, the teacher has them use mental mathematics to compute 9×7,20×7,9×50, and 20×50 . For which of the following reasons is it appropriate to have the students use mental mathematics that way? A. To reinforce the connection between multiplication and addition B. To practice rounding to the nearest 10 C. To introduce the associative property of multiplication D. To recall the partial products used in the algorithm
The need for reading readiness
As part of a language arts program, a first-grade teacher often reads aloud from books, makes shopping lists with students, and displays pictures and prints in the classroom. The teacher's activities are primarily focused on meeting which of the following student needs?
Which of the following is most useful for a teacher to do to assess what students have learned at the end of a unit about organisms and their environment? A. Observe students as they work in groups to research a certain mammal and its characteristics B. Ask students to identify characteristics of various organisms that allow them to survive in specific environments C. Read student journal entries about insects and the environment D. Evaluate student research projects about different habitats
B. Ask students to identify characteristics of various organisms that allow them to survive in specific environments
To introduce students to geometry, a first-grade teacher selects a variety of classroom objects having different shapes and passes them to the students. Which of the following concepts is most appropriate for the students to explore? A. Measurement of angles B. Plane and solid figures C. Area and perimeter D. Reflection and rotation
B. Plane and Solid figures
Mr. Jones, a social studies teacher, notices that students are having difficulty understanding a chapter in their textbook. He leads a dialogue in which he generates questions, summarizes, predicts, and clarifies. Then the students take turns assuming the teacher's role. Which of the following best describes the method Mr. Jones is using? A. Think-alouds B. Reciprocal teaching C. Cooperative learning groups D. Question-answer relationships
B. Reciprocal teaching
A teacher places some items on a table and then asks students to predict whether the items will sink or float in a container filled with water. Which of the following information will be most helpful to provide to the students? A. The temperature of the water B. The density of each item C. The capacity of the container D. The volume of the water
B. The density of each item. The question requires an understanding of important physical science concepts. Whether an object sinks or floats depends on the density of the object and the fluid in which it is immersed. An object that is denser than a fluid will sink in the fluid, while an object that is less dense than the fluid will float.
Students place unit cubes in a rectangular solid until the base is covered. Students continue adding layers of cubes until the solid is filled to the top. Which of the following concepts does the activity address? A. Area B. Volume C. Perimeter D. Circumference
B. Volume
A second-grade teacher shows students a physical map of the county in which they live. The teacher highlights the location of the rivers, lakes, agricultural resources, and residential areas. The teacher is most likely helping the students understand that A. Earth has many different land and water forms B. there is a relationship between physical features and human settlement C. ecosystems have a delicate balance that must be maintained D. people with similar cultures often settle close to one another.
B. there is a relationship between physical features and human settlement
Which of the following is the correct definition of a river delta? A. The place where a river empties into a larger body of water B. A wall built across a river, creating a lake that stores water C. A land area formed by soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water D. The starting point of a river
C. A land area formed by soil left behind as a river drains into a larger body of water
Which TWO of the following student activities are most effective at helping students learn about chemical change? A. Using shovels to break up the soil in the school garden B. Looking at photographs of a new silver bracelet and an old silver bracelet that has tarnished over time C. Adding starch to a yellow iodine solution and observing the color of the solution change to purple D. Writing messages on paper with invisible ink made of lemon juice, then heating the paper until the ink turns brown
C. Adding starch to a yellow iodine solution and observing the color of the solution change to purple D. Writing messages on paper with invisible ink made of lemon juice, then heating the paper until the ink turns brown
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Question: Alex and Juanita have a total of 10 apples. If the number of apples that Alex has is 2 less than the number of apples that Juanita has, what is the number of apples that Alex has? A sixth-grade teacher wants students to write equations from a given context such as the word problem shown. Which of the following strategies will best help students to translate the word problem into an equation? A. Asking students to make a graph of the situation B. Asking students to guess and test different number pairs C. Asking students to model the situation with hypothetical numerical expressions D. Asking students to find an answer to the word problem before writing the
C. Asking students to model the situation with hypothetical numerical expressions The question requires an understanding of how to help students write equations from a context. The word problem uses the phrase 2 less than, which is often translated incorrectly as 2-x rather than x-2. Having students model the situation with numerical expressions should help them to see how, for example, 2 less than 5 relates to the more abstract 2 less than x. The statement 2 less than 5 translates to 5−2 so 2 less than x translates to x-2
Which of the following activities will best help students develop an understanding about the behavior of certain aquatic organisms? A. Reading a story about a fish B. Classifying shells by shape and size C. Making daily observations of fish in a classroom fish tank D. Listening to a marine biologist discuss where seashells can be found
C. Making daily observations of fish in a classroom fish tank
A fifth-grade teacher has students cut some two-dimensional shapes from paper and then fold them into three-dimensional figures. Which of the following concepts are the students most likely exploring? A. Rotations B. Reflections C. Nets D. Tessellations
C. Nets
Answer the question by clicking on the correct response. Question: Having students do which of the following will most effectively help them learn about erosion? A. Look at a series of images taken from a satellite that show the formation of a river delta over time B. Visit an aquarium and carry out an investigation about the buildup of a coral reef C. Pour water on a slanted board covered with sand and observe the sand being washed away D. Listen to the teacher talk about cave formation
C. Pour water on a slanted board covered with sand and observe the sand being washed away
Which of the following is a student activity that reinforces the poetic element of alliteration? A. Students are given a page with a word written down the left side. They are asked to write a sentence or phrase, each one starting with a letter in the word. B. Students are given a page with a topic written on it. They are asked to write five lines about the topic they have been given. C. Students are given a page with a letter centered on the page. They are asked to write a sentence with four to six words, with each word starting with the letter on the page. D. Students are given a page with a word centered on the page. They are asked to write as many words as they can that rhyme with the word.
C. Students are given a page with a letter centered on the page. They are asked to write a sentence with four to six words, with each word starting with the letter on the page.
The expression 2w+3 represents the difference, in dollars, between Jane's savings and Eve's savings after w weeks of saving for a trip. Which of the following must be used to determine the value of the difference between Jane's savings and Eve's savings after three weeks? A. The associative property B. The distributive property C. Substitution D. Multiplicative inverse
C. Substitution The question requires an understanding of how to design instruction to help students understand how to evaluate expressions. The algebraic expression 2w+3 must be evaluated by substituting a 3 in for the w when first multiplying the 2 by the 3 to get 6 and then adding the 3 to get 9.
Which of the following is most important for a student to consider before creating a net of a geometric solid? A. The number of cubes with sides of unit length that can fit inside the geometric solid B. The number of vertices of the geometric solid C. The shape of each face of the geometric solid and where the faces can be connected D. The total surface area of the geometric solid
C. The shape of each face of the geometric solid and where the faces can be connected
Which of the following describes the most appropriate assessment of students' inquiry skills? A. The teacher administers a multiple-choice test about the scientific process. B. Students draw measurement tools typically used in science. C. The teacher observes students as they carry out an investigation and interpret their results. D. Students write research reports summarizing their findings about how to conduct experiments.
C. The teacher observes students as they carry out an investigation and interpret their results.
A kindergarten teacher shows students how to count objects in a set and then represent the number of objects with a numeral. The activity best fosters students' understanding of which of the following mathematical concepts? A. Identifying patterns and relationships B. Recognizing and naming numbers C. Comparing two- and three-dimensional shapes D. Applying the cardinality principle
D. Applying the cardinality principle The question requires an understanding of strategies to help students develop number sense. In the activity, students count to determine the quantity of objects in a set and then match the quantity with a numeric value
A third-grade teacher uses student-centered reading activities for groups of four to six students. Each group chooses a different book based on student interest. Each member of a group is assigned a specific role, and students independently read a chapter of the book. After the independent reading, the groups meet, and discuss the book, guided by the specific role each group member was assigned. Which of the following identifies the reading skill best reinforced by the instructional method? A. Phonemic awareness B. Phonics C. Fluency D. Comprehension
D. Comprehension
During a unit on folktales, a second-grade teacher wants to help students engage in higher-order thinking. After the students read The Little Red Hen, the teacher asks the students to justify the little red hen's decision to eat the bread herself. Which level of Bloom's taxonomy does the activity address? A. Application B. Analysis C. Synthesis D. Evaluation
D. Evaluation
Which of the following is best to do as part of a formative assessment that is given to evaluate students' levels of understanding? A. Have students revisit assignments after they have been graded to find and correct mistakes B. Praise students for discovering the correct solution to a problem C. Give cumulative assessments at the end of each teaching unit D. Hold student and teacher discussions on how to improve learning
D. Hold student and teacher discussions on how to improve learning
Which of the following activities involves structural analysis? A. Students identifying the beginning, middle, and ending sounds of words B. Students using individual sounds to blend the letters that make up a word C. Students determining the number of syllables that make up different words D. Students determining the meaning of a word by considering the word's parts
D. Students determining the meaning of a word by considering the word's parts
Which of the following terms is most closely associated with dramatic writing?
Dialogue
holistic rubric
Does not list separate levels of performance for each criterion. It assigns a level of performance across multiple criterion as a whole.
A teacher is planning to introduce a unit on Impressionism famous artists.
Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne
are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meaning. In the sample, the student confused the word "son" (which is the desired word) with the word "sun," a word that sounds the same.
Homophones
"It took the child a long time to lick the mile high ice cream cone." Question: As used in the sentence, "mile high" is an example of which of the following?
Hyperbole
Mount Rainier is the highest mountain in Washington State and in the Cascade Range. The Cascade Range
Mount Rainier is located in which of the following mountain ranges? A. The Cascade Range B. The Rocky Mountains C. The Appalachian Mountains D. The Alps
Having students observe that white carnation flowers become purple after the stems are placed in water containing purple dye most directly supports lessons about which of the following processes?
Movement of water through a plant demonstration best supports lessons related to transpiration and capillary action, which are responsible for the movement of water through a plant. Those processes can be demonstrated by placing cut white flowers in colored water and examining the change in flower color.
C. Conversation styles, including taking turns, are not uniform across cultures. The question requires an understanding of strategies to foster students' participation in collaborative conversations with diverse partners. In some cultures, it is appropriate for people to talk simultaneously with others. In other cultures, deference is given to older speakers. By formalizing the process, the teacher is allowing students to feel comfortable speaking and to prepare what they will say. Each speaker is given a moment in the forefront. In addition, some of the teacher's techniques provide opportunities for reluctant speakers to answer before more eager students.
Ms. Bartholomew teaches a class of fifth graders from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. She often uses formal and informal rules to guide class discussion. In some cases, she uses playing cards to order the responses from the students. In other cases, she uses rules of procedure to guide class discussion, such as having students call on each other to give responses or limiting the length of their responses with a timer. What knowledge does the teacher demonstrate by using multiple discussion formats? A. Formal speaking requires different skills than informal speaking. B. Students will not respect the speaking styles of others unless they are taught to. C. Conversation styles, including taking turns, are not uniform across cultures. D. The teacher is allowing the students to take a leadership role, which will increase self-confidence.
Which of the following types of writing involves telling stories, recalling memories, or creating imaginative pieces?
Narrative In a narrative, the writer retells familiar stories, writes sequels for stories previously read, writes stories about events in his or her own life, or creates original stories.
B. Heat transfer The question requires an understanding of energy concepts. The activity most directly addresses heat transfer, because heat moves from students' hands to the ice, making their hands feel cold.
Of the following concepts, which is most directly addressed by having students describe how their hands feel when holding an ice cube? A. Vaporization B. Heat transfer C. Electricity D. Force
Isolation
Phoneme isolation is the ability to identify where a sound appears in a word or to identify what sound appears in a given position in a word.
The Sieve of Eratosthenes is used to identify what set of numbers?
Prime Numbers
B. Production, distribution, and consumption The question requires an understanding of different types of productive resources. Service industries are in the sector of the economy that provides services (i.e., activities in which people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity, performance, potential, and sustainability) rather than creates goods
Some elementary school teachers from the same school plan to invite people from service industries to their classes as guest speakers. The activity would best fit with which of the following units from the social studies curriculum? A. Time, continuity, and change B. Production, distribution, and consumption C. Civic ideals and practices D. Individual development and identity
A. Isolation
Teacher: What is the first sound in "van"? Student: The first sound in "van" is /v/. Question: The activity shown represents which of the following phonemic-awareness strategies? A. Isolation B. Categorization C. Blending D. Segmentation
C. 3, 1, 2
The following three lesson summaries share a common objective: The students will understand and solve multiplication problems with accuracy and efficiency. Lesson 1: Students create and test their own strategy, often mentally, to find an answer to a given multiplication word problem. Lesson 2: Students practice using the traditional algorithm to find an answer to a given multiplication word problem. Lesson 3: Students use a variety of concrete models to find an answer to a given multiplication word problem. Which sequence of the lessons will best support the stated objective? A. 1, 3, 2 B. 2, 3, 1 C. 3, 1, 2 D. 2, 1, 3
A. What is the total number of cubes in the collection? B. Which color occurs most frequently in the collection? D. How many more cubes of the color that is most represented are there than the color that is least represented in the collection?
To facilitate student ability in displaying and analyzing categorical data, a teacher gives each student in a third-grade class a collection of interlocking cubes in four different colors. The teacher uses a piece of grid paper to demonstrate how to construct a bar graph by stacking the cubes according to color and placing them along the horizontal axis of the grid paper. Which of the following questions are appropriate for the teacher to ask the students in reference to the data display? Select all that apply. A. What is the total number of cubes in the collection? B. Which color occurs most frequently in the collection? C. Of the cubes, which of the four colors is the class favorite? D. How many more cubes of the color that is most represented are there than the color that is least represented in the collection?
B. Piccolo
Which of the following instruments has the highest pitch? A. Trombone B. Piccolo C. Alto saxophone D. Clarinet
D. The head lightly touches the mat surface.
Which of the following is a correct feature of a mature forward roll? A. The arms extend to the sides during the roll. B. The action of the body is segmented. C. The body uncurls to an L position after rolling forward. D. The head lightly touches the mat surface.
The overall structure and quality of the assignment
Which of the following is the primary area of focus when scoring a writing assignment based on a holistic rubric?
B. Conducting an experiment and analyzing data to evaluate a hypothesis
Which of the following student activities best helps students understand the fundamental process by which scientific knowledge changes? A. Making a flowchart of the steps of an inquiry activity B. Conducting an experiment and analyzing data to evaluate a hypothesis C. Observing a group of scientists discussing how they used data to draw conclusions D. Creating a poster showing the materials for an investigation
A. Drawing the egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages of an ant
Which of the following student activities is most effective in helping students learn about complete metamorphosis in insects? A. Drawing the egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages of an ant B. Listening to a biologist guest speaker describe how butterflies go through egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult stages C. Visiting a beekeeper and learning that a queen bee lays all the eggs in a hive but worker bees produce wax and gather nectar and pollen D. Manipulating the order of a series of flash cards that illustrate a grasshopper hatching from an egg and shedding its exoskeleton many times as it grows to adult size
D. Observing a teacher demonstration in which water boils, condenses on an ice-filled container, and drips off
Which of the following student activities is most useful during a lesson about the water cycle? A. Passing wet soil through a wire mesh B. Looking at pictures of different rivers and arranging them in order of size C. Going outside as a dark storm cloud approaches and recording observations over time D. Observing a teacher demonstration in which water boils, condenses on an ice-filled container, and drips off
The teacher plays fast- and slow-paced music selections; students stamp their feet to indicate how fast or slow they perceive the music to be.
Which of the following would be an appropriate activity for a simple second-grade lesson that teaches the concept of tempo?
Leo has five fewer magnets than Su-Ling. A teacher in a fifth-grade math class asks the students to write an equation in two variables that represent's the word problem shown. Many students write an incorrect equation. Which of the following strategies will best help the students learn how to write a correct equation?
Writing pairs of numbers that make the problem statement true and identifying a pattern in the numbers before using variables
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. (ex. a deafning silence)
Diphthongs
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side ). refers to two adjacent vowel sounds occurring in the same syllable
phoneme segmentation
breaking a word into separate sounds and counting them
Which of the following graphic organizers would be most effective for students to use when planning to write a persuasive essay? A. Venn diagram B. T-chart C. KWL chart D. Cluster diagram
d. T-Chart
Structural Analysis
deals with using familiar word parts (base words, prefixes, and suffixes) to determine the meaning of a word.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Third-grade students are creating a story map as they read about a donkey, Sylvester, who turns into a rock. The most important benefit of the story-mapping activity is that it helps students to
improve their comprehension of the story by organizing and sequencing events
phoneme blending
is a child's ability to string together phonemes in a meaningful way to create words.
A story map
is a visual depiction of the settings or the sequence of major events and actions of story characters. Using a story map enables students to relate story events and perceive structure in literary selections. By sharing personal interpretations of stories through illustrations, students increase their understanding and appreciation of selections.
Reciprocal teaching
is an approach to instruction that features interactive dialogue between teachers and students. Initially, the teacher models comprehension-fostering and comprehension-monitoring strategies and then gradually turns over the responsibilities to the students. The students take turns being the teacher and leading small-group discussions of the text.
A river delta
is formed when sediments, carried by a river, are deposited at the mouth of the river.
T-Chart
is used for listing two separate viewpoints on a topic. Topics can include anything that can be clearly divided into two opposing views, such as pros and cons of an issue or two sides of an argument.
A teacher wants to describe to the class a rule associated with adding a silent "e" to the end of a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) word. The best approach would be to tell the students that when a silent "e" appears at the end of a CVC word, it cannot be heard, but
it makes the other vowel have a long sound
phoneme categorization
recognize a word with a sound that does not match the sounds in other words
concept of tempo
tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece of music.
triple beam balance scale
the instrument used to measure the mass of an object
Tessellations
tiling patterns, are repeating a shape in a systematic pattern in order to completely fill a space.
A metric ruler
tool used to measure length
A 200 mL volumetric flask
used to measure liquids