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Which activity is an appropriate example of developing the listening and speaking skills of 5th grade students? a) After reading or listening to text, asking and responding to questions in order to further their understanding. b) After reading or listening to a text asking the students to retell the order of events from the story. c) After reading or listening to a text, asking the students to discuss the theme and support their opinion with appropriate details. d) After reading or listening to a text, ask students to recount an experience. - ANSWER- c) After reading or listening to a text, asking the students to discuss the theme and support their opinion with appropriate details. Responding to questions to further understanding, retell, and recount are all __________-level thinking skill in learning. - ANSWER- lower A 4th grade teacher notices that her students need more reinforcement on vocabulary words they are using in their new unit. She wants to modify her lesson plan to support students' understanding of the new words. What could the teacher do to modify the lesson plan? a) Have students select vocabulary words to be displayed on a word wall. b) Have students use the vocabulary words to create a skit that connects what they know to the new concepts. c) Have students add electronic flashcards to their wiki page. d) Have students play hangman using the vocabulary words as their bank. - ANSWER- b) Have students use the vocabulary words to create a skit that connects what they know to the new concepts. A 4th grade class is currently working on their poetry unit. The teacher would like to support awareness & inclusivity of cultural differences. Which could successfully address that goal? a) Have students share out different opinions and perspectives on a given poem. b) Assign students to groups based on their ethnicity and have them discuss their favorite poems. c) Allow students to individually select poems to read from a pre-approved bank of material.
d) Have students compare and discuss poems that highlight diverse cultural experiences. - ANSWER- d) Have students compare and discuss poems that highlight diverse cultural experiences. Mr. Green's students are reading a passage about the formation of clouds. As he questions the students about the passage, he uses prompts so that students can hear academic language and then use this language in their responses. What is Mr. Green using? a) Basal Reading Approach b) Co-shaping/Revoicing c) Reader's Ressponse Theory d) Literature Based Approach - ANSWER- b) Co-shaping/Revoicing A fifth-grade teacher is developing learning centers as part of a diversity unit. Which activity could be incorporated at a center to help develop respect of differences in society? a) Have students create a visual representation that captures the moral of a story. b) Have students post to the classroom blog when a classmate has done a good deed. c) Have students create posters that compare and contrast various cultural traditions. d) Have students create word walls using vocabulary terms in a language other than their own. - ANSWER- c) Have students create posters that compare and contrast various cultural traditions. In order to foster higher-level thinking skills, Mr. Warner wants his students to write personal reflections about the concepts they are studying in class. Which of the following would work best? a) Quick writes b) Graphic organizer c) Learning Logs d) Personal experience narrative - ANSWER- c) Learning Logs Which is an example of a Narrative and an Expository Writing? a) Have the students write about a recent field trip and then write a story about George Washington. b) Have the students write about a family holiday celebration then write about a description and comparison of two cultural traditions. c) Have the students write facts about their favorite author and then write an informational paragraph about why they are their favorite. d) Have the students write how a bill becomes a law and what is included in the Bill of Rights. - ANSWER- b) Have the students write about a family holiday celebration then write about a description and comparison of two cultural traditions.
d) Use Lexile Scale to administer a test that the students will take to determine whether they like the book. - ANSWER- c) Use a Lexile Scale to determine the readability level of the book. A reading specialist uses this assessment to ensure that emergent readers are meeting the district benchmarks. He asks each student to read from a benchmark book every four weeks and notes each student's advancement on abilities. The assessment the specialist is using is an a) Interest Inventory b) Informal Reading Inventory c) Reading Running Record d) Fluency Assessment - ANSWER- c) Reading Running Record A 6th grade class is reading a biography of an American scientist. The teacher would like the students to review the selection, turn the bold headings into questions, take notes, and finally review to be able to answer the questions they have made from the bold headings. The students are using a) SQ3R b) Semantic Map c) Literature Based Approach d) Graphic Organizer - ANSWER- a) SQ3R A teacher is giving a student an IRI. What will the teacher be able to determine after calculating the results? a) How many words per minute the students can read b) What benchmark book will be on the student's instructional level c) What the child's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels are d) How the teacher can remediate right after the assessment - ANSWER- c) What the child's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels are Mrs. Wright has just read a book to a group of her 1st graders. She wants to determine their comprehension of the story, including sequencing details and story elements (character, settings, etc.). Which would be a developmentally appropriate way to assess this information? a) Running Record b) Informal Reading Inventory c) Cloze Passage d) Retelling - ANSWER- d) Retelling A 2nd grade teacher would like to use children's books to engage the interest of her students by bringing in a text set about insect life cycles. What is she using? a) Literature Based Approach
b) Basal Literature Approach c) Lexile Scale d) Balanced Literacy - ANSWER- a) Literature Based Approach Mrs. Myers would like her students to read an article about the life cycle of butterflies, as this will enhance her unit on insects. She notices that some of the vocabulary might be difficult for her students. What would be the best way for Mrs. Myers to overcome this challenge and still allow the students to read the article? a) Assign a Learning Log activity b) Turn the article into a Pattern Guide c) Assign a quick write d) Add a gloss to the article - ANSWER- d) Add a gloss to the article One of the most important pieces of RTI/MTSS is a) Test all students and group them according to their ability levels and language b) Screen all students and begin intervention procedures for those who need it, while monitoring progress c) Screen all students and then refer out those needing assistance to a professional specialist d) Screen the students and then get parental consent to put them in a special education program immediately - ANSWER- b) Screen all students and begin intervention procedures for those who need it, while monitoring progress How does schema and situation model theory work hand in hand? a) They work together to use the student's prior knowledge to help make a mental model of what is being described in the text b) They work together to use the student's prior knowledge to understand the meaning of new vocabulary words. c) They work together to ensure that the student understands key details in the text so they can write an essay after reading d) They work together to help the student read the text aloud and thereby become fluent
b) Determine the pedagogical purpose of the technology before incorporating into a lesson or unit c) Avoid spending too much instructional time on how to use it as students will be already familiar with it d) Incentivize the use of technology to improve adoption across the grade - ANSWER- b) Determine the pedagogical purpose of the technology before incorporating into a lesson or unit Dr. Edwards wants to support his students in applying the skills they learned in his Language Arts class across the curriculum. He is starting a unit on owls. What are two steps he can take to support that development? Choose 2 a) Use Owl Moon & Dark Emperor to discuss the nocturnal habits of owls in Science and write a poem about an owl using factual information b) By helping students create academic word lists related to birds of prey c) Have students solve complex word problems related to owls for an escape room activity by using inferencing, mystery passages, and math d) Have students write a lab report after dissecting an owl pellet, present their lab report to the class, and post it on the class website - ANSWER- a) Use Owl Moon & Dark Emperor to discuss the nocturnal habits of owls in Science and write a poem about an owl using factual information c) Have students solve complex word problems related to owls for an escape room activity by using inferencing, mystery passages, and math Mrs. Jenkins is teacher her students to use strategies such as monitoring if they are understanding the reading, thinking aloud to make connections to what they know, and asking questions to read more actively as they work to a concept or difficult word in a reading passage. What does she want students to use? a) Metacognition b) Writing to learn c) Reading to Write d) SQ3R - ANSWER- a) Metacognition What two challenges do teachers face when using technology in the classroom? a) They need to make sure the technology appeals to the interest and reading needs of the students b) They need to make sure there is no inappropriate content for the grade c) They need to ensure students understand how to use the technology safely and responsibly d) They need to secure approval for websites through their district's process - ANSWER- b) They need to make sure there is no inappropriate content for the grade c) They need to ensure students understand how to use the technology safely and responsibly
What is an advantage of using Language Arts across the curriculum? a) Students can apply reading and writing skills in other content areas b) Students will perform better on standardized tests c) EL students can more readily acquire the language by using reading and writing skills in other curriculum areas d) Students will find different content areas more interesting and engaging through this authentic reading & writing context - ANSWER- a) Students can apply reading and writing skills in other content areas Which strategy appropriately introduces and reinforces new vocabulary for elementary students? a) Word sorts b) Cloze activities c) Mnemonic devices d) High-frequency word memorization - ANSWER- a) Word sorts Which lesson plan models developmentally appropriate writing instruction for fifth-grade students? a) Teaching emergent literacy skills through literature discussion groups b) Teaching SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, and review) through analysis of basal readers c) Teaching outlining by having students read a brief passage and identify the main idea and supporting details d) Teaching spelling by having students search their literature books for unknown words with the CVCe (consonant, vowel, consonant with a silent e) pattern - ANSWER- c) Teaching outlining by having students read a brief passage and identify the main idea and supporting details A teacher creates a lesson plan to teach the steps involved in planting a garden. The teacher would also like to develop the students' writing.Which two teaching strategies should be integrated into this lesson plan to meet the teacher's objectives? Choose 2 answers a) Have students create a graphic organizer that labels the parts of a plant b) Have students brainstorm the detailed, step-by-step procedures for creating a garden c) Use a hierarchy of questions to have students describe which garden plants they like most d) Use co-shaping to help students develop responses to questions about steps involved in planting a garden - ANSWER- b) Have students brainstorm the detailed, step-by-step procedures for creating a garden d) Use co-shaping to help students develop responses to questions about steps involved in planting a garden
An end-of-class activity where students respond to two or three open-ended prompts about the day's lesson a) Quick writes b) Exit cards c) Graphic organizers d) KWL charts e) Anticipation guides - ANSWER- b) Exit cards A pre-reading activity in which students respond to two or three content-related debatable questions before reading a) Quick writes b) Exit cards c) Graphic organizers d) KWL charts e) Anticipation guides - ANSWER- e) Anticipation guides A technique that students can use before, during, and after reading that provides brainstorming, categorizing, and summarizing a) Quick writes b) Exit cards c) Graphic organizers d) KWL charts e) Anticipation guides - ANSWER- d) KWL charts A third-grade teacher wants to include varied text in a literacy lesson plan including comprehension and word recognition. Which activities support the lesson objectives? a) - Select and read three books from a series
Which type of technology is appropriate for students to use when working on this assignment? a) A database for students to store research findings b) An application that students use to prepare topic outlines c) An electronic reader so students can read works by various authors d) A word processing program to help students edit their writing assignments - ANSWER- b) An application that students use to prepare topic outlines A teacher is presenting a mini-lesson on precise word choice in a writer's workshop. In what way should the teacher use technology to support this activity? a) Use Wordle to make synonym clouds b) Enroll students in ePals to compare language usage c) Allow students to use Rubistar to create writing rubrics d) Encourage students to write collaboratively using a wiki - ANSWER- a) Use Wordle to make synonym clouds A fourth-grade class is beginning a unit on rainforests. After discussing the characteristics of a rainforest and viewing pictures, the teacher asks students to read the chapter about rainforests in the science textbook and write down any questions and responses. How can the teacher modify the lesson to include developmentally-appropriate technology to support reading, writing, and collaboration? a) Ask students to locate online a rainforest preservation group to support b) Play an audio recording of sounds heard in the rainforest as an introductory activity c) Provide small groups with a guide to a rainforest WebQuest to complete specified tasks d) Show a video clip about rainforest destruction and have students discuss their reactions in small groups - ANSWER- c) Provide small groups with a guide to a rainforest WebQuest to complete specified tasks During a unit on informative writing, a fourth-grade teacher plans to divide students into pairs and guide them through the writing process. She has them brainstorm, select a topic, pre-write, create a rough draft, give and receive feedback with another pair, revise their work, and display their essays. How can the teacher modify the lesson to include developmentally-appropriate technology to support reading, writing, and collaboration? a) Encourage students to view a film related to the topic for extra credit b) Allow students to create their report and receive feedback using a wiki c) Ask students to organize their information using a spreadsheet program
d) Teach students to use a graphic-editing program to enhance their essays - ANSWER- b) Allow students to create their report and receive feedback using a wiki Which common reading assessment includes an oral section for students to read and yields information about three reading levels through the eighth grade: independent, instructional, and frustration? a) Running Record b) Informal Reading Inventory c) Degrees of Reading Power d) Scholastic Reading Inventory - ANSWER- b) Informal Reading Inventory Which assessment would help a third-grade teacher determine whether or not a student could write a how-to paper about caring for a pet? a) Assessing Writing to Explain Rubric b) Lexile Scale c) Writing to Convey d) Experiences Rubric Analytical Scoring Scale for a Friendly Letter - ANSWER- a) Assessing Writing to Explain Rubric What are two benefits of using a holistic scoring rubric for assessing students' writing? Choose 2 answers a) The teacher can note specific strengths and weaknesses. b) The teacher can spend less time evaluating mechanics or style. c) It is less time-consuming to complete than other scoring rubrics. d) It provides students with necessary direction for improving their work. - ANSWER- b) The teacher can spend less time evaluating mechanics or style. c) It is less time-consuming to complete than other scoring rubrics. What is the purpose of using retelling assessments? a) To determine students' reading level b) To evaluate students' knowledge of vocabulary c) To identify students' language development processes d) To assess students' ability to summarize - ANSWER- d) To assess students' ability to summarize A fourth-grade language arts teacher is working with students on writing friendly letters. The writing goal is that the letter includes the following traits: interesting content, conversational style, and correct letter format. Which two steps should the teacher take to create a rubric assessing her students' letters?
understanding and substitute words that don't make sense. The teacher decides to use the following lesson plan. *Use picture clues/cues to assist with word retrieval about the science project terms *Use discussion and picture prompts as visuals to aid in memorization *Highlight context clues on the science project assignment sheet *Use graphic organizers to aid students in remembering science words and seeing connections How does this plan use developmentally appropriate accommodations for students with a di - ANSWER- a) It uses skill building strategies that are effective when working with students who have this disorder. A second-grade classroom includes children who are reading at a beginning level. The teacher wishes to use a literature-based approach to improve reading skills. Which method should the teacher use to achieve this goal? a) Select literature that is recommended by the Common Core Standards b) Select basal readers that are targeted to students' current reading levels c) Select books that are slightly above the reading level so that the students are challenged d) Select books that are tailored to the students' interests and needs - ANSWER- d) Select books that are tailored to the students' interests and needs A fourth-grade teacher plans a series of lessons on nutrition because the teacher wants students to improve oral discussion skills. How can the teacher achieve this goal? a) Use an RTI (response to intervention) approach to monitor progress in literacy development b) Use a word-wall approach to develop vocabulary and increase recall of sight words c) Use a thematic-unit approach to make connections between reading, writing, and speaking d) Use a basal-reader approach to involve students in reading aloud at their instructional level - ANSWER- c) Use a thematic-unit approach to make connections between reading, writing, and speaking A fourth-grade language arts teacher wants students to work in small groups to research a controversial topic, write a report, and participate in a debate. Which developmentally appropriate strategy should the teacher use to support this goal? a) Develop a strategy guide to help students organize research
b) Have students complete a Venn diagram to compare two characters with different points of view c) Use supplemental materials to support students' independent reading and learning d) Have students read their research articles aloud to determine fluency levels - ANSWER- a) Develop a strategy guide to help students organize research