ELAR

bent

4 phonemes

fox

4 phonemes

Individual

5 syllables

Adrian a fourth grader with a learning disability demonstrates strong math computational abilities but has difficulty interpreting and solving word problems. Which of the following comprehension strategies is likely to be most effective in facilitating Adrians understanding of word problems?

After reading a problem silently Adrian and a partner reread it aloud and then discuss and write down each step of the problem.

Mr. Kelly conducts daily read-alouds in her first-grade classroom. She engages her students throughout a book by asking questions and discussing events. Which of the following teacher questions is least likely to promote oral language.

Do you like the story?

Interrogative

How are you today?

Choose the correct way to edit the paragraph for punctuation.

Mix the blueberries into your muffin batter. Be sure not to drip the blueberries onto the counter because they strain. After the berries are mixed the batter is ready to pour into the pan.

Phonemic awareness is a predictor for success in reading. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about phonemic awareness skills?

Phonemic awareness involves the relationship between phonemes and graphemes in words.

As the teacher shares new terminology related to types of poetry which of the following strategies will best support the english language learners understanding of the new words?

Share examples of the types of poetry

A teacher introduces new science vocabulary words to her students. The new words describe the various types of volcanoes. Which of the following activities would help students represent the various types of volcanoes?

The students illustrate the volcanoes using descriptions provided

second grade teacher wants to assess students ability to apply knowledge of phonics to spell words correctly. Which of the following assessment strategies would be most effective for this purpose

The teacher dictates a set of words for the students to write and then the teacher analyzes how the students encode different sounds

sixth-grade students are preparing to read a chapter about the digestive system. Which of the following activities is the best way to introduce the text to support reading comprehension?

complete an anticipation guide

A teacher uses the pie analogy to teach her students about authors purpose. The acronym stands for the most common purposes- P: persuade I: inform E: ?

entertain

adjective

football

conjunctive adverb

indeed

noun

monday

A second-grade student reads slowly and has trouble decoding words like also and over. The student most likely-

needs practice on sight words

Which of the following phrases contains a mistake in capitalization?

the north pole

mite for might

transitional

An elementary teacher uses synonyms as a strategy to define general vocabulary. The teacher goal is to-

use students background knowledge to learn new words

A third grade teacher works with a struggling reader. The child reads grade-level material at 35 wpm and has trouble with sight words. Which of the following answers best describes the child?

1. The student lacks reading fluency 2. The student has weak decoding skills

shin

3 phonemes

plan

4 phonemes

disturbances

4 syllables

Students in a kindergarten class are learning to blend word parts. Which of the following phonemic skills is most appropriate for the teacher to work on next?

Blending individual phonemes in words

Mrs. Coronado teaches fifth-grade ESL at reginald elementary school. Her students have a wide array of EL proficiency but recently she discovered that most of her students were having difficulty understanding multisyllabic words with prefixes and suffixes. Mrs. Coronado would like to plan an activity that leads to the purposeful use of morphemic analysis as a word learning strategy. Which of the following activities is best suited to achieve this purpose?

Given a specific root students work with a partner to create a list of words with the root then write definitions for the words on their list.

A sixth grade teacher reflects on a strategy to help a student who is a struggling reader. The teacher assessed the students reading skills with an informal reading inventory. The student decoded words accurately but read the passage slowly. The student read 80 wpm. Which of the following strategies should the teacher most likely consider using to improve the students fluency and comprehension?

Have the student practice repeated readings using text at the independent reading level

exclamatory

I made a 100 on my test!

Mr. Brogna knows that it is important for his students to work on their delivery skills while rehearsing their speeches. During rehearsal, he tells the students to work on the physical aspects of their delivery which support communication including- volume: how loud or soft the speaker is speaking pitch: the high or low sounds of the voice speaking rate: how fast or slow the person is speaking stress: the amount of emphasis a speaker places on certain words Of the following which would be the best strategy to use in order to emphasize the physical aspects of speech delivery?

Place students with a partner and then have each student record his/her speech into a tape recorder. Students then work together with a partner to provide feedback on each other's delivery skills.

Imperative

Shut the door.

The parents of a kindergarten student tell the teacher that their child can recognize and name all letters of the alphabet and can recognize some common words in the environment. The parents wonder whether the child should now be encouraged to read simple words at home. Which of the following recommendations would be most appropriate for the teacher to make?

Take advantage of opportunities to begin pointing out letter- sound associations in familiar words

A fourth grade teacher would like her students to complete a book report using a variety of media tools. Which of the following activities would best promote the ways language, medium and presentation contribute to the message?

a book trailer with audio and visual effects

A pre-kindergarten teacher wants to encourage parents/guardians to help support their children's writing development. When communicating with families about this issue, the teacher should emphasize the value of-

affirming all early efforts by the child to approximate written language at home

indefinite pronoun

anything

A teaching strategy used in the classroom to encourage students to write without interruption of the flow of thoughts is called-

freewriting

Ms. Habib is teaching a unit on fiction to her fourth grade class. To begin students read several simple fairy tales and discuss the moral or meaning of each one. The teacher then assigns a more complex story and leads a discussion about the moral of the story after students finish reading it. This instructional strategy is most likely to promote students reading proficiency by-

helping students identify and understand the theme of a literary text

Declarative

i went to the store

An elementary teacher uses an I-chart to help students examine a topic by integrating prior knowledge on the topic with information found from a variety of sources. Which of the following tasks should the students do first when conducting research?

identify the topic

To best ensure student engagement during an open ended research question for history a sixth grade teacher should focus on providing-

inquiry- based instruction

predicate adjective

intelligent

Ms. Molar provides her students with many opportunities to interpret ideas from information presented on maps computer graphics computer printouts microfilm youtube videos tv programs and uses these and other media to compare ideas and points of view. Ms. Molar chooses these activities most likely because she understands that a person that is media literate can-

read, analyze, and critically evaluate information presented in a variety of formats

Students in Ms. Clay's class often attempt to read independently sometimes relying on their memories the illustrations and their background experiences to reread the story. Which of the following is typically not learned during the emergent literacy stage?

recognition of an increasing number of sight words

A kindergarten teacher plays the following game with students. She says, "Guess whose name I'm going to say now?" She then says the initial sound of a student's name M and the children try to guess the name.

recognize that a spoken word is made up of sounds

This activity is likely to promote students vocabulary development primarily by helping the students

use words roots to determine the meaning of related words

drop down menu (Jodi)

while and though

A fifth grade teacher plans to supplement studies in the content areas with a research project. Which of the following answers might the teacher consider?

1. Have students use multiple resources while researching 2. Encourage students to research and collaborate outside the classroom 3. Review web literacy skills with students

A teacher works with ELL at various levels of language proficiency. Which of the following strategies provides language support of ELLs during classroom instruction?

1. Visuals which illustrate complex concepts 2. Access to content word lists 3. Cooperative learning activities 4. Sentence stems

sight

3 phonemes

correctness

3 syllables

crocodile

3 syllables

Tyler, a first grader can identify the letters of the alphabet and decode a number of simple words. He becomes confused however when tracking print in consectutive lines of print. Which of the following strategies is liekly to be most effective in helping tyler read a short paragraph of simple text?

Have tyler use his finger or marker as he reads the text

A kindergarten teacher has several students who needs to improve basic phonemic awareness skills. The teacher conferences with parents on ways to help these students at home. Which one of the following activities would the teacher most likely recommend?

Play rhyming and sound games

A kindergarten class is learning about the letter M. The teacher plans homework around this focus. Which of the following activities best reinforces student knowledge of the alphabetic principle?

The teacher has students cut out and label objects which begin with the letter M.

A second-grade teacher plans to increase reading fluency among a group of struggling readers. Which of the following would be least effective in improving fluency?

The teacher might have the students race each other to see who could read a passage the quickest

fifth grade class has been researching and writing about a topic. Which of the following is most important for the teacher to include when instructing students how to cite sources?

The teacher should teach students to use quotations to support ideas and to document sources

A teacher assigns her middle school students text to read about types of rocks. Which of these follow- up activities might provide the most relevant way for her students to learn about types of rocks and their characteristics?

The teacher will provide embossed graphics that capture the characteristics of different rock types

Students in a first grade class have been learning to analyze and spell phonetically regular words. They recently learned VC patterns. Which of the following is the most appropriate to teach next?

VCe syllable patterns

Students in a first grade class read johnny appleseed. after reading the teacher has students sample various types of apples and vote on their favorite. Which of the following will best display the data from the votes?

a bar graph

A second- grade teacher points to the word grain on the board underlines the letter ai in the middle of the word, and pronounces the word grraaan emphasizing the long a sound. She explains to the class that when two vowels appear between two consonants, readers should pronounce the long vowel sound in the first vowel. Then she repeats the steps with other similar words providing multiple opportunities for students to practice. which of the following concepts is the teacher primarily addressing?

alphabetic principle

subordinating conjunction

although

Which of the following is not a technique used during prewriting?

anticipatory set

The purpose of the writing step of the lesson described above is to-

associate the letter name, sound and shape

Which of the following answers best explains how the expository text helps build student vocabulary knowledge and development?

by promoting word analysis through the use of context clues

would

correct

A fourth- grade teacher expects students to use a dictionary to complete part of the weeks spelling homework. Which of the following answers would be the most appropriate assignment for learning the spelling words?

divide the words into syllables

Each student in a fourth-grade class selects a favorite character from a story the students have read. The student then pretends to be that character and writes a letter to another character in the story. This instructional activity reinforces students reading development primarily by helping students-

draw on knowledge from the story and personal experience to analyze the characters point of view

Mr. Brogna's six grade students are very knowledgable of editing software on their computers and use spell check very effectively. Which of the following errors will spell check identify?

errors with orthography

preposition

for

What type of assessment techniques is the teacher utilizing? (0-100)

formative

The use of repetitive, rhyming texts for kindergarten read-allouds is likely to promote the reading development of kindergarten students primarily by-

fostering their phonemic awareness

Structural analysis would be an especially appropriate strategy for a student to use to determine the meaning of which of the following words?

impassable

A sixth grade teacher prepares a checklist to help students evaluate their own writing during various stages of the writing process. Which of the following questions would be most appropriate for students to consider during the revision stage of writing an essay?

is any part of my essay unclear or confusing?

A reader gets to the end of a paragraph and realizes he/she has not understood the text. When the child rereads the paragraph, the child demonstrated-

metacognition

Compare with standardized reading assessments one important advantage of informal reading assessments is that they allow the teacher to-

personalize reading assessments to identify the needs of individual students

bik for bike

phonetic

U for you

prephonetic

A kindergarten teacher hands a book with predictable and patterned text, closed and faced down, to a child and asks her to open it and to point to the words as the teacher reads it. What skill does this activity most likely nurture in the student?

print awareness

A first- grade teacher plans to collaborate with parents to develop student literacy development and monitor student progress in reading. To best promote literacy development at home, the teacher should encourage parents to-

read leveled books daily until the student reads them fluently

Mrs. Cassey encourages her students to make connections during the daily read aloud. While reading no david no, a student commented that the main character reminds her of her brother. Which of the following text connections did the student make?

text-to-self connections

Several English language learners in Mrs. Nights 1st grade class are having a particular difficulty with sight words. Sight words are most likely difficult for these students because-

they are irregular words which are difficult to decode using graphonemic knowledge

A third grade teacher has arranged for students to interview several popular children-book authors through online author chats. Students will type in their questions and the author will answer as many as possible during the interview period. This activity is most likely to promote students research skills by helping the students-

understand the value of using electronic resources to contact experts who can supply relevant information

A third-grade student is struggling in reading. The teacher notices the child devotes too much attention to decoding and not enough attention to the meaning of the text. The teacher could best help the student by-

working on fluency skills

Mr. SImmons has used the graphic organizer pictured above in his PE class in the unit o baseball. Mr. Simmons also teaches ELAR. In ELAR Mr. Simmons graphic organizer would be particularly useful for helping students-

write a summary describing the game of baseball

adverb

yesterday