- A fourth-grade teacher has a small number of students struggling to legibly write cursive letters. The classroom has a display of cursive letters across the board, and the teacher routinely writes in cursive to model letter formation. The teacher decides to pull these students into a small group to provide targeted instruction on cursive letter formation. Which of the activities below would best help these students progress?A. Students are given a variety of objects to interact with, such as jars to open, tweezers to pick up small objects with, or beads to string.B. Students copy a sentence in print, and then write the sentence again in cursive.C. Students are given large-spaced, lined writing paper and asked to read and respond in cursive to a short article.D. Students trace the letters in various sensory mediums, such as rice, sand paper, or slime.
- Why is Anointing of the sick often called the most "misunderstood" understood sacrament?
- What sacramental category does anointing of the sick fall under?
- A fifth-grade teacher is planning a vocabulary lesson for her class. Which of the following describes the best source for these vocabulary words?A. carefully selected words from an SAT vocabulary listB. challenging words from a text read in the previous unitC. academic or topical vocabulary from their upcoming unitD. unusual or challenging spelling patterns
- List factors that contribute to high population density
- A teacher is reading aloud to her class. At the end of a paragraph, she stops to ask the students a question like, "Where do you think the tiger is headed now?" In asking a question like this, the teacher is trying to:A. encourage students to make predictions based on textual evidence.B. encourage students to share their point of view.C. encourage students to make connections between texts.D. encourage students to connect the story to their own lives and experiences.
- Give an example of an abiotic density-independent limiting factor
- List the factors that contribute to low population density
- A teacher provides students with a topic name and a series of facts and statistics related to that topic. Using visual presentation software, the students are asked to create an image that displays the information in a visually appealing way. These infographics best exemplify which type of media?A. entertainmentB. educationalC. informationalD. persuasive
- Which of the following was not a cause of increased populations of cities in the early 1800s?A. immigrants arriving from other parts of the worldB. Americans interested in the city experienceC. an increase in birth rates across the countryD. rural poverty due to decreased demand for crops
- During a writing conference, Jamie and her teacher discuss the following selection of her essay.it was summer i was riding a bike and i stoped becuz there were a dog not on a leesh. the dog run at me i thaught it wood bit me but it didnt an the owner come out and save meThe teacher asks Jamie if she notices any punctuation errors. Jamie reviews her work, adds a period after "save me," and says, "Oops, I forgot that period." In order to assist Jamie in identifying additional punctuation errors, the teacher could:A. ask a peer to read the passage and identify any punctuation errors for Jamie, then have Jamie edit the peer's essay.B. assign the student a worksheet that reviews run-on sentences to complete at her desk while the teacher conducts a conference with another student.C. read the passage aloud, emphasizing the run-on sentences, then ask Jamie to identify the errors.D. identify all the locations where punc
- A fourth-grade teacher is introducing her students to the root "meter." The teacher provides the definition of the root and has students complete a graphic organizer where they brainstorm words that contain "meter" and their meanings. In another lesson, students read about various scientific instruments used for measuring. What additional activity should the teacher include to assess her student's mastery of the root "meter"?A. Students write sentences or short paragraphs using words that contain the root "meter."B. Students break words down into their syllables, isolating roots, prefixes, and suffixes.C. Students practice writing words containing "meter" ten times each.D. Students match a list of words containing roots to their definitions.
- As part of a science unit, a fourth-grade teacher wants to provide opportunities for her students to interact with new vocabulary words from the unit in context. Which of the following activities would be least effective for this learning goal?A. create a video presentation reviewing the new scientific conceptsB. sort new words into categories generated by the studentC. summarize scientific articles in which the words are usedD. write answers to comprehension questions using the words
- While reading a scientific article, a class of fifth-grade students completed a series of Frayer models on unfamiliar vocabulary words they encountered. To complete a Frayer model, students write the vocabulary word in the center, and then fill the surrounding rectangles with the definition, pictures of examples and non-examples, and a sentence using the word. Each student completed a different number of Frayer models depending on how many new vocabulary words they learned from the article. This activity will improve students' vocabulary knowledge by:A. creating a picture dictionary for reference containing the most challenging words.B. illustrating the different syntactic structures possible for each vocabulary word.C. teaching students an efficient way to organize information in various text structures.D. providing opportunities for students to work with the new words in a variety of ways.
- Ms. Simpson is beginning a research project with her class. What is one of the first things she should teach her students?A. the difference between summarizing, paraphrasing, and quotingB. to develop a focused, open ended research questionC. to develop many questions that have clear, concrete answersD. how to cite sources
- A few weeks into the new school year, a fifth-grade teacher notices that some of her ELL students are hesitant to answer questions in front of the class. These students are capable of answering written questions or responding privately to just the teacher but seem nervous to speak before the whole class. What is the best strategy for their teacher to take to encourage these students to participate orally in class?A. assign students to perform in a reader's theatre once a weekB. allow these students to write down answers instead of answering aloudC. call on these students to read aloud during classroom readingD. build in time for students to talk in small groups or partners about academic content and topics of student choice
- A teacher selects a number of spoken word videos to play for her class during a poetry unit. During one video, the teacher pauses the playback to say, "Did you hear that line? 'And the norms and notions/of what just is/Isn't always just-ice.' That was pretty neat how she rhymed justice with just is. I like that."What is the most likely purpose for pausing the video at this moment and sharing this thought?A. to model the use of metacognition to comprehend a difficult textB. to model how the teacher identifies and appreciates the language and craft of the poemC. to model how to analyze a poem for the author's perspective and point of viewD. to model how to identify rhyming words and slant rhyme
- Which of the following activities would not be appropriate to use as a vocabulary assessment?A. Students define unknown words based on their knowledge of roots and affixes.B. Students read a sentence and determine which definition of the word is being used.C. Students use new vocabulary words in written or oral communication.D. Students highlight unknown words while reading a text.
- During a poetry unit, students are given an assignment to create a short rhyming poem about either a family member or themselves. The teacher provides access to online rhyming dictionaries to help students achieve the poetic structure required. Once all the poems are written, students are asked to read their poems aloud to the class. By asking students to both read and write a poem, the teacher is demonstrating her understanding that:A. poetry is an art form that is meant to be heard, not only read. She hopes to help her class appreciate the auditory nature of poetry.B. the best way to understand a form of literature is by mimicking its construction. Creating short, rhyming poetry will help students to write poetry from scratch in the future.C. written and oral communication skills are interconnected, and students need to be given opportunities to practice both.D. students enjoy sharing their work with others, an
- A teacher is developing his vocabulary list for the next unit of study, which will focus on American history, and is considering the following list of words:democracy, colony, government, region, hemisphere,ratify, migrate, import, export, populationThe underlined words on this list demonstrate which vocabulary concept?A. tier 1B. academicC. homographsD. utility