Question 1

A first-grade teacher has given students bingo cards with names of classroom objects in the spaces. As the teacher holds up an object and says its name, students mark the word on their cards if it is there. Which of the following learning objectives is the teacher most likely working towards?

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Students understand the link between oral and written language.

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Students understand and identify sight words.

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Students learn vocabulary that connects to their daily lives.

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Students improve their reading fluency through targeted activities.

Question 2

A Kindergarten teacher wants to give students’ families a letter with some suggestions on how to foster phonological awareness. Which of the following suggestions should the teacher include in the letter?

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Make up silly sentences in which the words begin with the same letter sound.

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Practice creating letters using unusual items in your house, like dried beans, beads, or building blocks.

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Ensure that your children see you reading printed materials for enjoyment on a regular basis.

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Read together every night, using a variety of reading materials like books, magazines, newspapers, and even cereal boxes.

Question 3

A second-grade teacher wants to help her students develop an understanding of alphabetic principle. Which of the following word lists would help students understand that some English word patterns are not always phonetically regular?

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Again, people, friend, listen

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Back, pick, tuck, sock

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Frost, brand, slice, last

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Game, race, tape, shake

Question 4

A teacher of a fourth-grade class wants to show students how to select their own books for independent reading. Which of the following avenues would be best suited to this purpose for the class?

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A search engine with safeguards in place for children

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A social networking site for readers, writers, and publishers

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A local public library’s children’s department blog

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A website for a major retailer that sells books plus other products

Question 5

A fourth-grade teacher decides to use students’ knowledge of synonyms and antonyms to increase their understanding of analogies. Which of the following questions does the teacher include?

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Sad is to happy as cold is to what?

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What is the opposite of lazy?

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Spoon is to utensil as rake is to what?

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What is the opposite or the same as happy?

Question 6

During a reading conference, a second-grade teacher listens as a student reads a book of his choice. The student struggles to read, missing a word in nearly every sentence. Which of the following strategies would best help the student make appropriate book choices to support reading fluency?

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Using questions to determine an appropriate text readability

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Selecting different books on the same level until he finds one that interests him

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Listening to a fluent reading of a book before echo reading each page

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Having the student reread each page aloud until he is able to read them fluently

Question 7

A second-grade teacher listens as a student reads aloud from a library book. She notices the student races through the words with no mistakes. However, the student cannot remember many of the details from the story. Which self-monitoring technique would best help this student so that she can better comprehend as she reads?

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The student needs to monitor her comprehension as she reads by reading a section of text and then pausing to consider what she has read. If it doesn’t make sense, she should reread the page or section.

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The student needs to slow down as she reads. Slowing down will give her time to decode words she does not know.

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The student should monitor punctuation as she reads. Paying close attention to punctuation will help her change her tone or tempo, adding more meaning to what is read.

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The student should read aloud, pointing to each word as she moves through the text. This will ensure she is attending to print by making her voice match the words as she reads them.

Question 8

Students in a sixth-grade classroom begin their days by reading about a news topic they are following and then writing in their journals about the events of the day. Which of the following instructional methods will most effectively build vocabulary and fluency?

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Asking students to compile personal glossaries for use by writing in journals

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Preparing commonly used words in the news and integrating them into vocabulary tests

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Preparing students’ weekly vocabulary lists with challenging words

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Locating new sources written at the least-restrictive grade level

Question 9

A third-grade teacher wants to help students practice summarizing fiction readings. Which of the following methods would best help the teacher with this learning goal?

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Using graphic organizers to outline the sequence of events in readings

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Showing examples of summaries of readings written by previous students

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Projecting readings onto the board and noting main events for summaries

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Asking students to identify the key ideas of readings

Question 10

A Kindergarten teacher is conferencing with a group of young writers. The students are confident about the stories they have written. As they read, the teacher notices two- and three-letter words with letters representing the beginnings and endings of words. Based on the students’ spelling development, which of the following actions would best support these students as they transition to the next stage?

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Identifying spelling patterns and sounds in words the students frequently use or will encounter while reading.

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Playing games that involve sorting and classifying words according to verb tense.

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Creating big books and picture dictionaries that are accessible when writing independently.

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Editing their writing using a student-generated checklist.

Question 11

Although second graders can understand contextual ideas as they take turns reading their storybook aloud, the teacher would like to add an activity to connect the ideas in the text to the students. Which of the following writing activities will a second-grade teacher choose?

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Write a journal entry of what the story reminds them of

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Discuss and record events in history that took place at the time of the story

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Look up and list other books by the same author

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Draw scenes from the story in full color

Question 12

During a unit on propaganda, a fifth-grade class is learning how to analyze and evaluate varied types of visual media. Which of the following is the best way for students to evaluate the effectiveness of different types of media and how they communicate their message?

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Students review media such as political cartoons, posters, and commercials related to topics in pop culture to determine the propaganda techniques used and use a rubric to score them and compare results.

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Students create political cartoons about topics related to pop culture and post them on an internet site.

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Students analyze a variety of posters and cartoons related to a pop culture topic and then form groups to create their own cartoons or posters based upon the techniques observed.

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Students work in groups to write and record commercials using at least two propaganda techniques and then check the number of hits received after a week.

Question 13

A third-grade teacher is completing a reading diagnostic that includes a cold reading of leveled texts and a list of sight words to determine students’ strengths and weaknesses. Which of the following would be a clear indication that a student may require intervention services to bring her up to grade level expectations for literacy development?

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The student misses several words in a grade-level text and heavily relies on pictures to figure out unknown words.

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The student reads a grade level text word by word rather than reading the text in fluent phrases.

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The student leaves endings off words but is able to understand the message in a grade-level text.

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The student fluently reads a grade-level text but is unable to draw inferences about the characters and events.

Question 14

A Kindergarten teacher is working with a small group of students who are having trouble blending sounds to make words. Which of the following activities would be most appropriate to reinforce this skill?

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Say the sounds in a word and have the students point to a picture that matches the word.

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Show a picture and have students shout out a word that rhymes.

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Say a word and have students place chips in sound boxes to represent phonemes in the word.

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Sing a song and have students clap out the syllables in a target word.

Question 15

A teacher regularly reads stories aloud and then asks students questions about the stories. The teacher has noticed that a student appears to be struggling with proper word order and using the past tense when responding orally. Which of the following activities would best help the teacher informally assess the student’s oral language development?

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Observing the student over several days in a large group, small group, and individual settings

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Reading a story individually to the student and asking the student to orally answer questions about the story

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Asking the student’s parents/guardians to complete a questionnaire about the student’s use of language

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Spending one-on-one time with the student working in centers on a different subject each day

Question 16

To best assess a student’s graphophonemic knowledge, a teacher should have the student

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respond with the first sound of the word the teacher reads aloud.

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identify upper- and lower-case letters as the teacher points to them.

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independently read a passage aloud as the teacher takes notes.

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identify letters in different print styles as the teacher flashes them on cards.

Question 17

In class, a Kindergarten teacher practices sounding out a list of written words on a chalkboard with her students. This activity is an effective method for teaching which element of the functions and concepts of print?

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Relationships between written and spoken words

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Directionality of written text

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Proper book handling

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The different parts of a book

Question 18

Students in a first-grade class are learning to analyze phonetically regular words. Which of the following is the most appropriate to teach before they learn about the blending of onsets and rimes?

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Phonemes

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Common vowel patterns

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Consonant blends

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Syllable types

Question 19

Which of the following in-class activities would best help an at-level first grader improve reading fluency?

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Partner reading of a passage of 100 words, at the student’s reading level, on a subject chosen by the student.

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Choral reading of a passage of 50 words, slightly below the student’s reading level, on a subject chosen by the students.

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Reading a passage of 250 words, well below the student’s reading level, on a subject chosen by the teacher.

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Reading to the teacher a passage of 150 words, above the student’s reading level, on a subject chosen by the student.

Question 20

A fifth-grade class is studying Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Which of the following activities would best teach active reading comprehension of the text?

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Discussing themes in the poem and comparing them to modern poetry.

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Writing out and looking up unfamiliar vocabulary words in the poem.

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Identifying instances of consonance and assonance in the poem.

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Defining the kinds of figurative language used in the poem.

Question 21

A sixth-grade Language Arts class is studying Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The text includes vocabulary that the students do not use in their daily lives. In order to help the students connect the unfamiliar vocabulary with their own home language, the teacher should

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practice using context in order to find meaning as a class.

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provide the students with Shakespearean English dictionaries.

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call on individual students to explain the meaning of the new vocabulary.

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tell the students what each word means as they encounter it.

Question 22

Which of the following in-school small-group projects would be the best choice for helping third-grade students learn about locating and retrieving information from the school library’s print resources?

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Give each group a scavenger hunt of information to locate from a variety of print resource types.

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Assign each group a subject to locate five print resources on a specific subject and share with the class.

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Ask each group to share with other groups what they already know about the library’s print resources.

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Allow each group to spend 30 minutes in the library exploring print resources independently.

Question 23

Read the following short essay written by a third-grade student, and then answer the question that follows.

My favrit day this year was my birth day when I turnt 8. I gots lots of stuf from my mom and dad and frends. they sang to me and we ate chese pizza cake and ice crem and I got brain frez from the vanla ice crem my hert was so hapy I felt hapy that day.

Which of the following comments should the teacher write on the student’s paper to offer guidance for future writing assignments?

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Remember: How we write is often different from how we speak.

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Work on increasing the variety of words you use in your writing.

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Don’t forget: Your readers may not know much about your topic.

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Give your readers more information about your emotions and actions.

Question 24

A third-grade student who has no trouble answering writing questions in class is having difficulty finishing the weekly timed writing prompts. These prompt scores are beginning to negatively affect her grades in the class. In order to address this problem, her teacher should

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give her guided practice on pacing her writing so she does not run out of time.

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let the student see the prompt ahead of time so she has more time to prepare.

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have a conference with the student’s parents about her low scores.

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allow the student to make an audio recording of her answers to the prompt.

Question 25

A teacher is preparing lessons for a fourth-grade unit on Native Americans. She wants to provide tools so that students can collect information about tribes in each of the regions. She also wants students to include details about each group’s food, clothing, shelter, and governing practices.

Which of the following will best display the information?

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A matrix

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A flow chart

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A three-column chart

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A concept map

Question 26

Students in Mr. Jones’ class have been conducting a science investigation on butterflies. Each day, students record observations in their journals. One student wrote the following entry:

The buterfly is wigling in the cup. It ate the apple up. I think it is going to grow biger and biger I think it wil be a buterfly soon.

Based on the entry, the student will benefit most from instruction in which of the following skills?

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Spelling words with double consonants

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Capitalizing proper nouns in sentences

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Adding relevant details to his or her writing

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Using punctuation at the end of a sentence

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