- Which of the following assignments would best assess a student's ability to incorporate textual evidence as supporting details?A. an essay identifying the most important person in a student's lifeB. an essay describing the perfect dayC. an essay explaining how to perform a task or activityD. an essay comparing the theme of two short stories
- A small group of sixth-grade students is reading an article about circuits and wiring, hoping to learn to program and build robots in their spare time. After reading the article, the teacher asks the students a few questions and discovers that they struggled to comprehend the contents of the text. What strategy should the teacher employ to help the students with their comprehension?A. Direct the students to a video on building and programming robots instead.B. Review any challenging vocabulary words with the students.C. Ask students to draw a picture of the concepts in the article.D. Summarize the contents of the article for the students.
- A fifth-grade teacher notices that her student, Ben, is coming to school more anxious than he used to. She sits down with Ben to informally chat about his weekend, trying to find out what's bothering him. Ben casually mentions that his parents have been watching the news non-stop, and he asks the teacher's opinion on a hot-button current event. She vaguely answers and changes the subject. In order to help Ben, what step should the teacher take next?A. Talk with Ben's parents about Ben's conversation, offering suggestions for how they can view the news and discuss current events together.B. Create a unit focusing on the current event bothering Ben for the whole class to study.C. Research a few grade-level texts about the issue and give them to Ben to read in his free time.D. Watch the same news report Ben mentioned and have a more detailed discussion with him the next day.
- A student is still in the phonetic stage of spelling development. In order to move this student from phonetic to transitional, the teacher should incorporate activities that:A. review and reinforce writing upper- and lower-case letters.B. introduce and reinforce common spelling patterns.C. review letter-sound correspondence.D. introduce and reinforce irregular spelling patterns.
- A fourth-grade class is reading a short story. One of the characters says, "Jim's a little wet behind the ears, but he'll get there." A student raises her hand to ask what "wet behind the ears" means. The teacher discusses the phrase, the term idiom, and then continues with the story. The teacher decides to create a mini-lesson for the next day focusing on idioms. Which of the following activities should the teacher include in the mini-lesson to best help students understand the concept of idioms?A. Students match a list of common idioms to their metaphorical meanings.B. Students illustrate the literal meaning of an idiom and use it metaphorically in a sentence.C. Students read a passage and underline idioms when they find them.D. Students create their own new idiom and use it in a sentence.
- A fourth-grade class is reading the first novel in the series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The Bad Beginning, narrated by Lemony Snicket, tells the story of three orphan children who are plagued by an evil relative trying to adopt them for their fortune. As part of the lessons that take place during the novel, the students are asked to choose a scene they found particularly interesting and rewrite it, making a new character the narrator. After everyone has finished, the teacher invites students to share their stories with the class.What is the most likely primary purpose of this activity?A. to practice incorporating context clues for challenging vocabularyB. to explore how point of view impacts a narrativeC. to analyze plot structure and its use in narrativesD. to practice presentation skills
- Which of the following learning goals is most appropriate for a third-grade unit on money?A. Students will be able to determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.B. Students will be able to represent the value of a collection of coins as a fraction of a dollar.C. Students will be able to differentiate between money received as income and money received as gifts.D. Students will be able to solve problems involving money by performing operations on decimals to the hundredths place.
- During silent reading time, a teacher holds individual reading conferences with each student. During conferences, the teacher addresses individual issues with reading fluency and provides direct support for the student's current needs. This teaching strategy best demonstrates the teacher's understanding that:A. students crave positive adult interactions, and the teacher can provide this through individual discussions and attention.B. students need direct, explicit instruction in reading fluency and comprehension techniques.C. students are unlikely to read at home for entertainment if they are not given time to read academically in class.D. students progress through the stages of fluency at their own pace and must be met with instruction tailored toward their individual needs.
- Teaching students to use contextual analysis when reading unfamiliar words is likely to help their accuracy by helping the student:A. improve their figurative understanding of the text.B. verify the accuracy of their reading by considering the word's meaning within the sentence.C. predict what the next word in the sentence will be before reading it.D. to make inferences about a text while they are reading it.
- When students are active participants in their learning, they are more likely to retain the information they are learning. Teachers can promote active participation through all of the following except:A. role-playing.B. brainstorming.C. lecture.
- After a student has chosen a topic for their research essay, the next step is:A. to write a first draft based on their previous knowledge.B. to compile a list of sources for citing.C. to take notes on their research.D. to find research about their chosen topic.
- A class has just read two informational texts about interesting careers in the field of science and technology. For the first article, the teacher models how to pull information from the text to create a summary. The students are asked to do the same for text number two. Once students have both summaries written, what activity should the class complete to further analyze the two articles?A. Write an informational article about a new job or career field in the style of the articles already studied.B. Compare the ways in which the jobs are similar or different in a Venn diagram.C. Choose which career they'd prefer and write a short paragraph explaining why it's more appealing.D. Repeat this summary activity with a new job or career field of the students' choosing.
- Students are reading a nonfiction article about the events leading up to WWII. Which of the following graphic organizers would most likely help them comprehend the article?A. a plot diagramB. a Venn diagramC. a KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned) ChartD. a timeline
- A teacher works with third-grade students to teach them the steps of the writing process. Currently, the students are writing sentences and paragraphs. Which THREE of the following steps of the writing process remain for the students to complete?A. Sharing or displaying the finished productB. Taking out or adding words or sentencesC. Rewriting text to correct any mechanical errorsD. Brainstorming ideas on a topic
- Brandon is having a difficult time reading the word "slippery" and soon after asks for help with the word "underneath." Which of the following strategies would best support Brandon learning to decode these and other multisyllabic words independently?A. break the word apart into its onset and rimeB. identify the different syllables of the word by circling them and then sounding out the word by syllablesC. asking a nearby student for help sounding out the wordD. use context clues to determine the word's meaning
- A third-grade teacher has been reading one chapter aloud to her class each day from a book that occasionally includes challenging vocabulary. One morning, as she reads the day's chapter, the teacher realizes that many of her students do not understand the use of the word "hysterics" in the book. Which of the following would best support the student's future vocabulary development while also clarifying their understanding of the day's reading?A. Tell the students the meaning of the word and make a note to use that word in pre-reading activities the following school year.B. Revisit the sentence in the text and facilitate the use of context clues to infer the word's meaning. Provide an opportunity to compare their inferred meaning with a denotative definition.C. Ask each student to write the word in their notebook. For homework, require them to look up the word and copy down any definitions provided in the dictionary
- What does the word "immortal" mean in the sentence, "The dinosaurs seemed immortal, like a terrifying pagan god"?How many people participated in the Safari?"Far birds' cries blew on a wind, and the smell of tar and an old salt sea, moist grasses, and flowers the color of blood." How does the imagery in this sentence make you feel when you read it?What animal is Eckels hunting?If given the chance, would you participate in a Time Travel journey?Which question below should the teacher add to the list to make sure to assess all three levels of comprehension?A. Why do you think "the Path" is a capitalized word? What does the capitalization imply?B. What is the name of the travel company used by Mr. Eckels?C. What does the narrator compare the Tyrannosaurus to?D. Why do you think there is such a strict penalty for people who don't follow the rules?
- While reading a new passage, a student raises her hand and asks, "What does this word mean?" Instead of defining the word for her, the teacher should encourage the student to determine the meaning of the word by:A. writing it down on a piece of paper to define after she finishes the whole text.B. asking a classmate if he knows the definition.C.using a classroom dictionary to define the term.D. searching the sentence and surrounding sentences for context clues like synonyms, antonyms, or examples.
- Sixth-grade students are reading an informational article about forest fires in California and Oregon. Here is a brief excerpt from the article:As the fires approached cities and homes, families were forced to evacuate. Quickly packing up their belongings, these displaced families searched for vacancies in hotels outside of the fire area.The teacher asks students to summarize these two sentences. In addition to assessing a student's comprehension of the text, this summary can also serve as:A. a formal assessment of students' grammar.B. an opportunity for oral language development.C. an informal assessment of students' vocabulary knowledge.D. a way to practice making connections between text and self.
- During the morning warm-up in a sixth-grade classroom, the teacher will sometimes display images of newspaper headlines, advertisements, or other mainstream media texts that have misspelled words. The class discusses what word is incorrect, the correct spelling of the word, and the effect of the misspelling on the audience. This warm-up activity is included in the teacher's lessons as a way to:A.start the day with laughter and fun while sneaking in academic concepts.B. provide opportunities to assess the credibility of advertisements or other media.C. illustrate that spelling mistakes are common and nothing to be embarrassed by.D. demonstrate the importance of proper spelling in all contexts, not just academic writing.