PECT PREK-4 MODULE 2 STUDY GUIDE
ACTUAL ASSESSMENT QUIZ Q&A 2026 100%
CORRECT.
◍ A fourth-grade teacher would like to promote reluctant readers'
independent reading. Which of the following teacher strategies is
likely to be most effective in achieving this goal?
A. engaging students in discussions about their interests and working
with the library media specialist to locate appropriate-level books on
these topics
B. reading aloud a variety of books from the classroom library on a
regular basis and engaging students in discussions related to the read-
alouds
C. creating attractive displays of both fiction and nonfiction books
and magazines in the classroom library and regularly inviting students
to browse the displays
D. providing opportunities for students to visit the school's library
media center and to learn about the center's resources and
organization. Answer: A
◍ A third-grade teacher regularly models for students how to
paraphrase a portion of a text and how to pose and respond to
questions that clarify or follow up on information presented in a text.
These practices promote students' literacy
development primarily by:
,A. supporting their development of dispositions and attitudes that help
create a purposeful, literate environment in the classroom.
B. enhancing their knowledge of the organizational structure of
different types of text.
C. promoting their development of self-monitoring skills that support
reading and learning across the curriculum.
D. fostering their ability to make connections between the reading
curriculum and their lives.. Answer: C
◍ A first-grade teacher explains that he is going to read a story aloud
and he wants students to consider how the story makes them feel.
Afterward, he prompts the students to recall and discuss specific
words and phrases the author used to evoke particular feelings. This
oral language activity supports students' literacy development
primarily by helping the students:
A. retell a story's key events accurately.
B. make and verify predictions about a story.
C. connect key events in a story to their own lives.
D. develop an awareness of a story's tone.. Answer: D
◍ A kindergarten teacher has placed many signs around the
classroom, including
simple written directions (e.g., Please hang up coats!) and labels for
objects (e.g.,
,clock, Teacher's chair). During daily activities, the teacher regularly
points to and
reads aloud relevant signs. The teacher has also created a classroom
library filled
with age-appropriate books and has incorporated relevant signs and
books into all
the learning centers. These strategies are most effective in addressing
which of
the following goals related to effective instruction in emergent
literacy?
A. creating a print-rich environment
B. providing guided and independent skills practice
C. encouraging independent reading
D. infusing reading activities across the curriculum. Answer: A
◍ At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher
establishes a variety of
classroom roles that rotate on a daily basis. The roles include
Calendar Helper
and Star of the Day. The Calendar Helper identifies and announces the
day of the
week, the date, and the day's weather, with teacher support if needed.
The Star
of the Day shares an object, talking briefly about the item and then
answering
three questions about it from classmates and/or the teacher. Regularly
performing
, these types of classroom roles directly benefits students' emergent
literacy
development primarily by enhancing the students':
A. self-confidence and comfort level in front of their peers.
B. ability to use a range of expressive language skills.
C. knowledge of content vocabulary across the curriculum.
D. personal responsibility and perseverance with tasks.. Answer: B
◍ In keeping with Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning standards in
language arts, which
of the following writing skills would be most appropriate to include in
language arts
instruction at the first-grade level?
A. revising writing by adding details or missing information
B. focusing writing for a particular audience
C. revising writing by varying sentence length and structures
D. using transition words to clarify ideas in writing
8.. Answer: A
◍ A teacher delivering standards-based literacy instruction grounded
in scientificbased
reading research is most likely to use the results of reading
assessments
for which of the following purposes?
ACTUAL ASSESSMENT QUIZ Q&A 2026 100%
CORRECT.
◍ A fourth-grade teacher would like to promote reluctant readers'
independent reading. Which of the following teacher strategies is
likely to be most effective in achieving this goal?
A. engaging students in discussions about their interests and working
with the library media specialist to locate appropriate-level books on
these topics
B. reading aloud a variety of books from the classroom library on a
regular basis and engaging students in discussions related to the read-
alouds
C. creating attractive displays of both fiction and nonfiction books
and magazines in the classroom library and regularly inviting students
to browse the displays
D. providing opportunities for students to visit the school's library
media center and to learn about the center's resources and
organization. Answer: A
◍ A third-grade teacher regularly models for students how to
paraphrase a portion of a text and how to pose and respond to
questions that clarify or follow up on information presented in a text.
These practices promote students' literacy
development primarily by:
,A. supporting their development of dispositions and attitudes that help
create a purposeful, literate environment in the classroom.
B. enhancing their knowledge of the organizational structure of
different types of text.
C. promoting their development of self-monitoring skills that support
reading and learning across the curriculum.
D. fostering their ability to make connections between the reading
curriculum and their lives.. Answer: C
◍ A first-grade teacher explains that he is going to read a story aloud
and he wants students to consider how the story makes them feel.
Afterward, he prompts the students to recall and discuss specific
words and phrases the author used to evoke particular feelings. This
oral language activity supports students' literacy development
primarily by helping the students:
A. retell a story's key events accurately.
B. make and verify predictions about a story.
C. connect key events in a story to their own lives.
D. develop an awareness of a story's tone.. Answer: D
◍ A kindergarten teacher has placed many signs around the
classroom, including
simple written directions (e.g., Please hang up coats!) and labels for
objects (e.g.,
,clock, Teacher's chair). During daily activities, the teacher regularly
points to and
reads aloud relevant signs. The teacher has also created a classroom
library filled
with age-appropriate books and has incorporated relevant signs and
books into all
the learning centers. These strategies are most effective in addressing
which of
the following goals related to effective instruction in emergent
literacy?
A. creating a print-rich environment
B. providing guided and independent skills practice
C. encouraging independent reading
D. infusing reading activities across the curriculum. Answer: A
◍ At the beginning of the school year, a kindergarten teacher
establishes a variety of
classroom roles that rotate on a daily basis. The roles include
Calendar Helper
and Star of the Day. The Calendar Helper identifies and announces the
day of the
week, the date, and the day's weather, with teacher support if needed.
The Star
of the Day shares an object, talking briefly about the item and then
answering
three questions about it from classmates and/or the teacher. Regularly
performing
, these types of classroom roles directly benefits students' emergent
literacy
development primarily by enhancing the students':
A. self-confidence and comfort level in front of their peers.
B. ability to use a range of expressive language skills.
C. knowledge of content vocabulary across the curriculum.
D. personal responsibility and perseverance with tasks.. Answer: B
◍ In keeping with Pennsylvania's PreK-4 learning standards in
language arts, which
of the following writing skills would be most appropriate to include in
language arts
instruction at the first-grade level?
A. revising writing by adding details or missing information
B. focusing writing for a particular audience
C. revising writing by varying sentence length and structures
D. using transition words to clarify ideas in writing
8.. Answer: A
◍ A teacher delivering standards-based literacy instruction grounded
in scientificbased
reading research is most likely to use the results of reading
assessments
for which of the following purposes?
